Professional Register Qualification List
If you hold a qualification which you think should be considered, or if you hold a Masters/ Post Graduate Diploma/Post Graduate Certificate in Management taken within the context of career development or a career development qualification which was undertaken overseas please contact the Head of Professional Development and Standards for advice.
Master’s Degree
- Adult Guidance
- Business Psychology
- Career and Talent Management
- Career Coaching
- Career Counselling and Coaching
- Career Development and Coaching Studies
- Career Development and Employability
- Career Development and Management
- Careers Education
- Career Education and Coaching
- Career Education, Development and Guidance
- Career Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education
- Career Guidance
- Career Guidance and Development
- Career Guidance and Leadership
- Career Guidance and Employment Counselling
- Career Management
- Career Management and Coaching
- Career Management and Counselling
- Careers
- Education: Guidance Studies
- Education: Guidance Studies (E-Learning)
- Managing Medical Careers
- Occupational Psychology
- Organisational Psychology
- Professional Development (University of Glamorgan)
- Professional Learning (Career Education and Guidance)
- Professional Practice in Career Guidance
- Professional Studies (Guidance)
- Vocational Guidance
Post Graduate Diploma
- Adult Guidance
- Career and Talent Management
- Career Coaching
- Career Counselling and Coaching
- Career Development and Coaching Studies
- Career Development and Employability
- Career Development and Management
- Careers Education
- Career Education and Coaching
- Career Education, Development and Guidance
- Career Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education
- Career Guidance
- Career Guidance and Development
- Career Guidance and Leadership
- Career Management
- Career Management and Coaching
- Careers
- Education: Guidance Studies
- Education: Guidance Studies (E-Learning)
- Professional Learning (Career Education and Guidance)
- Professional Studies (Guidance)
Post Graduate Certificate
- Adult Guidance
- Career and Talent Management
- Career Coaching
- Career Development
- Career Development and Coaching Studies
- Career Development and Employability
- Career Development and Management
- Career Education, Development and Guidance
- Career Education and Guidance
- Career Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education
- Career Guidance
- Career Guidance and Development
- Career Guidance and Leadership
- Career Management
- Career Management and Coaching
- Careers
- Careers Education
- Education: Guidance Studies
- Education: Guidance Studies (E-Learning)
- Professional Learning (Career Education and Guidance)
- Professional Practice in Career Guidance
- Professional Studies (Cambridge Certificate in Leading and Managing Careers Work in Schools)
- Professional Studies (Qualification in Careers Leadership)
Qualification
- Qualification in Career Development
- Qualification in Career Guidance
- Qualification in Career Guidance and Development
Bachelor’s Degree
- BA (Hons) Guidance and Counselling Studies (Society Joint Hons Programme) Northumbria University
- BA (Hons) Guidance and Counselling (Single Hons) Northumbria University
Diploma
- Diploma in Career Guidance (Part 1)
- Diploma in Career Guidance combined with the NVQ Level 4 in Guidance
- Diploma in Vocational Guidance
- Post-experience Diploma in Career Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education
- Diploma in Career Guidance and Education
- Advanced Diploma in Managing Careers Education Information, Advice and Guidance
Certificate
- Certificate in Management of Advice and Guidance (60 credits)
QCF Level 6 Diploma
- QCF Level 6 Diploma in Career Guidance and Development
ICCI Certification
- Practitioner
- Fellow
Require a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree; demonstration of specific competencies; and experience as follows:
Practitioner: 8 years work experience; with at least 4 years in career services
Fellow: 12 years work experience; with at least 6 years in career services
S/NVQ Level 4 plus three specified QCF units or equivalent HE Modules
S/NVQ Level 4 in Advice and Guidance plus three specified QCF Level 6 units or equivalent HE Modules
S/NVQ Level 4 in Guidance plus three specified QCF Level 6 units or equivalent HE Modules
NVQ Level 4 in LDSS (Cluster) plus appropriate qualification (e.g. teaching) plus three specified QCF Level 6 units or equivalent HE Modules
NVQ Level 4 in LDSS (Supporting Young People Pathway) plus three specified QCF Level 6 units or equivalent HE Modules
The three specified QCF Level 6 units or equivalent HE Modules are: Career Guidance Theory; Reflect on and improve professional practice; Use career and labour market information with clients.
The S/NVQ qualification must have been undertaken in a career guidance context and include the following units: Develop interactions with clients; Assist clients to decide on a course of action; Assist clients to implement a course of action; Assist clients to review their achievement of a course of action.
S/NVQ Level 4 plus two specified QCF units or equivalent HE Modules (Wales only)
NVQ Level 4 in Advice and Guidance plus Career Guidance Theory (Wales) plus two specified QCF Level 6 units or equivalent HE Module. The two specified QCF Level 6 units or equivalent HE Modules are: Reflect on and improve professional practice; Use career and labour market information with clients.
The S/NVQ qualification must have been undertaken in a career guidance context and include the following units: Develop interactions with clients; Assist clients to decide on a course of action; Assist clients to implement a course of action; Assist clients to review their achievement of a course of action.
Apprenticeship
- Level 6 Career Development Professional Apprenticeship
Registered Careers Leader
RCL Qualifications
- Leading and Managing Careers Education (20 credits LSBU)
- Certificate in Professional Development in Managing CEIAG (40 credits Derby)
- Certificate in Careers Education and Guidance (20 credits CCCU)
- Advanced Certificate in Careers Education and Guidance (20 credits, CCCU)
- Certificate in Understanding Careers Education and Guidance (20 credits CCCU)
- Post Graduate Certificate in Careers Leadership
- Any Level 6 or Level 7 qualification in Careers Leadership of a minimum of 20 credits undertaken via the funding provided by the Careers & Enterprise Company
- Diploma in Careers Education, (60 credits NTU)
- OCR Unit Certificates Level 6, Units 21,22 and 23 or 17, 18 and 19
- Certificate of Further Professional Studies in Getting Started on CEG in Schools together with Certificate of Further Professional Studies in Leading and Managing CEG in Schools (Cambridge)