Rules that drive the work
- Fixed or open-ended validity, with a renewal window before expiry
- Require certificate numbers and expiry dates where your standard demands them
- Choose which awards are eligible for reminder schedules
Qualifications
How qualifications renew
Write the policy once, then let plans and reminders follow it.
How it helps
How qualifications renew
Write the policy once — how long an award lasts, what must be recorded, and who should get a reminder. Plans and schedules follow those rules automatically.
Prerequisites become pathways learners can follow, with alternative routes where your qualification allows them.
Why it matters
What your team gains
The outcomes your team gains from this part of Afanor — written for training administrators, not database designers.
Pathways learners can follow
- Required steps and alternative routes in the same plan
- Add or remove pathways without creating impossible loops
- Turn complex prerequisites into a clear journey toward the goal
More in this area
Other parts of qualifications
Afanor treats qualifications as part of the learner’s story: what they achieved, the evidence behind it, and the date you must not miss.
Awarding bodies and the catalogue
Agree what an award is before you start putting it on people.
Read moreWhat learners have achieved
Put the award on the person, with the paperwork that backs it up.
Read moreActing before it lapses
Bring time-sensitive awards forward while there is still time to do something.
Read moreFrequently asked questions
Questions about how qualifications renew
Can we record certificate numbers and expiry dates?
Yes. A type of qualification can require a certificate number and an expiry date. The learner’s award then holds what they achieved, when it expires, the reference, who issued it and any notes.
Can qualifications have prerequisites?
Yes. A qualification can define groups of requirements. Afanor uses those as pathways inside a learner’s plan, so they can take one route or another.
Works alongside
What sits next to qualifications
These parts of Afanor share the same people, so you are not starting again in another tool.
Training
From the plan on the wall to the people in the room
Schedule the course, check learners in, run the quiz and follow up before a qualification lapses — without starting again in another tool.
Explore TrainingCRM
One place to know every learner
Stop keeping people in one spreadsheet and employers in another. Afanor holds who they are, how to reach them, and what still needs doing.
Explore CRMReporting
See what needs a decision this week
Learners, sessions, awards, quizzes and reminders — as reports from the work you already do, not another spreadsheet to feed.
Explore ReportingSee qualifications in the same place as the rest of the work
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