{"id":11277,"date":"2025-01-02T17:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T16:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kwalifikacje.gov.pl\/indywidualny\/wiedza\/sektorowe-ramy-kwalifikacji\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T02:43:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T00:43:36","slug":"what-are-sectoral-qualifications-frameworks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kwalifikacje.gov.pl\/en\/individual\/knowledge-base\/what-are-sectoral-qualifications-frameworks\/","title":{"rendered":"What are Sectoral Qualifications Frameworks?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Alongside the Polish Qualifications Framework<\/a>, Sectoral Qualifications Frameworks (SQFs) are being developed as sector-specific extensions of the descriptors typical of qualifications of a vocational nature. Sectoral Qualifications Frameworks translate the principles of the Integrated Qualifications System (IQS) into the realities of individual industries, highlighting their specific characteristics and directions of development.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main principle behind the development of sectoral frameworks is that they should be created by the industry for the industry. A broad group of experts representing different aspects of activity within a given sector is involved in developing each framework, including representatives of employers, chambers and sectoral organisations, representatives of education and training at all levels (higher education institutions, vocational schools, training companies, etc.) and representatives of regulatory institutions. The resulting draft is then consulted widely within the sector to verify whether the provisions of the SQF reflect its actual needs. Sector stakeholders are therefore both the creators and the intended users of the solutions set out in the sectoral framework.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An SQF offers a number of benefits:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n