Services
Vocational and Professional Accreditation
The HKCAAVQ provides accreditation and quality assurance services for vocational education and training (VET). VET operators come from different sectors including private education/training institutes, public organisations, non-government organisations and commercial corporations. The HKCAAVQ undertakes vocational accreditation exercises in accordance with the Four-stage Quality Assurance Process.
The process for a combined exercise of Initial Evaluation (IE) and Learning Programme Accreditation (LPA) will normally be completed in 14-20 weeks (from receipt of the accreditation document to the issuance of the accreditation report).
The HKCAAVQ offers various training workshops to operators who plan to seek accreditation services from the HKCAAVQ. For more information, please refer to the webpages under the “Training” section.
Useful Information
For Accreditation of Vocational Learning Programmes
- Guidelines on Four-Stage QA Process under QF | PDF
- Guidance Notes on Initial Evaluation, Learning Programme Accreditation and Learning Programme Re-accreditation | PDF | History of changes
- Initial Evaluation (IE)
- Learning Programme Accreditation (LPA)
- Combined IE & LPA
- Learning Programme Re-accreditation
- Classification of Areas of Study and Training in the Qualifications Register (QR), List of Sub-areas and Illustrative Scope Statements | PDF
- Guidance Notes on Programme Area Accreditation | PDF | History of changes
- Guidance Notes on Periodic Review | PDF | History of changes
Others
- Guidelines for Promoting Accredited Programmes and Programmes undergoing Accreditation | PDF
- Guidelines for Advertisements relating to the QF | PDF
- List of Operators awarded PAA Status | PDF
- Generic Level Descriptors | PDF
- Updated Revised Common Descriptors for Associate Degree and Higher Diploma Programmes under the New Academic Structure (Version as at February 2017) | PDF
- FAQs | PDF | History of changes
