Difference Between a CPD and Ofqual Regulated Qualifications

We will be posting any updates regarding our courses and training in this blog. I thought it would be helpful for students enquiring about courses.

As we are all aware, there has been alot of changes in our industry, with regulations being discussed frequently, with no deadline date as of yet being disclosed. The latest change is insurance, that some insurance companies now require Ofqual Regulated qualifications.

We as a training academy have always advised our students completing CPD courses, to take our Proqual Level 3 Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology qualification, as it is an Ofqual Regulated qualification (click the picture to go to the course page, for more information), so you then have at least a starting point in the industry. So I for one am very happy to see insurance companies making this change.

If you DO NOT have any Ofqual Regulated qualifications, regardless of which qualifications you would like to complete the ProQual Level 3 Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology qualification, would be what you would need to complete first, as it is a required qualification for most courses. You can purchase the course below, please ensure you click on the picture above first to ensure you understand the requirements of the course.

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Difference Between a CPD and a Ofqual Regulated Qualification

If you are unsure if you have a CPD qualification or a Ofqual Regulated qualification, it is very simple to tell the difference. Some of you would have been told when attending a CPD course that it was a Level 3 or a Level 4 etc, for example a CPD Level 3 Anatomy and Physiology. This is NOT the case, CPD course providers can call their courses whatever they want to and some have added levels to their qualifications, which is where the confusion comes in. In my opinion it should never have been allowed to give these courses levels due to them not being Ofqual Regulated and we as a training academy have never given any of our CPD courses levels for this reason.

Please ensure you check your certificates, if the certificates you hold do not have the Ofqual Logo on them, they are NOT Ofqual Regulated Qualifications. I have added a picture to the right and have circled the Ofqual Logo, as an example.

So to be clear, if your certificates DO NOT have the Ofqual Logo circled right, then your certificate is a CPD Certificate and is NOT a Ofqual Regulated qualification, regardless of what Level it states on it.

Now dont get me wrong, CPD qualifications have had there place in the industry until now, but with the industry changing, you should be looking to complete Ofqual Regulated qualifications from now on. This is why we are in the process of moving our current CPD qualifications over to Ofqual Regulated ones, some of you would have noticed our CPD Non-Surgical Body Contouring Training Course and our CPD Fat Freezing Training Course are both now ProQual Ofqual Regulated qualifications. (click on each of the pictures below, for more information on these courses).

With these 2 courses and many of our other ProQual courses, we have offered a RPL (Recognised Prior Learning) option, for students that are currently trained in the treatment with a CPD qualification to upgrade to a Ofqual Regulated Qualification. This will help to not make it not so costly to upgrade your CPD certificate as you already have the underpinning knowledge and practical skills.

Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below. I will be adding more blogs on different qualifications over the next few weeks, as we offer quite a few different areas, such as Aesthetics, Laser, PMU, etc