Search for a Qualification

You may easily find your target qualification in Qualifications Search.

To go to Qualifications Search, you can either click the “Search” on the navigation bar and select "Qualifications", or click “Qualifications" in the quick link on the landing page.

You can find your target qualification based on any combination of the following search criteria:

• Keywords
• Qualification Type
• CAT Type
• QF Level
• Area of Study and Training
• Industry
• QR Registration No.
• Registration Status

by filling in or selecting relevant information in one or more search field(s). If there is "" in the field, click 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 can click “Reset” to reset all values in the searching criteria.

Points to note:

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

Upon an initial search, you can use the "Filters" on the left panel to narrow down your search results. You can select any combination of the following filters:

• QF Credit
• QF Level
• Registration Status
• Title of Qualification
• CAT Type
• Name of Operator / Agency
• Area of Study and Training 
• Qualification Type
• Name of Granting Body
• Title of Learning Programme
• Industry 
• Mode of Delivery
• Operator / Agency Reference Code
• Country / Region of Operator
• Country / Region of Granting Body

by filling in or selecting relevant information in one or more search filter(s). If there is "" in the filter, click to open the pull-down menu for selection. There will be counts on results next to each criterion.

Then, click “Apply” to filter the qualification(s) meeting your criterion(a).

To re-start a new search, you click "Reset" to reset all values in the filters.

Points to note:

By default, “Registration Status” is set at “Current” and “Prospective” in the searching criteria above. If you wish to select an "Archived" record in the "Filters", you have to select the status as “Archived” in the searching criteria.

For "QF Credit", you can select the range either by inputting values or moving the range slider. To show records with no credit value indicated, you can check the box "Credit value not displayed".

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, special notes and programme / qualification requirements listed on the 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 “Results”, “Operators” and “Granting Body(ies)” on the top of the list.

QF Level, QF Credit, Registration Status, Qualification Type(s) and CAT Type(s) (where applicable) are indicated by icons. You can click the icons to see their names or definitions.

To view the previous / next search results page, you can click the “ < ” / “ > ” keys, or click the page number, or insert a page number in the "o" at the top or bottom of the list to view a particular page.

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

You can click "" next to "Sorting Order" to open the pull-down menu for criterion selection. Then can click the icon   to change the sorting order, with as ascending and as descending.

Fields with sorting function available are:

• CAT Type
• Name of Operator / Agency
• QF Credit
• QF Level
• Qualification Type
• Registration Status
• Title of Qualifcation

For CAT Type, “CAT(I)”  , “CAT(P)” , “CAT(R)”   and qualifications without CAT arrangement are arranged in alphabetical order.

For Registration Status, “Current”  , “Prospective”  and “Archived” are arranged as ascending order.

You can click the qualification title and the “QR Record Details” of your selected qualification will be opened in a new tab.

You can tap "" to add a record to "My Favourite" when you are viewing the list of search results or the relevant QR Record Details. 

Click "Add All " to add all search results to "My Favourite" in one go.

To view your favourite list, you can open the toolbox "" and tap "".

The record kept in "My Favourite" will be displayed according to the qualification(s) you have selected in the search results list of the three Searches.

Remove records from "My Favourite" list

Click the "" on the qualification. If you wish to remove all qualifications from "My Favourites", click “Remove All ”.

Print and download records on "My Favourite" list

Click "Print " to print the list as what you viewed on screen, and click "Download " to download the list in Excel with full data set.

Key information including QR Registration No., title of qualification, name of operator / assessment agency, QF level, QF credit, registration validity period, qualification type and CAT type are displayed at the top of the record.

If you search the record in Qualification Search, the tab "Qualification Information" will be displayed by default. If you wish to view the CAT information of the record, you can click the tab "CAT Information".

You can click on the icons or  "" to see their names or definitions of the fields.

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

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 of the relevant industry respectively.

For RPL qualifications, a list of "Unit of Competency (UoC)" under the specified Cluster will be displayed.

Click "Print " to print the QR Record Details as what you viewed on screen, and click "Download " to download the QR Record Details in the Excel format.