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Institute of Advanced Technological and Commercial Studies

Programmes

Professional titles

A degree targets a field of study; a professional title targets a named occupation. It is for those who want to enter it — first job, career change, promotion — and is assessed through a workplace simulation before a panel of practitioners.

The family in figures

Four levels, from the shop floor to the board

72 titles, 4975 credits and 49750 taught hours in total. Level 4 prepares you to hold a role; level 7, to answer for it before an executive board.

Level 4 — Skilled employee and operative
20 (28 %)
Level 5 — Senior technician and supervisor
18 (25 %)
Level 6 — Manager and professional
17 (24 %)
Level 7 — Expert and executive
17 (24 %)
Total: 72 professional titles

Level 4

Skilled employee and operative

Level 5

Senior technician and supervisor

Level 6

Manager and professional

Level 7

Expert and executive

How a title is awarded

Through a workplace simulation before a panel of practitioners, and a professional portfolio recording what you actually did. Not through a written exam: an occupation is proven by practising it.

Professional titles — IHETC