Under Condition TQ7.1, an awarding organisation must establish, maintain and comply with, a policy for the recognition of prior learning in respect of content for the core where appropriate.
Under Condition TQ7.2, recognition of prior learning has the same meaning as in Condition E10.2. Under that definition, prior learning will include prior attainment.
In its policy, an awarding organisation should specify the criteria that it will use to determine whether or not to accept prior learning (for example the evidence requirements) in relation to content for the core that it considers is transferable to a different Technical Qualification.
This will involve a judgment by the awarding organisation on whether or not particular content is transferable from the Technical Qualification that the Learner has previously studied to that which he or she is now studying. In doing so, an awarding organisation should take account of the content, and follow any requirements set by theInstitute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education in this respect, and revise its policy where the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education revises its requirements.
Where satisfied that the content in question is transferable, the awarding organisation should then consider whether to accept the particular application for recognition of prior learning in respect of that content.
