The QCF (Qualifications and Credit Framework) is a new way of recognising skills and qualifications. It does this by awarding credit for units (small steps of learning), enabling learners to gain qualifications at their own pace along flexible routes. The QCF has four main aims:

• To ensure a wider range of achievements can be recognised within a more inclusive qualifications framework
• To establish a qualifications system that is more responsive to individual and employer needs
• To establish a simpler qualifications framework that is easier for all users to understand
• To reduce the burden of bureaucracy in the accreditation and assessment of qualifications. 
   

What does this mean for exams officers?

There is not too much change in terms of learner administration when compared with NQF programmes. Click on the link below to view and listen to an overview which focuses specifically on the QCF for exams officers.