qualification equivalents

DCFC79

~Beanie~ wrote: »

A BTEC National Diploma is a level 3 qualification and equivalent to 3 A levels.

Thanks, thought it was level 3, it just wasnt mentioned Beanie,

Oldernotwiser

jfdi wrote: »

My thoughts exactly! :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

I found ( some years ago!) it was even worse explaining to Recruiters that I had certificates for passing 11 O Levels - & the ACE grades were the top 3 pass marks (the ONLY pass marks!) for the 'London Examination Board'. It appears these GCSEs get certificates for every grade! :rolleyes: I even found my old job application in my file for the job I'm in now & they'd only ticked the As & Cs (it was a 5 O level job) - totally ignoring the Es & the CSEs!!!!

Gawd - I feel SOOOOOOOOOOO old! :eek:

There were just a couple of years when ACEs were O level passes; before that it was A-E + O and afterwards it was ABC. You won't find many people aware of that fact and, if necessary you would have to prove it. I think that it was the case at the end of the 70s; does that sound about right to you?

Oldernotwiser

jfdi wrote: »

NVQ Level 1

Description:

• Basic Level
• Foundation
• Semi-Skilled

• Pre-training

Equivalent Qualifications:

• GCSE
• SCE
• CSE
• City and Guilds level 1
• City and Guilds part 1
• RSA Stage 1
• Vocational Certificate; BTEC,BEC, SCOTBEC or SCOTVEC 1st or general certificate

• Basic literacy and numeracy qualifications, such as Wordpower and Numberpower

NVQ Level 2

Description:

• Middle Level
• Skilled

Equivalent Qualifications:

• RSA Stage 2
• RSA Diploma
• Pitmans intermediate
• City and Guilds Craft; BTEC, BEC, SCOTBEC, TEC, SCOTEC or SCOITVEC 1st or general diploma
• 1 A level, GNVQ or SNVQ

NVQ Level 3

Description:

• Middle level
• Full Craft/technician

• Intermediate academic

Equivalent Qualifications:

• City and Guilds level 3
• City and Guilds part 3
• City and Guilds advanced
• 2 or more A levels
• GNVQ's or SNVQ's

NVQ Level 4

Description:

• High level;
• Advanced technical,
• Semi-professional,
• Graduate academic.

Equivalent Qualifications:

• First degree (BA, BSc, Bed and so on)
• Nursing and teaching qualifications
• Some diplomas
• HND

NVQ Level 5

Description:

• High level;
• Full professional;
• Advanced academic

Equivalent Qualifications:

• Master's degree
• PhD
• Some diplomas
• PGCE

I've just found that - but it strangely seems to leave 'O' Levels off! I always understood 5 x O Level passes = NVQ2, but don't know for less, i'm afraid.

Your RSAs are there!

HTH

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5 GCSEs (A-C) are a full Level 2 Qualification (as is 5 O leel passes) and 2 A levels are Level 3. I've never seen anything before that's described just one A level as being Level 2 and, when it puts GCSEs as Level 1, it must mean those below a C grade. I used to advise people on things like this and I find a couple of things mentioned rather strange.

jfdi

Oldernotwiser wrote: »

There were just a couple of years when ACEs were O level passes; before that it was A-E + O and afterwards it was ABC. You won't find many people aware of that fact and, if necessary you would have to prove it. I think that it was the case at the end of the 70s; does that sound about right to you?

Darn it! Sussed at last! :T 1974 to be precise!

So if I ever had to prove it - is there an 'official' way - or just google it?

Oldernotwiser

It's mentioned on Wikipaedia, although that's hardly definitive! Edexcel took over University of London qualifications so I expect they'd be able to verify it if you ever needed to.