G u I d e L i n e s m a n u a L s a n d g u I d e L i n e s

What about formal training where the provider is an 

employer? 

If the employer provides the training as part of a programme recognised by the relevant 

national education or equivalent authorities then the activity is ‘formal training’. 

If the person takes part in the training after receiving his/her qualification in order to be a 

recognised professional (e.g. a law graduate practising to become a lawyer or a medicine 

graduate practising to become a pathologist) then the activity is considered work and not 

learning. 

If the person obtains work experience which s/he can later on decide to have validated as a 

qualification that is recognised as equivalent to a formal qualification by the relevant national 

education or equivalent authorities, then the activity is considered as work and not learning. 

This is because the programme is separate from the recognition process, which may be