United Kingdom - Trade and Craft Qualifications (26/09/2011)

Trade Qualifications

The qualifications in Table A qualify for the points indicated where:

the qualification is relevant to an occupation in Part B of the List of Skilled Occupations at Appendix 6; and
the qualification is awarded by an institution specified in Table A; and
the applicant provides evidence of completing:
- a National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) or a Scottish Vocational Qualification (SVQ) at either Level 2 or Level 3; and
- a National Certificate awarded by BTEC or Edexcel; or a Certificate awarded by City & Guilds of London Institute

which are relevant to the specific qualification included in Table A.

Table A

Qualification	Abbreviation*	Qualification awarded by	Country	Awarded from	Level in NZ terms	Points under SMC
Advanced Apprenticeship	AA	An institution listed in Table B below	England	2005	4	40
Advanced Modern Apprenticeship	AMA	An institution listed in Table B below	England, Northern Ireland	2002-2004	4	40
Modern Apprenticeship	MA	Qualifications, Curriculum and Assessment Authority for Wales (ACCAC) or Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DELLS) or an institution listed in Table B below	Wales	2002	4	40
Level 3 ApprenticeshipNI	ANI	Department for Employment and Learning (DELNI) or an institution listed in Table B below	Northern Ireland	2004	4	40
Modern Apprenticeship Level 3	MAS	Scottish Qualification Authority (SQA) or an institution listed in Table B below	Scotland	2002	4	40

* Abbreviations used are for the purposes of this list and may not be stated on the award certificates.

Note: All honorary degrees must be referred to the NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.

If any courses leading to the award of one of the qualifications listed above were taken outside of the United Kingdom, including courses which have been cross-credited towards the listed qualifications please refer to the NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.

Table B

The following institutions may award the qualifications specified from the dates shown.

Institution (Previous names and dates of change are indicated in brackets. Names and dates of institutions have been included in the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment for immigration purposes only.)	Country	Qualification awarded from
Bakery Training Council (BTC)	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	AMA, MA and MAS: 2002 - 2004
City and Guilds of London Institute	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	MAS and MA: 2002 AMA: 2002 - 2004 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
EDI (Education Development International)	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	MA and MAS: 2002 AMA: 2002 - 2004 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB)	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	MA and MAS: 2002 AMA: 2002 - 2004 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
Food and Drink National Training Organisation	England, Scotland and Wales	AMA: 2002 - 2004 MA and MAS: 2002
GoSkills (Sector Skills Council for Passenger transport)	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	MA, MAS and ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
HABIA	England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland	MA and MAS: 2002 AMA: 2002 - 2004 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
Improve Ltd (ImproveSkills - Sector Skills Council for the Food and Drink Manufacturing Industry)	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	AMA: 2004 only ANI, MA and MAS: 2004 AA: 2005
Jewellery & Allied Industries Training Council	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	AMA: 2003 - 2004 MA and MAS: 2003 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
Lantra (Sector Skills Council for the Environmental and Land-based Sector)	England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland	AMA: 2002 - 2004 MA and MAS: 2002 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
MetSkill (Sector Skills Council for the Metals Industry)	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	AMA: 2003 - 2004 MA and MAS: 2003 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
National Apprenticeship Service	England, Northern Ireland, Wales	AA, ANI and MA: 2009
National Association of Master Bakers	England	AA: 2007
ProSkills (Sector Skills Council for the Process and Manufacturing Sector)	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	AA, ANI, MA and MAS: 2005
SEMTA (Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and Manufacturing Technologies)	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	AMA: 2002 - 2004 MA and MAS: 2002 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005
Worshipful Company of Saddlers	England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales	AMA: 2002 - 2004 MA and MAS: 2002 ANI: 2004 AA: 2005

Level 3 Qualifications

Appendix 3 does not include Level 3 qualifications. Level three qualifications which are recognised as an exception under the Skilled Migrant Category are included in the list of Qualifications recognised as an Exception (Appendix 8).

Craft Qualifications

The craft qualifications in Table C qualify for the points indicated where:

the qualification is awarded by the City & Guilds of London Institute in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland or Wales; and
the qualification is relevant to an occupation in Part B of the List of Skilled Occupations at Appendix 6; and
the applicant provides evidence of completing a time-based apprenticeship which is included in Table D; and
the time-based apprenticeship is in an occupation that is relevant to the awarded qualification’s major subject area; and
the time-based apprenticeship is awarded by a body listed in Table E.

Table C

The qualifications awarded by the institutions listed below qualify for the points indicated.

For the purposes of the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment ‘Any date’ or ‘until’ refers to a date on or after 1960.

Qualification	Awarded from	Level in NZ terms	Points under SMC
City & Guilds Advanced Craft Certificate	Until 1989	4*	40
City & Guilds Craft Certificate	Until 1989	4
City & Guilds Part II Certificate	Until 1989	4
City & Guilds Part III Certificate	Until 1989	4*
City & Guilds Level 3 Certificate	1989	4

Note: All honorary degrees must be referred to the NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.

If any courses leading to the award of one of the qualifications listed above were taken outside of the United Kingdom, including courses which have been cross-credited towards the listed qualifications please refer to the NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.

Table D

List of time-based apprenticeships	Abbreviation*
Agreement of Service of Craft Apprenticeship	ASCA
Apprenticeship Completion Diploma	ACDip
Certificate for Distribution Craft Apprenticeship	CfDCA
Certificate of Apprenticeship	CoA
Certificate of Approved Apprenticeship/Approved Apprenticeship Certificate	CAprA
Certificate of Completion of Apprenticeship	CCA
Certificate of Completion of Learnership	CCL
Certificate of Craft Apprenticeship	CoCA
Certificate of Craftsmanship	CoC
Certificate of Engineering Craftsmanship	CEC
Completed Record of Apprenticeship	CRoA
Completion of Apprenticeship Agreement	CAAg
Completion of Craft Apprenticeship	CompCA
Completion of Craft Apprenticeship Agreement	CCrA
Contract of Apprenticeship	ContrA
Craftsman’s (Craftsman) Certificate	CrC
Craftsman’s Certificate of Proficiency	CCoP
Deed of Apprenticeship	DoA
Indenture of Apprenticeship	IoA
National Apprenticeship Certificate	NAC
National Craftsman’s Certificate	NCC
Training Certificate	TC
Training Service Agreement	TSA
Youth Training Scheme	YTS

* Abbreviations used are for the purposes of this list and may not be stated on the award certificates.

Note: All honorary degrees must be referred to the NZQA for an International Qualification Assessment.

Table E

The following time-based apprenticeship awarding bodies may award the qualifications specified from the dates shown. For the purposes of the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment ‘Any date’ or ‘until’ refers to a date on or after 1960.

Time-based apprenticeship awarding bodies (Names and dates of institutions have been included in the List of Qualifications Exempt from Assessment for immigration purposes only.)	Qualifications awarded from
Agricultural Apprenticeship Council of England and Wales	CCoP: Until 1974
Agricultural Training Board	CoA: 1987 - 1989 CrC: 1978 - 1983
Atomic Energy Authority	ContrA: 1985 - 1992 DoA: 1971 - 1986 IoA: Until 1992
British Aerospace	CAAg: 1980 - 1989 CoA: 1980 - 1985
British Furniture Trade Joint Industrial Council	CCA and CCL: 1967 - 1984
British Hairdressing Apprenticeship Council	CoA: 1978 - 1981 DoA: 1978 - 1985 IoA: 1978 - 1980
British Printing Industries Federation	CAAg: 1977 - 1981
British Railways Board	TC: 1978 - 1995
British Rail Engineering Limited	CoA, ContrA and CRoA: 1970 - 1982
British Steel Corporation	CoA: 1983 - 1985
Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council	CAAg: 1994 - 1998 ContrA: 1980 - 1991
Central Electricity Generating Board	CoCA: 1985 - 1990 DoA: 1975 - 1990
City and Guilds of London Institute	ASCA: Until 1979 CfDCA: Until 1985 ContrA: 1965 - 1988 CrC: 1970 - 1988
Civil Engineering Construction Conciliation Board for Great Britain	ContrA: 1988 - 1997
Construction Industry Training Board	CAAg and CCA: 1984 - 1992 YTS: 1984 - 1989
Department of Education and Science	NCC: 1975 - 1976
East Midlands Electricity Board	CoA and IoA: 1982 - 1990
Engineering Industry Training Board	CEC: 1972 - 1989 CoC: 1984 - 1989 CompCA: 1978 - 1989 ContrA: 1980 - 1988
Engineering Training Council (Northern Ireland)	CEC: 1997 - 1999
Foundry Industry Training Board	CoC: 1976 - 1977
Heating Ventilating and Domestic Engineers’ National Joint Industrial Council	ASCA: 1984 - 1997 ContrA: 1978 - 1997
Iron and Steel Industry Training Board	CoC: 1974 - 1981
Joint Apprenticeship Council Electrical Contracting Industry in Scotland	CrC: 1972 - 1978
Joint Apprenticeship Panel	CAAg: 1981 - 1986 CoC: 1981 - 1986
Joint Apprenticeship Panel for the Printing Industry	CoCL: 1981 - 1983 CrC: 1982 - 1983
Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry	ACDip: 1979 - 2007 CAprA: 1977 - 1990 DoA: 1977 - 1980
Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry, Apprenticeship Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry	CAprA and DoA: 1980 - 1986
Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Mechanical Engineering Services in England and Wales	CoA: 1975 - 1990 TSA: 1976 - 1990
Ministry of Defence	CoA : 1972 - 1991 CCA: 1988 - 1991 CoC : 1980 - 1984 CompCA : 1980 - 1991 ContrA : 1968 - 1991 DoA: 1979 - 1991 IoA : 1987 - 1991
National (Apprenticeship) Council for the Hairdressing Craft	DoA and IoA: 1965 - 1971
National Apprenticeship Council	IoA: 1971 - 1974
National Coal Board	CoA: 1968 - 1986
National Joint Apprenticeship Board	CAprA : 1971 - 1987 CCA: 1969 - 1992 CoA: 1975 - 1983 ContrA: 1977 - 1992 DoA: 1978 - 1985
National Joint Apprenticeship Council for the Agricultural Machinery Trade	CCA: 1972 - 1991 NAC: 1974 - 1990
National Joint Apprenticeship Council of the Hotel and Catering Industry	IoA: 1966 - 1994
National Joint Council for the Building Industry	CAAg : 1973 - 1987 CAprA : 1970 - 1991 CCA : 1975 - 1983 CoA: 1981 - 1993 CompCA: 1969 - 1993 ContrA : 1971 - 1993 DoA : 1972 - 1985 TSA: 1977 - 1988
National Joint Council for the Motor Vehicle Retail and Repair Industry	ContrA: 1979 - 1997 NCC: 1974 - 1997
National Joint Industrial Council	CCrA: 1982 - 1990 IoA: 1972 - 1990
North Eastern Electricity Board	DoA: 1971 - 1990
North Western Electricity Board	ContrA: 1986 - 1990
Property Services Agency, Department of the Environment, Manchester	CCA: 1972 - 1993
Road Transport Industry Training Board	CCA: 1987 - 1991 YTS: 1984 - 1990
Rolls Royce Limited	CAAg: 1984 - 1996 CoA: 1982 - 1996 IoA: 1983 - 1996
Royal Air Force	CoA: 1968 - 1993
Royal Navy	CoA: 1969 - 1995
Scottish and Northern Ireland Joint Industry Board for the Plumbing Industry	CAAg: 1994 - 1997 CCA: 1990 - 1997
Scottish Building Apprenticeship Council	CCA and ContrA: 1988 - 1994
Scottish Education Department	NCC: Until 1987
Scottish Joint Industry Board for the Electrical Contracting Industry	CrC: 1997 - 1999
Secretary of State for Defence	CoA: 1982 - 1995 DoA: 1987 - 1995 IoA: 1989 - 1995
Shipbuilding Industry Training Board	CoC: 1980 - 1982 CrC: 1970 - 1981
The Institute of Meat	CrC: 1974 - 1993

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