In the Qualifications Search, you can quickly find a qualification based on any combination of Keywords, Types of Qualifications and / or QF Level for a Simple Search.

To go to Qualifications Search, you can either click the “Qualifications Search” button on the homepage, or click “Search” on the navigation bar and select “Qualifications”.

Then, fill in or select relevant information in one or more search field(s). Click next to the search field to open the pull-down menu for criteria selection.

Then, click “Search” to search for the relevant qualification(s) on the QR.

To re-start a new search, you may click “Reset” to reset all values in the search fields.

More search criteria are available in “Advanced Search”. You can select any combination of the following search criteria including those available in the Simple Search:

• QR Registration No.
• QF Credit
• Types of Credit Accumulation and Transfer (CAT)
• Area of Study and Training
• Sub-area
• Industry
• Branch
• Title of Learning Programme
• Title of Qualification
• Name of Granting Body
• Country / Region of Granting Body
• Name of Operator / Agency
• Country / Region of Operator
• Mode of Delivery
• Operator / Agency Reference Code
• Registration Status

Like Simple Search, you can fill in or select relevant information in one or more search field(s). Click next to the search field to open the pull-down menu for criteria selection.

Then, click “Search” to find qualification(s) meeting your criterion(a).

Points to note:

• By default, “Registration Status” is set at “Current” and “Prospective”. To find an "Archived" record, you need to select the status as “Archived”.

• Operators / assessment agencies are autonomous in assigning reference code for their qualifications. So, when using “Operator / Agency Reference Code” for search, the “Name of Operator / Agency” can be specified to get your desired record.

• “Sub-area” and “Branch” are dependent on the area(s) of study and training and industry(ies) selected. Therefore, you have to select the area(s) of study and training or industry(ies) from the pull-down menu before you can select the respective sub-area(s) and branch(es).

• When using “Mode of Delivery” for search, you can select “Not Applicable” for the search of recognition of prior learning (RPL) qualifications and professional qualifications (PQ).

You can simply enter any word(s) / phrase(s) in the “Keywords” search field, and the system will match the word(s) / phrase(s) you have entered with qualification / learning programme title, name of operator / granting body, area of study and training, sub-area, industry / branch, mode of delivery and quality assurance (QA) status of the QR records.

If your target qualification / learning programme title or name of operator / granting body contains words with diacritical marks (e.g. Café), you can simply copy & paste the title/name/word into keywords for searching the record.

To search for records under the following QA Statuses, you may enter the keywords in the table below:

When searching multiple keywords, the system will search records containing all the keywords by default; e.g. enter business management to search records containing both business and management, such as business management and business logistics management.

You can also use of the following logic and wildcards:

• OR – either or both; e.g. enter business OR management to search records containing either business or management, or both, such as global business, property management, business management and business logistics management.

• “ ” – exact phrase; e.g. enter “business management” to search records containing the exact phrase business management only, but will not retrieve records such as business logistics management.

• * – to substitute any character(s) / word(s); e.g. enter business* to search records containing the word or phrase which begins with business, such as business analysis and business communication.

After making a search, QR will return a list of qualifications that match the criteria selected. There will be counts on “No. of Search Results”, “No. of Operators” and “No. of Granting Bodies” on the top of the list.

Registration status, type(s) of qualification and type(s) of CAT (where applicable) are indicated by icons. You can refer to the full list of icons with their names at the top of the legend.

To view the previous / next search results page, you can click the “ < ” / “ > ” keys at the top or bottom of the list.

After making a search, you can further sort the search results to pick out the records you are looking for.

Fields with sorting function available are indicated with arrows in the column header, with “▲” as ascending and “▼” as descending. You can click the required field, and the arrow key will be highlighted to indicate the preferred sorting order.

Fields with sorting function available are:

• Title of Qualification
• QF Level
• QF Credit
• Name of Operator / Agency
• Types
• CAT (e.g. “CAT(R)” , “CAT(P)” , “CAT(I)” and qualifications without CAT arrangement are arranged in ascending order)
• Status (e.g. “Current” , “Prospective” and “Archived” are arranged in ascending order)

When you mouse-over a qualification, the record will be highlighted. Click the title of qualification of the highlighted record and the “QR Record Details” of your selected qualification will be opened in a new tab.

It is the same for qualifications in the shortlisted results page.

You can add search result(s) onto the shortlist by the following means:

• Click the checkbox next to the qualification(s), and click “Add to Shortlist” to shortlist the selected qualification(s);

• Each search results page contains up to 20 records. You can click the checkbox next to the “Title of Qualification” label in the column header, and click “Add to Shortlist” to shortlist all qualifications on the page; or

• Click “Add All to Shortlist” to shortlist all search results in one go.

To view your shortlist, click “Shortlisted Results” at the top of the legend.

The shortlisted results will be displayed according to the qualification(s) you have selected in the search results list.

Remove shortlisted results

Click the checkbox next to the qualification(s) and click “Remove” to remove qualification(s) from the shortlist. If you wish to remove all qualifications from the shortlist, click “Remove All”.

Print and Save shortlisted results

Click to print the shortlist, and click to save the shortlist.

Note: The shortlisted results will be cleared once you leave the Qualifications Search.

Information of the qualification, including title of qualification, title of learning programme, QF level, QF credit, types of credit accumulation and transfer (CAT), QR registration no., registration validity period, area of study and training, sub-area, registration status etc. (where applicable), is listed in the page.

Additional information will be shown for the specific types of qualifications:

• For CPD programmes, a “CPD” icon will be displayed next to the title of qualification.

• For SCS-based courses or SGC-based courses, a table of "Unit of Competency (UoC)” will be displayed with the listing of SCS-based UoC codes or SGC-based UoC codes (where applicable) under the specification of industries.

• For programmes with CAT arrangements [i.e. CAT(I), CAT(P) and / or CAT(R)] in place, you can click the type(s) of CAT in the “Credit Accumulation and Transfer” field to open the “Credit Accumulation and Transfer” page to view the CAT information and credit transfer arrangement (where applicable). You can also click the web link in the "CAT Info." field to view the relevant information on CAT arrangements in place on the webpage of that specific programme.

Click to print the QR Record Details, and click to save the QR Record Details.

Click “X” button to close the QR Record Details page.