RQF Level descriptors
This page contains information on the RQF level descriptors for all 8 levels.
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Knowledge descriptor (the holder….) |
Skills descriptor (the holder can…) |
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Knows and understands the steps needed to complete structured tasks and activities in familiar contexts.
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Is aware of aspects of information relevant to the area of study or work.
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Select and use relevant information.
Identify whether actions have been effective.
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Identify how effective actions have been. |
Level 3 |
Can interpret and evaluate relevant information and ideas.
Is aware of the nature of the area of study or work.
Is aware of different perspectives or approaches within the area of study or work.
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Use appropriate investigation to inform actions.
Review how effective methods and actions have been. |
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Can analyse, interpret and evaluate relevant information and ideas. Is aware of the nature of approximate scope of the area of study or work.
Has an informed awareness of different perspectives or approaches within the area of study or work.
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Identify, adapt and use appropriate cognitive and practical skills to inform actions and address problems that are complex and non-routine while normally fairly well-defined.
Review the effectiveness and appropriateness of methods, actions and results.
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Can analyse, interpret and evaluate relevant information, concepts and ideas.
Is aware of the nature and scope of the area of study or work.
Understands different perspectives, approaches or schools of thought and the reasoning behind them.
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Determine, adapt and use appropriate methods, cognitive and practical skills to address broadly defined, complex problems.
Use relevant research or development to inform actions.
Evaluate actions, methods and results.
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Level 6 |
Has advanced practical, conceptual or technological knowledge and understanding of a subject or field of work to create ways forward in contexts where there are many interacting factors.
Understands different perspectives, approaches or schools of thought and the theories that underpin them.
Can critically analyse, interpret and evaluate complex information, concepts and ideas.
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Use and, where appropriate, design relevant research and development to inform actions.
Evaluate actions, methods and results and their implications. |
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Critically analyses, interprets and evaluates complex information, concepts and theories to produce modified conceptions.
Understands the wider contexts in which the area of study or work is located.
Understands current developments in the area of study or work.
Understands different theoretical and methodological perspectives and how they affect the area of study or work.
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Use specialised skills to conceptualise and address problematic situations that involve many interacting factors.
Determine and use appropriate methodologies and approaches.
Design and undertake research, development or strategic activities to inform or produce change in the area of work or study. |
Level 8 |
Critically analyses, interprets and evaluates complex information, concepts and theories to produce new knowledge and theories.
Understands and reconceptualises the wider contexts in which the field of knowledge or work is located.
Extends a field of knowledge or work by contributing original knowledge and thinking.
Exercises critical understanding of different theoretical and methodological perspectives and how they affect the field of knowledge or work.
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Formulate and use appropriate methodologies and approaches.
Initiate, design and undertake research, development or strategic activities that extend or produce significant change in the field of work or study.
Critically evaluate actions, methods and results and their short- and long-term implications for the field of work or knowledge and its wider context. |