The NQA has the following legislative obligations:[2]
- To set up and administer a national qualifications framework
- Set the occupational standards for any occupation, job, post or positions in any career structure
- Set the curriculum standards for achieving the occupational standards[3]
- Promote the development of, or analyse, benchmarks of acceptable performance norms for any occupation, job or position [4]
- Accredit persons, institutions and organisations providing education and courses of instruction or training
- Evaluate and recognise competencies learnt outside formal education
- Be a forum on matters pertaining to qualifications
- Establish facilities for the collection and dissemination of information in connection with matters pertaining to qualifications
- Enquire into whether any particular qualification meets the national standards
- Advise any person, body, institution, organisation or interest group on matters pertaining to qualifications and national standards for qualifications.
