You took a Graduate exam in March. Now the certificate says
IFE Level 3 Diploma…..
In March this year you took one or more IFE Graduate examination papers.
Now that you have your certificate, the word Graduate is not mentioned and
the phrase IFE Level 3 Diploma is used instead. What does this mean?
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On March 1st the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations
Regulator (also known as Ofqual,) accredited the IFE’s examinations
as nationally recognised qualifications within most of the UK.
Because our accredited qualifications are now placed on a national
framework they can no longer have the traditional IFE titles we all
recognise. They have to be named in a way that reflects the
framework and we will have to get used to different descriptions and
new titles.
For the IFE the Graduate syllabus, exams and certificates have
become parts of the IFE Level 3 Diploma.
The details of the new qualifications can be found at:-
http://www.accreditedqualifications.org.uk/awardingbody/qualifications/
The+Institution+of+Fire+Engineers+qualifications.seo.aspx
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The IFE exam papers were printed several weeks before Ofqual made
the accreditation: this explains why the papers were called Graduate
examinations but your certificate refers to the IFE Level 3 Diploma.
The chart below matches the old names of the former examination
papers with the new titles of the units in the recently accredited
qualification:Old Graduate
Examination Paper
Paper 1: Fire Safety
Paper 2a: Operations
Paper 2c: Aero Fire Studies
Paper 3: Fire Engineering Science
Paper 4: Human Resource
Management
Paper 5: UK Operations
Paper 6: UK Leadership and
Management
New Unit for IFE Level 3
Diploma Qualification
Fire Safety (H/502/3113)
Fire Service Operations –
International (F/502/3118)
Aero Fire Studies (T/502/3116)
Fire Engineering Science
(D/502/3112)
Human Resource Management in
Fire and Rescue Services –
International (A/502/3117)
Fire Service Operations - UK Specific
(K/502/3114)
Leadership and Management in Fire
and Rescue Services - UK Specific
(M/502/3115)
If your certificate looks like this...
You have passed four
exams and you have
completed the four units
required to achieve the
qualification.
This is the full title of the
qualification you have
achieved. This is one of
the three qualifications
available within the IFE
Level 3 Diploma
… you have passed four exams and achieved the qualification.
Congratulations.
On the other hand, if your certificate looks like this….
You have passed two
exams and have
completed two units of
the four required to
achieve the qualification.
The full title of the
qualification will not
appear on a certificate
for the IFE Level 3
Diploma until you have
passed four exams and
completed the four units
required to achieve it.
… you have to pass two more exams to achieve the qualification.
We hope you are successful next year.
Exams 2010
Dear Candidate,
Please find below a list of key dates and other information to help
you with your application for the IFE examinations taking place in
March 2010.
September 1st 2009
IFE website will open for 2010 exam entries. Candidates can
download application forms, syllabus details and supplementary
information.
Please visit: - www.ife.org.uk/exams
October 31st 2009
Closing date for applications made through IFE overseas
branches.
November 30th 2009
Closing date for individual applications sent directly to IFE head
office.
December 15th 2009
By this date all candidates who submitted an application form to
take exams in 2010 should have received a letter of
acknowledgement.
January 31st 2010
By this date letters to all candidates will have been sent out
confirming examination times and locations and providing other
important information.
March 11th & 12th 2010
IFE examinations take place.
June 2010
Exam results will be distributed to all candidates by mid-June.