An awarding body status may be granted to any entity which:
Various entities become awarding bodies. These include sectoral organisations, sports unions, associations, companies offering training services, companies specialising in a given field – e.g. in data recovery or operation of specialist industrial equipment.
According to the system, it is not relevant how one has acquired knowledge – what is relevant though, is what the person can do. In the event en entity applying for an awarding body license offers training services, it shall ensure separation of training from validation.
The separation should be ensured in terms of:
The application is submitted via the Integrated Qualifications Register.
The application must include:
A PLN 10,000 fee payment receipt must be attached to the application. The fee is a single payment.
In the event an application for a license and an application for incorporation of a given qualification into the integrated Qualifications System (IQS) are submitted simultaneously, the fee shall be PLN 5,000.
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If the application is correct, it will be communicated to the competent minister. The minister shall asses the application and shall have the right to request the awarding body (AB) to provide additional information.
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In the event the assessment result is positive, the minister – pursuant to an administrative decision – grants a license to certify a given qualification.
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Once the license has been granted to a given awarding body, the minister shall assign an external quality assurance entity (EQAE) to the awarding body (AB) and to the specific qualification conferred by the same. Subsequently, the minister signs a relevant agreement with the EQAE. From this moment on, the AB shall have the right to carry out the validation procedure.
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