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Glossary

Functional skills

Qualifications in English, maths and digital skills designed for practical application.

In full

Functional skills qualifications develop practical English, maths and digital skills. They appear in study programmes, in apprenticeships and in adult provision, with different rules in each.

Where this comes up

diagnostic

A Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) card has been recorded without an aim that has a Building and Construction Sector Subject Area that is not a CSCS card

If there is a learning aim that is adult skills funded (FM38) and has LARS category reference Construction Skills Certification Scheme (CSCS) (LARS_CategoryRef = 76), then the learning start date of this aim must be between the learning start date and learning actual end date (if returned) of another adult skills funded learning aim with Building and Construction Sector Subject Area that is not a CSCS card (LARS_CategoryRef <> 76).

diagnostic

A Growth and Skills Offer Apprenticeship Unit component aim must have a corresponding programme aim with the same combination of funding model, programme type, learning start date, learning planned end date and learning actual end date (if returned)

Growth and Skills Offer Apprenticeship Unit component aim must have a programme aim with the same funding model, programme type, Learning start date, Learning planned end date and Learning actual end date (if returned)

diagnostic

A Growth and Skills Offer Apprenticeship Unit programme aim must have a corresponding component aim with the same combination of funding model, programme type, learning start date, learning planned end date and learning actual end date (if returned)

A Growth and Skills Offer Apprenticeship Unit programme aim must have a component aim with the same funding model, programme type, Learning start date, Learning planned end date and Learning actual end date (if returned)

diagnostic

Additional Delivery Hours (HRS 6) must only be returned for Adult Skills or Other Adult.

If Additional Delivery Hours is returned, it must be Adult Skills or Other Adult

diagnostic

All adult skills funding model learners and learning aims

All adult skills funding model learners and learning aims. Review areas: Full and co-funding.

diagnostic

All Skills Bootcamp learners and learning aims

All Skills Bootcamp learners and learning aims. Review areas: Identifying sub-populations.