Qualifications

NOCN’s National Qualifications are built from units of credit – small bite-sized pieces of learning accredited via OCN Eastern Region. Each unit of credit can be awarded individually meaning that units can be accumulated over flexible periods of time to form full National Qualifications. This flexible approach enables learners to achieve in incremental steps, therefore ensuring a higher ultimate success rate.

Units covered by learners can be combined into different sizes of qualifications – Awards, Certificates and Diplomas. Using this method enables you to build a qualification that meets your learners' needs and offer learners the opportunity to gain credit for their achievement from small steps to full sized Diplomas.

Qualifications are offered from Entry level to Level 3 and can form the basis of return to learn courses, full Level 2 Diplomas and, for example, specialist courses in employability skills, languages, skills for life and functional skills.

Each Qualification comes with its own Guide which details how the qualification can be used and how to design the best routes for your learners.

Visit NOCN NQF Qualifications to view the full list of NQF qualifications, download Qualification Guides or search the national Unit Bank.

Visit NOCN QCF Qualifications to view the emerging list of Qualification and Credit Framework (QCF) qualifications.