We issue awards to centres weekly as required. Awards are sent by recorded delivery or courier service.

Certificates will only be issued for new approvals after the initial external verifier visit. An occupationally competent and qualified internal verifier should ensure that all certificate claims are valid. 

An awards list will be issued with each timetabled awards run, which you can use to claim output-related funding. This list will identify an LSC if the information was given to us on registration. We will also send these details monthly to the LSC for their auditing purposes.

Certificates will not be issued until at least 10 weeks after registration.

We reserve the right to:

• refuse to accept new registrations from your centre if you have a debt to us outstanding at the due date of submission of new registrations
  
• withhold certificates from your centre if you have a debt to us outstanding at the due date of the issue of certificates.

Course Assessment Report (CAR)
A listing of units reported for all candidates, the Course Assessment Report (CAR), will be produced for all NVQ (and BTEC) 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 award of an NVQ certificate, as appropriate, together with a back-up document, the Certificate of Unit Credit, which lists all units successfully completed.

Where the candidate does not complete all programme elements, we will automatically issue a Certificate of Unit Credit listing all the units that have been successfully completed. This document gives evidence of completion so that all units successfully achieved may be used as credits in the future. It also allows candidates 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 Credit, which lists all units satisfactorily completed.

You can find more information about certification and documentation, including award dates and certificates of unit credit, by referring to chapters 13 and 14 of the information manual.  

These chapters are available for download from this page if you prefer to view them online.