NVQ and competence-based qualifications Health Screeners
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Here you’ll find support for teaching and studying the Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners. This qualification, accredited on the Regulated Qualifications Framework (RQF), helps boost learners’ career prospects by giving them the skills, knowledge and understanding needed to work as a Diabetic Eye Screener, Diabetic Eye Grader, Diabetic Eye Screener Grader, Newborn Hearing Screener or Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screener.
As part of lifecycle review of qualifications, we have recently reviewed this qualification in partnership with PHE and any learners registering on this qualification after 1 June 2021 must follow the new specification (Issue 2). All changes can be found in the table of changes within the new specification.
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Specification
Specification
- Qualification type:
- Competence-based qualification
- Qualification title:
- Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Diploma for Health Screeners
- Level:
- Level 3
- Accreditation status:
- Accredited
- Guided Learning Hours (GLH):
- 301
- Credits:
- 50
- Qualification number (QN):
- 601/8682/3
- Eligible for funding in England for:
-
16-18 (EFA funding),
18-19 (EFA funding),
19+
- Availability:
- England and NI
- First teaching:
- 2016
- Review date:
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- Tue Jun 30 05:00:00 UTC 2026 ? This is the date by which we must have decided to extend, withdraw or replace a qualification.
