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CPCAB core qualifications now on QCF!
Added 4th March 2010

CPCAB is delighted to announce that we have migrated our core qualifications to the QCF. These will be available for delivery from September 2010. We are in the process of preparing new qualification documents and will make these available on our website as soon as possible. In the meantime eager beavers can visit NDAQ to see the details and look at the new criteria.

All the qualifications are structured as single unit qualifications (with one mandatory unit) except for TC-L4, which has seven mandatory units. The details are as follows:

* Please note that there have been some changes in titling; these reflect the QCF’s titling conventions, based on credit value.

In the process of making the necessary changes for the move to the QCF we have also taken the opportunity to update and revise our qualifications to take account of the latest research findings on the principles of effective counselling and the likely requirements for regulation by HPC. We have successfully argued for retaining the CPCAB model and for restricted units which will be unique to CPCAB.

All qualifications on the QCF are eligible for funding and are part of the Sector Skills Councils’ Sector Qualification Strategies. Learners on TC-L4 will complete the current NQF qualification and those centres which are fortunate enough to get funding will continue to be able to do so next year.

At the moment the qualifications have been given a one-year accreditation in line with transitional arrangements but this will be extended to five years as soon as CPCAB completes Ofqual’s Supplementary Recognition process – which we expect to do in the next few weeks.

We expect to complete the accreditation of the level 5 and level 6 qualifications very soon – these are currently in progress. However, we can give you the following important information for planning purposes.

CBT-L5 - under the QCF this will become a Diploma, not a Certificate
PC-L5 – the GLH have been reduced from 210 GLH to 120 GLH (title unchanged)
TCSU-L6 - the GLH have been reduced from 120 GLH to 90 GLH and the title will be ‘Certificate’, not ‘Diploma’

In both cases the reduction reflects the recognition that learners do more self study than classroom study at this level. There will be some changes to the L5 minimum assessment requirements.