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Exemption, Equivalence and Recognition of Prior Learning –

Guidance for YMCA Awards centres

YMCA Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (all contexts) (QCF)

N.B. This is a ‘common unit’ qualification

Equivalency

The qualifications below contain units which are equivalent to those in the YMCA Awards

L2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF). Learners who have already achieved any of the

units in any of the qualifications below within the past 3 years need not repeat either the

learning or the assessment in the YMCA Awards qualification. Instead the credit already

achieved may be transferred to the YMCA Awards qualification.

Where the prior achievement is no longer current, i.e. not within the past 3 years, the centre

should satisfy themselves that the learner’s knowledge and/or skills are still current; this

may be determined through questioning or evidence of CPD.

Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)

City &Guilds Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)

EDI Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)

NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)

OCR Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)

Edexcel Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)

ITEC Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)

Lifetime Awarding Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)

VTCT Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF)


Exemptions

1. Where the L2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any YMCA

Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the qualifications below will exempt

learners from this pre-requisite.

YMCA Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)

Active IQ Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)

1st for Sport Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)

EDI Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)

NCFE Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)

OCR Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF)

2. Where a learner has a Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF) in one discipline

(gym-based, water-based and group ETM), and wants to achieve the YMCA Awards

Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF) in another discipline, they will be exempt

from the following QCF units (the ‘mandatory units’):

Principles of exercise, fitness and health

Anatomy and physiology for exercise

Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity

Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment

Note that where non-QCF units or qualifications are accepted as exemptions for the

QCF, no credit can be awarded for those exemptions and funding is not valid.

Alternatively, they may choose the RPL option below.


Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

RPL is a process that allows learners with related learning and/or skills, but without

appropriate certification, to proceed directly to assessment; it does not negate the

requirement for assessment and therefore credit can be awarded for achievement and

funding may be valid.

Where a learner has a Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (NQF) in one discipline, and

wants to achieve the YMCA Awards Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing (QCF) in

another (or the same) discipline, prior achievement of any of the NQF qualifications below

may be considered for RPL.








YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)


Equivalency


L3 Certificate in Personal Training (QCF). Learners who have already achieved any of the






may be determined through oral questioning or evidence of CPD.

Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)

City and Guilds Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)

EDI Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)

Edexcel Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)

ITEC Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)

Lifetime Awarding Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)

NCFE Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)

OCR Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)

VTCT Level 3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (QCF)


Exemptions

1. Where the L3 Certificate in Personal Training (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any YMCA

Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the qualifications below will exempt

learners from this pre-requisite.

YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Personal Training (NQF)

Active IQ L3 Certificate in Personal Trainer (NQF)

2. Where a learner has any of the qualifications below they will be exempt from the 3 ‘level

2 mandatory units’ in the YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Personal Training (QCF):

Principles of exercise, fitness and health

Know how to support clients who take part in exercise and physical activity

Health, safety and welfare in a fitness environment







Note that where non-QCF units or qualifications are accepted as exemptions for the QCF,

no credit can be awarded for those exemptions and funding is not valid.








Where learners have already studied on a programme which contains elements of the L3

Certificate in Personal Training (QCF), this learning may be taken into consideration by the

centre for RPL. Examples of such programmes are listed below.

Any of the NQF certificates in fitness instructing or personal training listed above

BTEC (L3 certificate or diploma in sport or sport and exercise science)

Sports Science degrees

WABBA fitness instructing or personal training courses

BAWLA weight lifting coaching courses


YMCA Awards Level 3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF)

Equivalency

There are currently no ‘common unit’ qualifications in Pilates; hence no units equivalent to

those in the YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF).

Exemptions

1. Where the YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any

other YMCA Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the NQF/non-common unit

qualifications below may exempt learners from this pre-requisite.

2. Where learners, having achieved any of the qualifications below, wish to ‘up-skill’ to the

YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF), they may be exempt from some

of the units.

In both cases, centres would need to submit a request to YMCA Awards for approval (see

QCF Exemption Request Application Form).

YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Teaching Mat Pilates (NQF)

Active IQ Certificate in Pilates (NQF)

ITEC Level 3 Diploma in Pilates Teaching (NQF)

Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Matwork (QCF, non-common units)

ITEC Level 3 Diploma in Pilates Teaching (QCF, non-common units)

VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Mat Pilates (QCF, non-common units)

Note that where non-QCF units or qualifications are accepted as exemptions for the QCF,

no credit can be awarded for those exemptions and funding is not valid.








1. Where the YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF) is a pre-requisite for

any other YMCA Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the QCF qualifications

below may be considered for RPL.

Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Instructing Pilates Matwork (QCF, non-common units)

ITEC Level 3 Diploma in Pilates Teaching (QCF, non-common units)

VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Mat Pilates (QCF, non-common units)

2. Where learners have already studied on a programme which contains elements of the

L3 Diploma in Teaching Pilates (QCF), this learning may be taken into consideration by

the centre for RPL.


YMCA Awards Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF)


Equivalency


L3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF). Learners who have already achieved any of the







Active IQ Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF)

Lifetime Awarding Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF)

VTCT Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF)

Exemptions

Where the L3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any YMCA Awards

qualification, prior achievement of any of the qualifications below will exempt learners from

this pre-requisite.

From Sep 2011 L3 Exercise Referral became a pre-requisite for any qualification within the

L4 Specialist Exercise Instructor category on REPs. *In order for REPs to recognise an NQF

Exercise Referral qualification, learners will also need to complete the REPs online

Professional Practice Unit (PPU).

YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Clients with Specific Controlled Conditions (NQF)*

Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (NQF)*

YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (QCF non-common unit version)

Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (QCF non-common unit version)

Lifetime Awarding Level 3 Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF non-common unit version)








Diploma in Exercise Referral (QCF), this learning may be taken into consideration by the

centre for RPL. Examples of such programmes are listed below.

The Wright Foundation (prior to May 2012)

BACR (British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation)


YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled

Conditions (QCF) – soon to be withdrawn

Equivalency

The qualification below contains some units which are equivalent to those in the YMCA

Awards L3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (QCF).

Learners who have already achieved any of the units listed below within the past 3 years

need not repeat either the learning or the assessment in the YMCA Awards qualification.

Instead the credit already achieved may be transferred to the YMCA Awards qualification.




Qualification Units

Lifetime Awarding Level

3 Diploma in Exercise

Referral (QCF)

Anatomy and physiology for exercise and health (A/600/9051)

Professional practice for exercise referral instructors

(L/601/2746)

Planning exercise referral programmes with patients

(T/601/6760)

Delivering exercise referral sessions (R/601/6717)

Exemptions

Where the YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled

Conditions (QCF) is a pre-requisite for any YMCA Awards qualification, prior achievement

of any of the qualifications below will exempt learners from this pre-requisite.

From Sep 2011 L3 Exercise Referral became a pre-requisite for any qualification within the

L4 Specialist Exercise Instructor category on REPs. *In order for REPs to recognise an NQF

Exercise Referral qualification, learners will also need to complete the REPs online

Professional Practice Unit (PPU).

YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral for Clients with Specific Controlled

Conditions (NQF)*

Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Exercise Referral (NQF)*








Certificate in Exercise Referral for Specific Controlled Conditions (QCF), this learning may

be taken into consideration by the centre for RPL. Examples of such programmes are listed

below.

The Wright Foundation (prior to May 2012)

BACR (British Association of Cardiac Rehabilitation)


YMCA Awards Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF)

Equivalency

The qualifications below contain units, or some units, which are equivalent to those in the

YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF). Learners who

have already achieved units in any of the qualifications below (which are also in this sports

massage qualification) within the past 3 years need not repeat either the learning or the

assessment in the YMCA Awards qualification. Instead the credit already achieved may be

transferred to the YMCA Awards qualification.




Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF)

Any QCF Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing i.e. the 4 ‘mandatory units’

Exemptions

Where the YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF) is a

pre-requisite for any YMCA Awards qualification, prior achievement of any of the

qualifications below will exempt learners from this pre-requisite.

Active IQ Level 3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (NQF)

CIBTAC L3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (QCF)

YMCA Awards L3 Certificate in Sports Massage (NQF)

ITEC L3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (QCF)

ITEC L3 Diploma in Sports Massage (NQF)

VTCT L3 Certificate in Sports Massage Therapy (QCF)








Certificate in Sports Massage (Soft Tissue Repair) (QCF), this learning may be taken into

consideration by the centre for RPL. Examples of such programmes are listed below.

The London School of Sports Massage (LSSM)

FSMT – Fellowship of Sports Massage Therapy


FAQs

Question Answer

1. If a learner has the Level 3 Certificate in

Advanced Fitness Instructing (NQF) or

the Level 3 Certificate in Personal

Training (NQF), are they exempt from the

Anatomy and physiology for exercise

and health (APEH) unit in L3 QCF

qualifications?

Yes (as long as the whole NQF qualification

has been achieved, rather than just the

Exercise and fitness knowledge (EFK) unit).

But the learner will not achieve credit for the

QCF APEH unit, and the centre may not be

able to claim funding.

Alternatively, the centre/learner may

decide that RPL is more appropriate. In this

case, credit will be awarded and funding may

be valid.

2. If a learner has L3 Exercise and fitness

knowledge (EFK) (NQF) unit are they

exempt from the L3 Anatomy and

physiology for exercise and health

(APEH) (QCF) unit?

No, unless they have achieved the EFK unit

as part of a whole qualification – see Q1

above.

3. Is the L2 NVQ Diploma in Instructing

Exercise and Fitness an acceptable pre-

requisite for the YMCA Awards L3

Certificate in Personal Training, in place

of the L2 Certificate in Fitness

Instructing?

Yes because the NVQ is mapped to the

same NOS as the L2 Certificate and is a

bigger qualification than the L2 Certificate;

thus it satisfies more than the required

knowledge and skills of the pre-requisite.

4. If a learner has the YMCA Awards L3

Certificate in Personal Training (QCF),

are they ‘exempt’ from units 1, 2, 3 and

4* of the YMCA Awards L3 Diploma in

Pilates (QCF)?

* These are the L3 A&P plus the other 3

L2 mandatory units

Yes, this is a case of ‘equivalence’; the

Certificate in Personal Training meets the

requirements of these units because it

contains the equivalent units.

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