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For the last 15 years or so S/NVQ Level 4 in Supply Chain
Management (SCM)has been recognised for full membership of the Chartered
Institute of Purchasing and Supply (MCIPS) as long as students can
also prove they have at least three years
experience in "a position of responsibility in
purchasing and supply management". The
current accreditation end date (last date for registrations) of the current
suite of SCM NVQs (offered by Edexcel) is 30th April 2014.
However, SVQs (Scottish Vocational Qualifications) in Supply Chain Management
(basically the same qualification as the NVQ) offered by SQA will continue to
be available until 31st December 2014.
This means that those students who wish to enrol at Levels 2 and/or 3 will be
able to continue to do so until the end of this year.
Both NVQs/SVQs at Level 4 will no longer recognised by CIPS
for MCIPS if students are not "registered" with Edexcel or SQA by the
end of April deadline. Students have to
apply for their membership of CIPS no later than 31st
December 2016 – see http://www.cips.org/membership/Grades-and-Fees/upgradetomcips/ for further details.
The Future
Some replacement VQ qualifications are very near to
completion and should be available by the end of Summer 2014. In the meantime, it is regrettable that CIPS
will not agree to support an extension
to the above "cut off" date resulting in a break in provision. Qube has been working on this important
Qualifications Development with other
stakeholders such as the Sector Skills Council (Skills for Logistics), other
NVQ Providers and two new Awarding Bodies, OCN and ABC Awards.
These new QCF qualifications will be at Levels 3, 4, 5 and 6
and will soon be accredited by Ofqual following which CIPS is expected to carry
out a "mapping" exercise to their own academic qualifications and it
is hoped this will enable a vocational pathway to MCIPS to continue.
Watch this space for further news!