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awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Exemption, Equivalence and Recognition of Prior Learning –
Guidance for YMCA Awards centres
YMCA Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (all contexts) (QCF)
N.B. This is a ‘common unit’ qualification
Equivalency
The qualifications below contain units which are equivalent to those in the YMCA Awards
L2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF). Learners who have already achieved any of the
units in any of the qualifications below within the past 3 years need not repeat either the
learning or the assessment in the YMCA Awards qualification. Instead the credit already
achieved may be transferred to the YMCA Awards qualification.
Where the prior achievement is no longer current, i.e. not within the past 3 years, the centre
should satisfy themselves that the learner’s knowledge and/or skills are still current; this
may be determined through questioning or evidence of CPD.
Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
City &Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
EDI Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
OCR Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
Edexcel Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
ITEC Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
Lifetime Awarding Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
VTCT Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Exemptions
1. Where the L2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any YMCA
Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the qualifications below will exempt
learners from this pre-requisite.
YMCA Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
1st for Sport Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
EDI Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
OCR Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
2. Where a learner has a Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF) in one discipline
(gym-based, water-based and group ETM), and wants to achieve the YMCA Awards
Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF) in another discipline, they will be exempt
from the following QCF units (the ‘mandatory units’):
Principles of exercise, fitness and health
Anatomy and physiology for exercise
Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity
Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment
Note that where non-QCF units or qualifications are accepted as exemptions for the
QCF, no credit can be awarded for those exemptions and funding is not valid.
Alternatively, they may choose the RPL option below.
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL is a process that allows learners with related learning and/or skills, but without
appropriate certification, to proceed directly to assessment; it does not negate the
requirement for assessment and therefore credit can be awarded for achievement and
funding may be valid.
Where a learner has a Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF) in one discipline, and
wants to achieve the YMCA Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF) in
another (or the same) discipline, prior achievement of any of the NQF qualifications below
may be considered for RPL.
YMCA Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
1st for Sport Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
EDI Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
OCR Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
N.B. This is a ‘common unit’ qualification
Equivalency
The qualifications below contain units which are equivalent to those in the YMCA Awards
L3 Certificate in Personal Training (QCF). Learners who have already achieved any of the
units in any of the qualifications below within the past 3 years need not repeat either the
learning or the assessment in the YMCA Awards qualification. Instead the credit already
achieved may be transferred to the YMCA Awards qualification.
Where the prior achievement is no longer current, i.e. not within the past 3 years, the centre
should satisfy themselves that the learner’s knowledge and/or skills are still current; this
may be determined through oral questioning or evidence of CPD.
Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
EDI Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
Edexcel Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
ITEC Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
Lifetime Awarding Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
OCR Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Exemptions
1. Where the L3 Certificate in Personal Training (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any YMCA
Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the qualifications below will exempt
learners from this pre-requisite.
YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Personal Training (NQF)
Active IQ L3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (NQF)
2. Where a learner has any of the qualifications below they will be exempt from the 3 ‘level
2 mandatory units’ in the YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Personal Training (QCF):
Principles of exercise, fitness and health
Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity
Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment
YMCA Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
1st for Sport Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
EDI Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
OCR Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)
Note that where non-QCF units or qualifications are accepted as exemptions for the QCF,
no credit can be awarded for those exemptions and funding is not valid.
Alternatively, they may choose the RPL option below.
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL is a process that allows learners with related learning and/or skills, but without
appropriate certification, to proceed directly to assessment; it does not negate the
requirement for assessment and therefore credit can be awarded for achievement and
funding may be valid.
Where learners have already studied on a programme which contains elements of the L3
Certificate in Personal Training (QCF), this learning may be taken into consideration by the
centre for RPL. Examples of such programmes are listed below.
Any of the NQF certificates in fitness instructing or personal training listed above
BTEC (L3 certificate or diploma in sport or sport and exercise science)
Sports Science degrees
WABBA fitness instructing or personal training courses
BAWLA weight lifting coaching courses
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
YMCA Awards Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF)
Equivalency
There are currently no ‘common unit’ qualifications in Pilates; hence no units equivalent to
those in the YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF).
Exemptions
1. Where the YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any
other YMCA Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the NQF/non-common unit
qualifications below may exempt learners from this pre-requisite.
2. Where learners, having achieved any of the qualifications below, wish to ‘up-skill’ to the
YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF), they may be exempt from some
of the units.
In both cases, centres would need to submit a request to YMCA Awards for approval (see
QCF Exemption Request Application Form).
YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Teaching Mat Pilates (NQF)
Active IQ Certificate in Pilates (NQF)
ITEC Level 3 Diploma in Pilates Teaching (NQF)
Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Matwork (QCF, non-common units)
ITEC Level 3 Diploma in Pilates Teaching (QCF, non-common units)
VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Mat Pilates (QCF, non-common units)
Note that where non-QCF units or qualifications are accepted as exemptions for the QCF,
no credit can be awarded for those exemptions and funding is not valid.
Alternatively, they may choose the RPL option below.
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL is a process that allows learners with related learning and/or skills, but without
appropriate certification, to proceed directly to assessment; it does not negate the
requirement for assessment and therefore credit can be awarded for achievement and
funding may be valid.
1. Where the YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF) is a pre-requisite for
any other YMCA Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the QCF qualifications
below may be considered for RPL.
Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Matwork (QCF, non-common units)
ITEC Level 3 Diploma in Pilates Teaching (QCF, non-common units)
VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Mat Pilates (QCF, non-common units)
2. Where learners have already studied on a programme which contains elements of the
L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF), this learning may be taken into consideration by
the centre for RPL.
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
YMCA Awards Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF)
N.B. This is a ‘common unit’ qualification
Equivalency
The qualifications below contain units which are equivalent to those in the YMCA Awards
L3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF). Learners who have already achieved any of the
units in any of the qualifications below within the past 3 years need not repeat either the
learning or the assessment in the YMCA Awards qualification. Instead the credit already
achieved may be transferred to the YMCA Awards qualification.
Where the prior achievement is no longer current, i.e. not within the past 3 years, the centre
should satisfy themselves that the learner’s knowledge and/or skills are still current; this
may be determined through oral questioning or evidence of CPD.
Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF)
Lifetime Awarding Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF)
VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF)
Exemptions
Where the L3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any YMCA Awards
qualification, prior achievement of any of the qualifications below will exempt learners from
this pre-requisite.
From Sep 2011 L3 Exercise Referral became a pre-requisite for any qualification within the
L4 Specialist Exercise Instructor category on REPs. *In order for REPs to recognise an NQF
Exercise Referral qualification, learners will also need to complete the REPs online
Professional Practice Unit (PPU).
YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Clients with Specific Controlled Conditions (NQF)*
Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (NQF)*
YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (QCF non-common unit version)
Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (QCF non-common unit version)
Lifetime Awarding Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF non-common unit version)
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL is a process that allows learners with related learning and/or skills, but without
appropriate certification, to proceed directly to assessment; it does not negate the
requirement for assessment and therefore credit can be awarded for achievement and
funding may be valid.
Where learners have already studied on a programme which contains elements of the L3
Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF), this learning may be taken into consideration by the
centre for RPL. Examples of such programmes are listed below.
The Wright Foundation (prior to May 2012)
BACR (British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation)
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled
Conditions (QCF) – soon to be withdrawn
Equivalency
The qualification below contains some units which are equivalent to those in the YMCA
Awards L3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (QCF).
Learners who have already achieved any of the units listed below within the past 3 years
need not repeat either the learning or the assessment in the YMCA Awards qualification.
Instead the credit already achieved may be transferred to the YMCA Awards qualification.
Where the prior achievement is no longer current, i.e. not within the past 3 years, the centre
should satisfy themselves that the learner’s knowledge and/or skills are still current; this
may be determined through oral questioning or evidence of CPD.
Qualification Units
Lifetime Awarding Level
3 Diploma in Exercise
Referral (QCF)
Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health (A/600/9051)
Professional practice for exercise referral instructors
(L/601/2746)
Planning exercise referral programmes with patients
(T/601/6760)
Delivering exercise referral sessions (R/601/6717)
Exemptions
Where the YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled
Conditions (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any YMCA Awards qualification, prior achievement
of any of the qualifications below will exempt learners from this pre-requisite.
From Sep 2011 L3 Exercise Referral became a pre-requisite for any qualification within the
L4 Specialist Exercise Instructor category on REPs. *In order for REPs to recognise an NQF
Exercise Referral qualification, learners will also need to complete the REPs online
Professional Practice Unit (PPU).
YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Clients with Specific Controlled
Conditions (NQF)*
Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral (NQF)*
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL is a process that allows learners with related learning and/or skills, but without
appropriate certification, to proceed directly to assessment; it does not negate the
requirement for assessment and therefore credit can be awarded for achievement and
funding may be valid.
Where learners have already studied on a programme which contains elements of the L3
Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (QCF), this learning may
be taken into consideration by the centre for RPL. Examples of such programmes are listed
below.
The Wright Foundation (prior to May 2012)
BACR (British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation)
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF)
Equivalency
The qualifications below contain units, or some units, which are equivalent to those in the
YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF). Learners who
have already achieved units in any of the qualifications below (which are also in this sports
massage qualification) within the past 3 years need not repeat either the learning or the
assessment in the YMCA Awards qualification. Instead the credit already achieved may be
transferred to the YMCA Awards qualification.
Where the prior achievement is no longer current, i.e. not within the past 3 years, the centre
should satisfy themselves that the learner’s knowledge and/or skills are still current; this
may be determined through oral questioning or evidence of CPD.
Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF)
Any QCF Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing i.e. the 4 ‘mandatory units’
Exemptions
Where the YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF) is a
pre-requisite for any YMCA Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the
qualifications below will exempt learners from this pre-requisite.
Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (NQF)
CIBTAC L3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (QCF)
YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Sports Massage (NQF)
ITEC L3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (QCF)
ITEC L3 Diploma in Sports Massage (NQF)
VTCT L3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (QCF)
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
RPL is a process that allows learners with related learning and/or skills, but without
appropriate certification, to proceed directly to assessment; it does not negate the
requirement for assessment and therefore credit can be awarded for achievement and
funding may be valid.
Where learners have already studied on a programme which contains elements of the L3
Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF), this learning may be taken into
consideration by the centre for RPL. Examples of such programmes are listed below.
The London School of Sports Massage (LSSM)
FSMT – Fellowship of Sports Massage Therapy
awarding excellence YMCA Awards part of Central YMCA. Registered charity No. 213121. Limited company registered in England 119249. Registered office: 112 Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3NQ. YMCA® is a trademark registered in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. ISO9001 accredited.
FAQs
Question Answer
1. If a learner has the Level 3 Certificate in
Advanced Fitness Instructing (NQF) or
the Level 3 Certificate in Personal
Training (NQF), are they exempt from the
Anatomy and physiology for exercise
and health (APEH) unit in L3 QCF
qualifications?
Yes (as long as the whole NQF qualification
has been achieved, rather than just the
Exercise and fitness knowledge (EFK) unit).
But the learner will not achieve credit for the
QCF APEH unit, and the centre may not be
able to claim funding.
Alternatively, the centre/learner may
decide that RPL is more appropriate. In this
case, credit will be awarded and funding may
be valid.
2. If a learner has L3 Exercise and fitness
knowledge (EFK) (NQF) unit are they
exempt from the L3 Anatomy and
physiology for exercise and health
(APEH) (QCF) unit?
No, unless they have achieved the EFK unit
as part of a whole qualification – see Q1
above.
3. Is the L2 NVQ Diploma in Instructing
Exercise and Fitness an acceptable pre-
requisite for the YMCA Awards L3
Certificate in Personal Training, in place
of the L2 Certificate in Fitness
Instructing?
Yes because the NVQ is mapped to the
same NOS as the L2 Certificate and is a
bigger qualification than the L2 Certificate;
thus it satisfies more than the required
knowledge and skills of the pre-requisite.
4. If a learner has the YMCA Awards L3
Certificate in Personal Training (QCF),
are they ‘exempt’ from units 1, 2, 3 and
4* of the YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in
Pilates (QCF)?
* These are the L3 A&P plus the other 3
L2 mandatory units
Yes, this is a case of ‘equivalence’; the
Certificate in Personal Training meets the
requirements of these units because it
contains the equivalent units.