Get ready for the QCF
Increasing numbers of learners are now starting to take units and qualifications in the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF), but are you ready?
The QCF is the new system for creating and accrediting qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. It's at the heart of a major reform of the vocational qualifications system which will become simpler to understand and use, more accessible to a wider range of learners and more relevant to learners' and employers' needs.
The QCF recognises smaller steps of learning and enables learners to build up qualifications bit by bit so they can fit their learning in and around their home and work lives. It helps learners to achieve skills and qualifications that employers have said they want and need; and it also means that learners can use their previous learning and achievement towards recognised qualifications and avoid repeating what they've already learnt. The QCF enables learners to get their work-based training recognised and formally accredited as part of a qualification.
The implementation of the QCF has already begun. The process of bringing all vocational qualifications into the new framework is now well under way with growing numbers of learners taking units and qualifications through the system. Read responses to the consultation at:
To watch an animation on how the QCF works, and for all sorts of other useful information about the new framework, visit
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