Qualifications

Click here for a careers chart that tells you all about the different stages on your way to a certain qualification.

 Also have a look at the Employability Skills Guide, created by STEMNET and several big employers. Employability or transferable skills are wanted by employers on top of the technical knowledge to do a certain job. Find out what the employers top 10 were, and how you can get these skills. The more skills you can show in an application or an interview, the better are your chances of getting the job! 

The Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework promotes lifelong learning in Scotland.

Their website is intended to help learners and providers of learning understand how different qualifications and learning programmes relate to each other. So in the end everyone can see what is the next best step in terms of developing a skill or gaining knowledge. 

There are many different kinds of Scottish qualifications - Highers, SVQs, HNDs, Degrees and many more. Have a look at Achievement Counts, a Students' Guide to Credits and Qualifications.

Looking at the different levels in the Framework is like looking at a Road map. You can see where you are now and the different routes you can follow - like the different routes to learning - to reach your next destination. The Framework is also like a climbing frame, with the possibility of lots of horizontal as well as vertical routes.

The SCQF assists in making clear the relationships between Scottish qualifications and those in the rest of the UK, Europe and beyond, thereby clarifying opportunities for international progression routes and credit transfer.