Diploma Digital Technology: IT Support SCQF level 8
The Diploma in Digital Technology: IT Support at SCQF level 8 provides learners with a qualification that will demonstrate their aptitude in this area. This Diploma will develop the learner’s confidence and awareness of the skills that they have acquired which they can use for employment and/or further study.
This qualification covers areas such as supporting digital business transformation, applying methods and principles in project management, developing meta-skills and personal professionalism, creating and deploying cloud applications and implementing cloud security .
This qualification is available through employers, colleges and training providers.
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Why deliver this qualification
This Diploma enables learners to demonstrate both knowledge and skills in a digital vocational area.
This qualification is based on the current version of Work Situations defined by Skills Development Scotland.
Candidates can progress to a range of courses at a higher level, allowing centres to retain or build student numbers.
The Diploma can be offered within a workplace environment and training centres or colleges. The evidence demonstrating achievement of the qualification can be assessed within a workplace environment or, where simulation is used, within a realistic working environment.
Who does this qualification suit
This Diploma is suitable for:
- learners who have just left school
- mature candidates who may have been out of education for some time
- individuals who are currently in employment and who wish to obtain a formal qualification
- people who wish to start their own business
- employers who want their employees to undertake short, continuing professional development courses
Access
Entry is at the discretion of the centre.
No prior qualifications or knowledge are required to undertake this qualification. However, it would be beneficial if candidates possessed qualifications at SCQF level 6 or higher.
Progression
The level 8 award could provide progression to:
- an HNC/HND in Computing or a related area
- a PDA in a computing related discipline
- degree-level study at a higher education institution
- employment in the digital sector
Approval
Centres without devolved authority are required to come forward for approval and should contact SQA’s Business Development Team for guidance.
Assessors and verifiers must be able to meet SQA’s general requirements for technical/occupational competence as outlined in the Systems and Qualification Approval Guide
How to assess
Assessment of this award will normally be through workplace activities, although simulation may be used in specific component units. Normally, candidates will be required to maintain a portfolio of workplace evidence, produced through routine work activities. Knowledge will be assessed where appropriate. Some assessments will be carried out under supervised open-book conditions, others under supervised closed-book conditions.
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Qualification Structure
Group award code: GV2K 48
The Diploma in Digital Technology: IT Support at SCQF level 8 consists of seven mandatory units and two optional units. Please refer to the Qualification Structure (88 KB) for details of the units making up this qualification.
National Occupational Standards
Unit information for this qualification is available on our Unit Search.
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Assessment strategy
Two assessment strategies relate to this qualification:
Assessor's guidelines
Candidate Guidance and Portfolio
Lapsing
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Qualification Structure
Diploma for Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals at SCQF level 8 – GL2T 48
This group award has been replaced.
It entered its lapsing period on:31/10/2023
It finishes on: 31/12/2027
- Qualification Structure (186 KB)
Group award code: GL2T 48 (SCQF level 8 - 150 SCQF credit points)
The Diplomas for Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals at SCQF levels 8 consists of three mandatory Units.
The following units are mandatory:
- Personal Effectiveness at the level of the qualification
- Health and Safety in IT & Telecoms (SCQF4)
Plus:
- either Customer Care or Personal and Interpersonal Communications at the level of the qualification
Units from different levels can be used within a qualification subject to the overall SCQF qualification levelling rules. In addition, a minimum of 60% of the credits achieved must be at the qualification level. Where a family of units exists at more than one level (eg Systems Architecture) only one unit can contribute to a qualification.
National Occupational Standards
Unit information for this qualification is available on our Unit Search.
Modern Apprenticeships
This qualification can be taken as part of the Technical Apprenticeship in IT and Telecommunications at SCQF level 8 developed by the Tech Partnership.
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Assessment strategy (61 KB)