The University of East London's (UEL) MA Careers programme is the first practice-based qualification of its kind on offer in the UK.

The Institute is offering certification for those QCG holders who have completed a cluster of units from NVQ 4 in Learning, Development and Support Services.

This mapping document relates to the QCG Learning Outcomes in use from September 2006 and the Advice and Guidance S/NVQ level 4 introduced in August 2006 i.e. for students commencing QCG from September 2006 who will commence employment from June 2007 onwards.

The current career guidance qualifications do not provide any structured framework for immediate post-entry training and development. ICG is undertaking a consultation to determine the level of support for the development of a 'probationary period'/other framework for anyone who has completed initial training (either QCG, NVQ 4 or other acceptable qualifications).

The latest developments in the QCG/NVQ training routes and the implications on the training of future careers professionals (taken from Career Guidance Today, July 2006).

ENTO , as the responsible standards body, has been commissioned by the SSDA (Sector Skills Development Agency) to undertake the development for a UK-wide Sector Qualification Strategy for Advice and Guidance.

The new document is to be used to map the 2005-6 QCG Learning Outcomes to the current LDSS units.