Legislation

to set up and administer a national qualifications framework;
to be a forum for matters pertaining to qualifications;
to set the occupational standards for any occupation, job, post or position in any career structure;
to set the curriculum standards required for achieving the occupational standards for a given occupation, job, post, or position in a career structure;
to promote the development of, and analyse, benchmarks of acceptable performance norms for any occupation, job, post, or position;
to accredit persons, institutions and organisations providing education and courses of instruction or training;
to evaluate and recognise competencies learnt outside formal education;
to establish facilities for the collection and dissemination of information in connection with matters pertaining to qualifications;
to inquire into whether any particular qualification meets the national standards; and
to advise any person, body, institution, organisation or interest group on matters pertaining to qualifications and national standards for qualifications.

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