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• adults who have appropriate work experience in accordance with the desired NVQ catalogue;
• in exceptional circumstances, children under 18 years of age who no longer have apprentice or student status (and also have relevant work experience);
• individuals who have acquired work experience, knowledge, and professional competences in their lives in any way and wish to have them evaluated and publicly recognised;
• individuals who want to progress in their careers without having to obtain a higher level of professional education or complete a formal education programme;
• with the NVQ certificate, adults who want to formally demonstrate mastery of a professional qualification at a certain level of difficulty, rather than acquire a level or a degree of education.