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Aiming at technical mastery or at management responsibility
The official catalogue arranges its occupational titles across four steps of responsibility. Two of them concentrate most orientation decisions: the senior technician step and the manager step. Here is what each covers, with the catalogue's real volumes.
What a step describes
A level does not denote a length of study: it denotes what its holder is deemed able to handle unaided. At level 5, the senior technician commands a technique and leads a small team within a perimeter defined by others. At level 6, the manager defines that perimeter themselves, arbitrates resources and answers for results before leadership. The catalogue assigns each title its level, credits and supervised hours.
How the catalogue breaks down
- Level 4
- 20 (28 %)
- Level 5
- 18 (25 %)
- Level 6
- 17 (24 %)
- Level 7
- 17 (24 %)
Both steps, catalogue figures
| Criterion | Level 5 | Level 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Titles at this step | 18 | 17 |
| Duration | 9–12 months | 10–12 months |
| Credits | 60–80 credits | 75–80 credits |
| Supervised hours | 600–800 h | 750–800 h |
| Competency blocks | 5 | 5 |
| What the step covers | Senior technician and supervisor | Manager and professional |
| Share of the catalogue | 18 titles out of 72 | 17 titles out of 72 |
What points to your route
What you already hold
A technical perimeter you have mastered points to level 5; a perimeter you define and answer for points to level 6.
What the employer expects
Job adverts often name the expected step. The table gives, for each, the real volumes the catalogue assigns to it.
The choice of titles
The number of titles available at each step is shown above: browse the one that matches your occupation.
Questions from candidates
Is level 5 required before level 6?
Professional experience is reviewed on the same footing as an academic record: the admissions adviser assesses the file block by block.
Does the level change the hours?
The table gives the real ranges for each step, computed across every title in the official catalogue.
How many titles are there in total?
The official catalogue holds 72, spread across the four steps shown in the bar above.
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