There are no fast track arrangements for centres currently offering the existing qualifications in Sound engineering (1820)

Centres may obtain qualification approval for the new certificate and diploma by following the usual process (contact your nearest regional office and fill in a qualification approval form (QAP))

City & Guilds will grant approval ahead of the go-live date of 1st September 2006 but registrations and entry for the on-line examination cannot be made until after the qualification goes live.

Centres will need to undergo a verification visit prior to being granted approval for the new qualifications.  This can be arranged via your regional office as a part of the approval process as detailed above.

The exisiting qualifications in Sound Engineering (1820) will continue until at least September 2007 by which time you should have migrated to the new qualifications.

The qualification handbook and assessor's guide (containing all of the assignments) will be available on the City & Guilds website www.cityandguilds.com shortly after the go-live date.

Until that date, qualification handbooks are available upon request by e-mailing andy.plowman@cityandguilds.com

To obtain the level 1 qualification candidates need to take seven mandatory units each individually assessed by assignment and additionally assessed by a synoptic on-line, multiple choice test.

To attain the level 2 candidates need to take the mandatory units 201-206 and a further six optional units from 207-223.

This qualification will be tested on-line only using the City & Guilds Global On- 
Line Assessment system (GOLA). To run the examination centres will need to  
be GOLA-enabled.  

For more information on the technical aspects of GOLA and how to become a  
GOLA-enabled centre, please visit the City & Guilds website  
www.cityandguilds.com/GOLA  

The qualification is due to be submitted to QCA for accreditation and inclusion on the National Qualifications Framework by 1st September 2006. This means  
that they will be fundable by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) along  
normal lines.  

The QCA accreditation number will follow once allocated.