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THE FIA QUALIFICATION SCHEME - COURSE UNIT APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS


REQUIREMENTS FOR FIA APPROVAL AS "CORE" AND "OPTIONAL" UNITS

CORE and OPTIONAL Units shall be accredited by recognised awarding bodies (normally national organisations that submit their awards for QCA approval in the UK, or their equivalent in other countries).
Examples of UK awarding bodies are the City and Guilds Institute and the Open College Network. It is the responsibility of the course provider to gain accreditation for their course/assessment.

CORE and OPTIONAL Units shall be available, in the form of syllabus and assessment criteria, to any FIA Approved Training Providers. It is not necessary for the originator of the Unit to make any training materials available as each FIA Approved Training Provider is expected to develop their own training presentations and course manuals.


REQUIREMENTS FOR FIA APPROVAL AS "ASSOCIATED" UNITS

ASSOCIATED Units are not required to be accredited by a recognised awarding body but accreditation will assist in gaining FIA approval.

Providers of Associated Units shall submit to the FIA the following details for the course Unit:
 course content;
any applicable accreditation/approvals;
course duration (training hours).

At the discretion of the FIA QSD, Associated Units may be approved retrospectively, and may be submitted for approval by students enrolled on the FIA Qualification Scheme. In the event that approval is denied by the FIA QSD, appeals may be addressed to the FIA Council.

FIA Approval of a course does not represent commercial authorisation for its delivery.


REVISION OF UNITS

It is inevitable in a fast changing technology such as fibre optics that Units may include elements that become redundant or out-dated. Any FIA Approved Training Provider may propose the revision of a Unit. The FIA will consult with the original Unit originators and/or other FIA Approved Training Providers, in order to decide if the proposed change is appropriate and worthwhile.

Where it is decided that a change is appropriate and worthwhile, the proposer and/or the originator of the Unit will be requested to liase with the awarding body for that Unit with the aim to update the Unit as soon as possible.

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