Qualifications are measured as " points ", with specific scales for the Irish Leaving Certificate, and all other European Union school leaving results, such as the UK GCE A-level, the International Baccalaureate along with other national school leaving exams.

In India, PG Qualifications such as M. Sc.

* Qualifications and disclosures: The Commission traditionally has held that in order to be effective, any qualifications or disclosures such as those described in these guides should be sufficiently clear, prominent and understandable to prevent deception.

They can be disciplined upon the recommendation of the Judicial Qualifications Commission, at which time the Court may remove a Justice or impose a lesser penalty such as a fine or reprimand ; and Justices may be impeached by a two-thirds vote of the Florida House of Representatives and convicted by a two-thirds vote of the senate.

Co-operation between different NATO agencies such as the NATO Standardization Agency and the JAPCC resulted in the development of common standards for Forward Air Controllers and these are now set out in STANAG 3797 ( Minimum Qualifications for Forward Air Controllers ).

The generic outcomes for Irish degrees are laid out in the National Framework of Qualifications published in 2003.

The institution awards Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral degrees, and the Graduate Diploma ; the institution now has to award at levels and criteria agreed with the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland.

Qualifications included diplomas, bachelors, masters and PhD research degrees.

In Ireland the term institute of technology is more favored synonym of a regional technical college though the latter is the legally correct term ; however, Dublin Institute of Technology is a university in all but name as it can confer degrees in accordance with law, Cork Institute of Technology and another of other Institutes of Technology have delegated authority from HETAC to make awards to and including Master's degree level — Level 9 of the National Framework for Qualifications ( NFQ )— for all areas of study and Doctorate level in a number of others.

In terms of the South African Qualifications Authority ( SAQA ) Act ( No. 58 of 1995 ) and the Higher Education Act ( No. 101 of 1997 ), private institutions of higher learning were granted the opportunity of becoming fully accredited and registered providers of education, issuing their own degrees and diplomas.

UHI degrees were authenticated by the Open University Validation Service, the University of Strathclyde and the University of Aberdeen until 2008 when the UHI was awarded taught degree awarding powers ( tDAP ) by the Privy Council under recommendation from the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education ( QAA ); Higher National Certificate and Higher National Diploma courses are awarded by the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

Qualifications are being added to the tariff system frequently, as long as they conform to the National Qualifications Framework or the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework and are being used as entry routes in to higher education.

In the UK, this meets Level 2 on the National Qualifications Framework, following the recently introduced 14 to 19 year old Diploma system for the UK, which follows two levels, lower tier ( Level 1 ) and higher tier ( Level 2 ).

At the moment, most community colleges award qualifications up to Level 3 in the Malaysian Qualifications Framework ( Certificate 3 ) in both the Skills sector ( Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia or the Malaysian Skills Certificate ) as well as the Vocational and Training sector but the number of community colleges that are starting to award Level 4 qualifications ( Diploma ) are increasing.

Qualifications for coroners are set by individual states and counties in the U. S. and vary widely.

Wānanga educational programmes are accredited through the New Zealand Qualifications Authority ( NZQA ) and the Ministry of Education, and are partly governed by New Zealand's Tertiary Education Commission ( TEC ).

Certificates of Added Qualifications ( CAQs ) in adolescent medicine, geriatric medicine, sports medicine, sleep medicine, and hospice and palliative medicine are available for those board-certified family physicians with additional residency training requirements.

National Vocational Qualifications ( NVQs ) are work based awards in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are achieved through assessment and training.

Both Graduateship ( GCGI ) and Associateship ( ACGI ) are at level six of the National Qualifications Framework, compared by OFQUAL to the highest category NVQs of level 4.

Qualifications at the secondary school and post-secondary ( further education ) level are provided by the Scottish Qualifications Authority and delivered through various schools, colleges and other centres.

In Australia arboricultural education and training are streamlined countrywide through a multi-disciplinary vocational education, training, and qualification authority called the Australian Qualifications Framework, which offers varying levels of professional qualification.

Qualifications at the secondary school and post-secondary ( further education ) level are provided by the Scottish Qualifications Authority, which is the national awarding and accrediting body in Scotland, and delivered through various schools, colleges and other centres.

The syllabus is a progressive series of graded and vocational graded examinations, which are accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, the government appointed regulator of qualifications in England and Wales.

The Key Skills Qualifications and A-level General Studies have also come under fire for this reason, since they are compulsory at some schools but a large number of universities discount them from their tariff calculation.

* Technical and further education # Qualifications awarded by TAFE colleges, a qualification offered by an education institution in Australia

In Scotland the Higher () is one of the national school-leaving certificate exams and university entrance qualifications of the Scottish Qualifications Certificate ( SQC ) offered by the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

Qualifications offered under the " Higher Still " framework have a common structure, typically consisting of a mixture of summative and formative assessment.

Advanced Higher is the highest certificate offered by the Scottish Qualification Authority, as part of the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework.

This came after the Joint Council for Qualifications ( JCQ ) decided that the new A * grade being offered at A level will overlap with the purpose of the AEA, thus rendering them unnecessary.

The Cadet Vocational Qualifications Organisation ( CVQO ) has offered cadets the opportunity to receive internationally recognised BTEC Diploma qualifications.

Key Skills Qualifications are offered in six areas.

The Qualifications are offered over four levels: level one, two, three and four.

Qualifications offered include NVQ, BTEC First Diploma, BTEC National Diploma, GCSE and Foundation Degree.

Qualifications offered by CIT range from certificate to degree level.

It is taught at Key Stages 1 – 3, Entry Level, GCSE and at A level and the Scottish Qualifications Authority offers formal qualifications at a number of different levels.

Signature excellence in communication with deaf people is accredited by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority ( QCA ) and provides awards at the following levels:

Qualifications for these women were high – at least 300 hours of flying time, but most of the women pilots had over 1, 000 hours.

Information on qualifications and selection criteria can be found at Qualifications for Justices in Ontario.

Since 2001 Institute has conferred its own awards at all levels from Higher Certificate to PhD, subject to standards set and monitored by the Higher Education and Training Awards Council ( HETAC ) which was established by the Government in June 2001, under the Qualifications ( Education and Training ) Act, 1999.

Qualifications aimed at students in their first two years of Higher Education include HNCs ( Higher National Certificates )- taken as a one year full-time course or as a two year part-time course-and HNDs ( Higher National Diplomas.

It was created in 2001, is subject to the policies of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland, and, specifically, grants qualifications at many Institutes of Technology and other colleges.

It is usually rated at Level 3 on the National Qualifications Framework and is equivalent to A-level, BTEC National Diploma or NVQ Level 3 standard.

He then became a National Strategies school improvement consultant for Warwickshire County Council, before moving on to work on on qualification and National Curriculum development for England at the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority ( QCA ).

Bill Morton orders an internal investigation at the Scottish Qualifications Authority.

The CELTA is awarded by Cambridge ESOL ( formerly UCLES ) and accredited at level 5 by both the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority and level 5, as well, by the National Qualifications Framework for England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The City and Guilds of London Institute Licentiateship award is at a supervisory / junior management level and mapped to NVQ / IVQ level 4 and National Qualifications Framework ( NQF ) revised levels 4 & 5.

Trinity College London awards Licentiate in Performing Speech and Drama, which is tagged at Level 6 of the National Qualifications Framework ( NQF ).