Qualifications

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	General academic	Vocationally-related	Work-based Learning

Higher level study

Level 8	Doctorate	BTEC Professional Qualifications, City and Guilds, OCR, etc.

Level 7	Masters, post graduate Diploma, post graduate Certificate	BTEC Professional Qualifications, City and Guilds, OCR, etc.	Higher Apprenticeship NVQ Level 7

Level 6	3rd Year Honours Degree Top up year to Honours Degree from a Foundation Degree/HNC/HND	BTEC Professional Qualification, City and Guilds, OCR, etc.	3rd Year Degree Apprenticeship Higher Apprenticeship NVQ Level 6

Level 5	2nd Year Honours Degree	BTEC Professional Qualifications, City and Guilds, OCR, etc. Foundation Degree Year 2 HNDs	2nd Year Degree Apprenticeship Higher Apprenticeship NVQ Level 5

Level 4	1st Year Honours Degree Certificate of Higher Education	BTEC Professional Qualifications, City and Guilds, OCR, etc. Foundation Degree Year 1 HNCs	1st Year Degree Apprenticeship Higher Apprenticeship NVQ Level 4

Level 3	A and AS Levels Access to Higher Education Diploma Open University Access Modules	T Levels Vocational - Level 3/ BTEC, City and Guilds, Diploma, etc.	Advanced Apprenticeship NVQ Level 3

Level 2	GCSE Grades 4- 9 Maths/English/IT Functional Skills courses	Vocational qualifications - eg Level 2 - BTEC Certificate/ Diploma, OCR/ City and Guilds	Intermediate Apprenticeship NVQ Level 2

Level 1	GCSE Grades 1- 3 Maths/English/IT Functional Skills courses	Vocational qualifications - eg Level 1 - BTEC Certificate/ Diploma, OCR/ City and Guilds	NVQ Level 1

Entry Level	Entry Level

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You can plan out a possible route through the different qualification levels by clicking on the '+' buttons. Your choices will be saved in Career Tools.

General info

Your starting point

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