Standards and skills frameworks

National / Scottish Vocational Qualifications

Qualifications that can be counted towards an N/SVQ

This page shows the list of qualifications that can contribute towards an N/SVQ. Follow the links below for the qualification you are looking for, which will give the detail on which units are covered.

For further information on contributing qualifications, see the Assessment Strategies for NVQs/SVQs for IT Professionals, Communication Technologies (Telecoms), Contact Centres and IT Users. 

Contributing qualifications for IT Professionals N/SVQs

• e-Quals level 2
• e-Quals level 3
• CompTia level 2 (A+) (see iPro & e-Quals)
• CompTia level 3 (Security+, Server+, Linux+) (see iPro & e-Quals)
• Cisco Systems level 2 - HP IT Essentials I  (see iPro & e-Quals)
• Cisco Systems level 3 - CCNA (see iPro & e-Quals)
• Cisco Systems level 4 - CCNP (see iPro & e-Quals)
• Microsoft Certifications level 2 - MCDST (see iPro & e-Quals)
• Microsoft Certifications level 3 - MCSE (see iPro & e-Quals)
• Microsoft Certifications level 4 (see iPro & e-Quals)

Contributing qualifications for Communication Technologies (Telecoms) N/SVQs 

Will be added as qualifications are approved.

Contributing qualifications for Contact Centres NVQ/SVQs

• City and Guilds - Certificate in Contact Centre Skills level 2
• City and Guilds - Certificate in Contact Centre Skills level 3

Contributing qualifications for IT Users (ITQ) 

See the qualifications that can be counted towards an ITQ on the ITQ website. If you wish to map qualifications against ITQ, view the mapping notes.

Last modified: 13 Mar 2008