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Maths Week 2024: Helping healthcare workers with numeracy

Numeracy may not be the first thing that comes to mind when thinking about a career in healthcare, …

19 Sep 2024

Is that on the SCQF…? SVQ in Youth Work

Steven Maclennan, Development Officer at the CLD Standards Council, tells us all about the SVQ in …

17 Jul 2024

Is that on the SCQF…? Diploma in Business Sustainability

Sustainability is no longer just a buzzword for businesses - it's a necessity for organisations …

27 Jun 2024

Understanding the SCQF on the Scottish Qualifications Certificate

All you need to know about SCQF levels and credit points

21 Jun 2024

Is that on the SCQF…? Combatting driving test nerves

Driving anxiety and test nerves are major challenges for learners. But a course at SCQF level 7 is …

11 Jun 2024

Is that on the SCQF…? Money MOT

A Money MOT qualification at SCQF level 4 is turning lives around in East Ayrshire. Read all about …

24 May 2024

Is that on the SCQF…? Energy saving skills

Amid the ongoing cost of living crisis, a new SCQF level 7 qualification is equipping energy …

24 May 2024

Is that on the SCQF…? First Steps to Family Learning

A qualification at SCQF level 5 is helping people explore a career in Community Learning and …

23 May 2024

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Authority

Appears at Level 12 only where it is used in the phrase ‘demonstrate substantial authority’, reflecting a recognised high level and depth of expertise/expert knowledge and understanding, along with confidence. It does not mean ‘exercise authority over staff and resources’ etc, as that could clearly apply at earlier levels.

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Exercise

Used in connection with management and/or supervisory responsibility, denotes a requirement of a formal, substantive role.

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Directive

Applied to ‘supervision’, signifies a task or activity that is guided.

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Graphical Data

Encompasses maps, plans, diagrams, tables and graphs.

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Synthesis

Combine discrete elements into a coherent whole.

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Analysis

Examine in detail with a view to explanation and interpretation.

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Present

Set out, put forward, deliver information using a variety of mediums as appropriate.

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Hypothetical

Supposed, assumed for the sake of argument.

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Straightforward

Clear and uncomplicated activity, but not as demanding or systematic and therefore not as advanced as ‘routine’.

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Creativity

Often used in combination with ‘originality’. There is overlap in definition, but the defining characteristic of creativity appears to be imagination.

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Originality

Often used in combination with ‘creativity’. There is overlap in definition, but the defining characteristic of originality appears to be independence.

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Professional

Used throughout as an adjective and applied to terms including level, skills, techniques, practices, contexts, and issues where it bears broad interpretation as ‘behaving appropriately/doing things properly and well and to notions of accepted, (including externally) prescribed standards’, as well as narrow, relating to a specific occupation designated as a profession. In this latter sense, the term applies in all contexts including academic study, eg footnoting properly.

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Unfamiliar

New territory for an activity.

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Routine

Used as an adjective throughout and applied to terms including skills, tasks, elements, practices, contexts, methods and problems where it describes activity that is standard, usual, unvarying, customary, common.

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Everyday

Slightly more advanced and beyond personal but a known experience/activity encountered/applied regularly - less advanced than ‘familiar’.

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Familiar

Often encountered or experienced; common; something one has a good knowledge of - more advanced than ‘personal’ and ‘everyday’, not as advanced as ‘routine’.

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Personal

An experience relating only or primarily to the person – one would expect to start here then widen out into the rest of the world, so not as advanced as ‘familiar’.

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Critical

Fully informed, capable of supporting in-depth analysis and assessment.

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Discerning

Using judgement to recognise differences but not fully equipped/informed to analyse and discuss them in depth, so less advanced than critical.

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Awareness

Consciousness, including a background consciousness. Can be a starting point for further exploration.

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Appreciation

A sense, perception, a hold, fix or grasp of one or more of the various aspects of a subject/discipline/sector.

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Understanding

A thorough and firm grasp of a subject/discipline/sector or an element or elements of it, derived from education/study, experience and reasoning in appropriate combination. Can be defined as ‘know why’, as opposed to ‘know that’. More holistic knowledge of processes and contexts, so more advanced than appreciation and knowledge.

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Simple

Undemanding activity not necessarily part of a formal structure - not as advanced as ‘basic’.

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Knowledge

Facts, ideas, theories and concepts in a subject/discipline/sector acquired through experience and/or education – a surer grasp than appreciation so more advanced.

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Basic

Activity is early stepping stone on a structure or framework that can be built upon – more advanced than ‘simple’.