We issue certificates to centres weekly as necessary. They are normally sent by recorded delivery or by courier service. Please ensure that you report results to us immediately after programme completion so that we can issue certificates as soon as possible.
If your centre usually distributes certificates at an award ceremony, please give sympathetic consideration to learners who require awards earlier for employment purposes. We would ask that you issue awards to learners as soon as possible after you receive them from us.
We reserve the right to withhold certificates if fees are outstanding at the time of despatch. Certification can be deferred pending an external verifier or external examiner reporting that national standards are being met and that certification can take place.
Course Assessment Report (CAR)
A listing of units reported for all candidates, the Course Assessment Report (CAR), will be produced for all BTEC (and NVQ) programmes, showing the current status of candidates. This listing is for reference purposes only and requires no action from you. Any problems will be queried separately by us.
Evidence of achievement
Successful completion of all programme requirements will be recognised by the issuing of an Award, Certificate or Diploma, as appropriate, together with a unit certificate, the Notification of Performance, Certificate of Unit Credit or credit transcript, which lists all units successfully completed.
Where the learner does not complete all programme elements satisfactorily, and you do not claim the final Award, Certificate or Diploma, we will automatically issue the unit certificate appropriate to the programme. It will list all units successfully completed so that they can be used as credits in the future, allowing learners to retake or add units under the same registration free of charge for as long as the registration is valid.
Successful completion of individual units is recognised by the award of a Certificate of Unit Achievement, which lists all units satisfactorily completed.
You can find more information about BTEC certification and documentation, including notifications of performance and certificates of unit achievement, by referring to chapter 14 of the information manual.
This chapter is available for download from this page if you prefer to view it online.