Higher Education Routes
| Qualification/Standard held | Qualifications required to become a Registered Career Development Professional | Future possible progression or specialisms |
|---|---|---|
| Post Graduate Certificate: Careers Leadership University of Huddersfield | Master's/Post Graduate Diploma in Career Development and Employability including QCD, University of Huddersfield | Through experience and/or further qualifications it is possible to progress to roles in: Management; Working with clients with specific needs, e.g. SEND; Quality Assurance - Assessment/Internal Quality Assessment; Research; Consultancy; Self-Employment; Training |
| (Higher Apprenticeship: Career Development Professional) Post Graduate Certificate University of Warwick | Master's/Post Graduate Diploma in Career Development and Coaching Studies, University of Warwick | Through experience and/or further qualifications it is possible to progress to roles in: Management; Working with clients with specific needs, e.g. SEND; Quality Assurance - Assessment/Internal Quality Assessment; Research; Consultancy; Self-Employment; Training |
| Technical Apprenticeship (Scotland) SCQF Level 9 career information, advice and employability support | Post Graduate Diploma Career Guidance and Development and QCD, Edinburgh Napier University and University of the West of Scotland | Through experience and/or further qualifications it is possible to progress to roles in: Management; Working with clients with specific needs, e.g. SEND; Quality Assurance - Assessment/Internal Quality Assessment; Research; Consultancy; Self-Employment; Training |
| Post Graduate Certificate in Career Development/Coaching/Career Development and Coaching Studies/Career Guidance & Development/Career Education, Information and Guidance in HE | The related Post Graduate Diploma/Master's at the same university | Through experience and/or further qualifications it is possible to progress to roles in: Management; Working with clients with specific needs, e.g. SEND; Quality Assurance - Assessment/Internal Quality Assessment; Research; Consultancy; Self-Employment; Training |
| Career Development and Coaching Studies PGCert - Warwick; Master's/Post Graduate Diploma Career Guidance and Development (Derby/ENU/UWS); Master's/Post Graduate Diploma Career Guidance and Leadership (NTU); Master's/Post Graduate Diploma Career Development and Employability (Huddersfield); Master's/Post Graduate Diploma Career Development (UWE); Post Graduate Diploma in Career Development (CCCU); Master's/Post Graduate Diploma Career Education, Information and Guidance in HE (Warwick); Master's/Post Graduate Diploma Career Development and Coaching Studies (Warwick); Master's Career Coaching (Birkbeck); BA (Hons) Guidance and Counselling (Northumbria) | Through experience and/or further qualifications it is possible to progress to roles in: Management; Working with clients with specific needs, e.g. SEND; Quality Assurance - Assessment/Internal Quality Assessment; Research; Consultancy; Self-Employment; Training | |
| DIRECT ENTRY - for those wishing to work in a career guidance and development role. This includes those people who have experience from an adjacent part of the sector, e.g. human resources; employability; career coaching; life coaching; talent management; outplacement services youth and community work and the voluntary sector |