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Qualification hand books for Defence Awarding Organisation courses.
Please note that the DAO Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice qualification handbook has been removed as it is no longer current. An updated version of this handbook will be published shortly.
Published 19 January 2017 Last updated 16 February 2024 +show all updates
Removed 'DAO Level 4 in Leadership and Management' as this qualification has been withdrawn.
Removed 'DAO Level 4 Award in Management of Administration: qualification handbook' as this qualification is no longer offered and will not be replaced.
Removed 'DAO Level 4 Diploma in Nuclear Submarine Engineering Management: qualification handbook', as this qualification has been withdrawn.
Removal of 'DAO Level 4 Certificate in Defence Profession Video Techniques: qualification handbook'.
Added 'DAO Level 4 Award in Management of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations - qualification handbook'.
'DAO Level 4 Award in Contract Quality Requirements: qualification handbook' removed.
Added new contact information.
Removed withdrawn handbooks: Level 4 Award Management of Procurement and Supply Chain Operations, Level 4 Diploma Supply Chain and Logistics Management, Level 4 Diploma Management of Specialist Communicators and Level 4 Diploma Management of Unit Transport Operations.
Removal of: DAO Level 4 Diploma in Defence HR and Administration Management
Updated: DAO Level 4 Award in Coaching and Mentoring and DAO Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management.
Addition of 'DAO Level 4 Award in Coaching and Mentoring'.
Addition of 'DAO Level 4 Award in Leadership and Management'.
Removal of: DAO Level 4 Diploma in Motor Vehicle Repair, Maintenance and Workshop Management as it will not be offered from 01/10/21
Added: DAO Level 4 Award in Information Management.
Added: DAO Level 4 Diploma in Electrotechnical Studies and Practice (Military Engineering): qualification handbook (Updated 23 September 2020).
Addition of: DAO Level 4 Certificate in Administration Management: Qualification Handbook.
Removal of: Level 4 certificate for Regimental Administrative Officers.
Removal of Level 4 Award in Leadership and management for Effective Performance handbook.
Removal of the L4 Award in Designing Regulated Qualification handbook.
Updated Level 4 Certificate in Aeronautical Cartography added.
Updated Level 4 Certificate in Aeronautical Cartography added.
Replacement of: L4 Award in Managing the Processing of Financial Transactions added.
