Aimed at:

Individuals who use IT skills in their day to day work

This NVQ is a work-orientated qualification and is suitable for those who have access to current real work experience. It is open to candidates of any age, of either gender and there are no entry barriers on grounds of race, creed or previous academic attainment, learning or experience.

What is their purpose?

The key purposes of these qualifications are to:

• Recognise individual learners' skills and knowledge across a range
  of IT and their application in the workplace
• Recognise achievement of individuals' skills of specific IT
  components (units) at the required level relevant to their jobs.
  These components may be a higher or lower level than the full
  award
• Recognise learners' prior achievements, learning or experience
  within the qualifications
• Provide a competence base on which progression can be made
• Provide a flexible framework where skills and knowledge can be
  recognised