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Qualifications  Industry honors for Professionals Competency. 

A qualification shows employers, teachers and learners what you have learnt and what you can do as a result of that learning. There is a large variety of qualifications available so they are grouped together into levels to show how they compare and what other qualifications they can lead to.

The Qualifications Frameworks set out the different levels of higher education qualifications and the requirements for each of these. There is one framework for England, 

Our Qualification frameworks : In the UK  QCA, most qualifications taken through work, school, college or university, fit into one of nine levels (12 in Scotland). The higher the level, the harder the qualification. The levels are based on the standards of knowledge, skill and competence needed for each qualification. Qualifications at the same level can be very different in terms of content and the length of time they take to complete. 

Knowing about the different levels means that you can compare qualifications and identify what you need for your chosen career.

Four qualifications frameworks are in use within the UK:

Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF) for England and Northern Ireland

Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales (CQFW)

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF)

Framework for Higher Education Qualifications for England, Wales and Northern Ireland (FHEQ)

QCA Education Levels – Entry level. entry level award – Level 1. first certificate

Level 2. intermediate apprenticeship – Level 3. A level – Level 4. certificate of higher education (CertHE) – Level 5. diploma of higher education (DipHE) – Level 6. degree apprenticeship – Level 7. PG or Master Program.