All qualifications have a "Level" assigned to them indicating the level of skills required.

Note that this does not automatically match the level of difficulty for any one person because that's going to depend where you're starting from! Some will find Level 3 a doddle while others will have to work hard to reach Entry 3...

The basic skills assessments will also refer to these levels (however the assessment we use only checks up to Level 1)

The table below gives the levels of the main qualifications/programmes offered by ITeC with a very rough academic equivalent.

Level	ITeC Programmes / Qualifications at this level	Rough academic equivalent
Level 3	MODA eQuals Advanced Diploma	A-Levels
Level 2	FMA / WBL eQuals Diploma ECDL Extra Key Skills Essential Skills Wales	GCSEs grade C and above
Level 1	WBL eQuals Certificate ECDL Essentials Key Skills Essential Skills Wales	GCSEs any pass
Entry 3	WBL Start IT Essential Skills Wales	Key Stage 2/3

Note that ITeC will normally refer learners lower than Entry 2 to a more suitable programme.

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The portfolio-based qualifications require you to fill in a logbook to show you've done everything you need to for the qualification. This is called a logbook.

At ITeC these are often in a spreadsheets format to be uploaded to Mahara.