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SQA Hospitality Qualifications

Programs Approved & Quality Assured by SQA (Scotland)

LCCI GQ offers Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management and Culinary Arts. All these programmes are approved and quality assured by Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA), Scotland, which makes our students globally competitive. Brief summary is provided below.

European Qualifications Framework (EQF): A Europe-wide qualifications framework that joins the qualifications of different European countries. LCCI GQ programmes are benchmarked against the EQF, making it easier for European employers to compare LCCI GQ qualifications with their own national frameworks.

Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF): Scotland’s national qualifications framework that supports lifelong learning. It helps people of all ages and circumstances access education and training throughout their lifetime, enabling them to fulfil their personal, social, and economic potential. SCQF also helps employers, learners, and the public understand the full range of Scottish qualifications, how they relate to each other, and how different types of learning contribute to improving workforce skills. The SCQF is a way of comparing the wide range of Scottish qualifications. It covers achievements such as those from school, college, university, and many work-based qualifications. It does this by giving each qualification a level and a number of credit points. The level of a qualification shows how difficult the learning is. The credit points show how much learning is involved in achieving that qualification. Each credit point represents an average of 10 hours of learning. The SCQF can help decide how you progress in your learning understand qualifications you are not familiar with employers understand different types of qualifications and help development of employees skills colleges and universities identify the level that has been studied in a particular subject and make it easier to transfer credit points between different learning programs provide recognition for other areas of your learning that may contribute to your personal development and your future goals. Further more, In today’s fast paced world, the hospitality industry is a major booming industry. LCCI GQ Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Hospitality will prepare students with the skills they need for successful career in the hospitality industry. Students will enjoy an unrivaled real life learning environment with LCCI GQ collaboration with various partners both locally and internationally. Students will be given opportunity to combine management skills with practical knowledge such as front office, restaurant operations, housekeeping, food & beverage services and culinary arts in order to fast track their careers in the hospitality industry. The hospitality industry continues to grow; the World Travel Organization predicts that it will triple in size by the year 2020, becoming one of the largest industries in the world. This growth will provide many employment opportunities for people with the right qualifications, and LCCI GQ Hospitality qualifications with its accreditation from Scottish Qualifications Authority, Scotland (UK) provides exactly the type of education and skills that the future hospitality managers require to succeed. Furthermore, LCCI GQ Hospitality Qualifications have been credit rated by Scottish Credit & Qualifications Framework (SCQF) which is comparable to European Qualifications Framework (EQF) as outlined below:

Program Summary (SCQF & EQF Benchmarking)

Program Duration SCQF Level SCQF Credit Points EQF Level
Diploma in Hospitality Management 15 months
(9 months at the training site + Internship 6 months)
5 64 3
Advanced Diploma in Hospitality Management 21 months
(15 months at the training site + Internship 6 months)
7 99 5
Diploma in Global Culinary Arts 12 months
(6 months at the training site + Internship 6 months)
6 67 4
Professional Chef Course (Basic) 2 months 5 5 3
Professional Chef Course (Advanced) 3 months 7 15 5
Certificate in Bakery, Pastry and Patisserie I & II 3 months 6 15 4