Four levels may be awarded to those taking the Diploma course. To understand the requirements you will need to look at the assessment rubric.

Foundation

Students at this level will be able to use software to carry out a variety of tasks.
Students need to achieve level 1 or higher on all strands but must achieve level 2 or higher on the technical skills strand.

Standard

Students at this level will be able to demonstrate good use of software to carry out a variety of tasks.

Students need to achieve level 2 or higher on each of the strands.

Advanced

Students at this level will be able to demonstrate an ability to use a range of software at an advanced level and be able to carry out extended pieces of work to solve a real problem for a real client.

Students need to achieve level 3 or higher on each of the strands.

Innovator

Students at this level will have demonstrated all that is necessary to gain the advanced award but in addition they will be able to carry out an extended piece of original work that shows great innovation in the application of skills.

Students need to achieve level 3 or higher on each of the strands and level 4 on the originality/creativity strand.