The combined packaging of a group of competencies or modules.

The combination of an individual's physical abilities as well as his/her technical, academic, and practical knowledge and skills as developed through training, education, and on-the-job performance. In some cases, qualifications may be formally evaluated and documented.

Formal certification issued by a Registered Training Organisation, in recognition that a person has achieved competency in line with the requirements of an endorsed Training Package or an accredited course.

a public certification that a student has successfully completed a specified set of learning outcomes with a particular purpose and of specified minimum volume of credit at particular level(s)

The process determining whether a borrower has sufficient ability to repay a loan, not factoring in credit history. Sometimes referred to as Pre-qualification.

The technique of evaluating samples to quality or approve a production lot from which they dome or the production line from which they are produced

The process of determining if an individual can be approved for a loan.

The process which determines whether-an applicant can be approved for a mortgage loan.

an attribute an employee might have -- and that a shift might require

A documented determination that a product (and its associated software), component, packaging or labeling, meets all prescribed design and performance requirements.

Championships require that a dog have a prior placement in order to be able to run the championship, or in other words, to “qualify” the dog. Most championships require a derby placement, but several require a shooting dog placement. For ‘open' championships, the placement needs to be in an open trial, for amateur championships, an amateur placement in a derby or shooting dog is necessary.

standard [General] minimum requirements necessary to qualify members of the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ACTUARIES to perform publicly required actuarial functions; such standards are promulgated by the AAA

documention showing that equipment is correctly installed, does what it is intended to do, and continues to operate within specified parameters.

The process of determining whether an existing executable that runs on a previous release of HP-UX will run correctly on a new release of HP-UX. May require minor source code changes and/or recompiling on the previous release. See also: port; source code transition.

Action of providing that equipment or ancillary systems are properly installed, work correctly, and actually lead to the expected results. Qualification is part of validation, but the individual qualification steps alone do not constitute process validation.

an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something; "her qualifications for the job are excellent"; "one of the qualifications for admission is an academic degree"; "she has the makings of fine musician"

A condition or circumstance that must be met or complied with. In Singapore, it often refers to the level of education which one has met.

documented evidence that all specified design and performance requirements are met (ref. ISO 11607: 2003(E)).

a demonstration of quality business practices that safeguard the consumer

The process of demonstrating whether an entity is capable of fulfilling specified requirements. [See ISO 8402 - 1994, 2.13.1 ISOMEC 12207 - 1995 (E).

A three-step process of 1) making a specification public; 2) creating an entity that implements the specification; and 3) demonstrating that the implementation matches the specification. In conjunction with certification, qualification activity is used to establish a vendor's adherence to the QML or QPL program requirements.