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NVQs With CASL Management Training

OVERALL QUALIFICATIONS MATRIX (NOT SCOTLAND)

Level	General		Vocationally Related		Occupational		Professional
8	Doctorate or equivalent				NVQ 5	Middle/senior mgmt/technical level. Usually achieved post-chartered	?Chartered?	Usually demands educ. base above level 3
7	Masters or equivalent
6	Honours degree or equivalent				NVQ 4	Junior/middle mgmt/technical level. Often achieved before prof. Ch or Inc award.	?Incorporated?	Usually demands educ. base above level 3.
5	Ordinary degree, HND/C, Foundation degree or equivalent
4	Certificate of higher education or equivalent. CIOB SM Diploma.
	Examples	Comments	Examples	Comments	Examples	Comments	Examples	Comments
3	A2, AS level	Progression to higher level	AVCE Nat dip/cert CIOB SS cert	Progression to higher level	NVQ 3	Advanced craft, technician, supervisor. Progression to L4	?Technician?	Usually demands educ. base at level 3
2	GCSE A-C	Progression to level 3	Voc GCSE First cert	Progression to level 3	NVQ 2	Basic craft. Progression to L 3
1	GCSE D-G	Progression to level 2	Voc GCSE	Progression to level 2	NVQ 1	Basic operative. Progression to L 2
	General		Vocationally Related		Occupational		Professional
	Comment Awarded on achievement in academic subjects, e.g. mathematics, history. Often wholly classroom based, supported by individual research.		Comment Awarded on achievement in vocationally related subjects, e.g. construction, engineering. Classroom based, but includes exposure to real or simulated workplace activities.		Comment Awarded to confirm occupational competence, e.g. site management, technical support. This includes relevant knowledge and workplace performance. The knowledge could be confirmed by a VR award.		Comment Awarded to confirm professional achievement. This includes the relevant educational base, occupational competence and ?professional qualities?, e.g. commitment, aspiration, personal traits and attitudes.

Notes

1.This matrix is based on the QCA National Qualifications Framework. To this has been a column for ?professional? awards. (Note: In the new NQF, the distinction between ?general? and ?vocationally related? has been removed.)

2.The purpose of the matrix is to show broad relationships between the different types of award, and the progression routes between them. The four principal categories of award ? general, vocationally related, occupational and professional ? attest to different sorts of achievement, and comparisons between awards at the same level in the matrix are indicative only.

3.The titles chosen for the three grades of professional award are also indicative; each professional institution will have its own titles.