Classes of Qualifications
The Tariff is established by mapping classes of qualifications (i.e. qualifications that cover generic standards such as the FENTO standards or NVQs in Learning and Development) to the units of assessment in the new overarching professional standards for teachers, tutors and trainers.
The Tariff does not map individually named qualifications from specific awarding institutions, unless specifically identified as such. Consequently any individual legacy qualification may cover more of the new standards than the Tariff has established. However it is the responsibility of the awarding institution (Higher Education Institutions and National Awarding Bodies) to justify and declare where their students should enter a post September 2007 programme in terms of advanced standing, or any Accreditation of Prior Achievement (APA) from legacy qualifcations from that same awarding institution.
The Tariff provides consistency of treatment for those students moving between awarding institutions.
