This qualification is now closed for Registrations

Certification end date: 31/07/2026

Qualification summary

This qualification has been developed for the widest range of learners possible: young people, students and adults, those who are entering further or higher education or pre-employment, recently unemployed or between jobs. It has been designed to meet the needs of learners who wish to gain a knowledge and understanding of the principles of saving and borrowing money, sources of income and expenditure, the need to manage income and expenditure, financial products and services, different forms of pay, how to budget and the use of credit.

The range of units contained in this qualification allow you to learn, develop and practise the financial skills required for life, without requiring or proving occupational competence. This qualification could also prove invaluable toward your own personal and career development.

This qualification does not require you to have any prior qualifications or levels of prior learning. For a list of training providers who deliver this qualification in your area please contact our customer services team.

Learners who achieve this qualification could progress onto the:

• VTCT (Skillsfirst) Level 2 Certificate in Computerised Accounting for Business (RQF)
• VTCT (Skillsfirst) Level 2 Certificate in Payroll for Business (RQF)

or similar vocationally-based qualifications

Related Documents:

VTCT (Skillsfirst) Level 2 Award in Introduction to Personal Finance (RQF) Handbook

 

Qualification structure

To achieve VTCT (Skillsfirst) Level 2 Award in Introduction to Personal Finance (RQF), you will have to achieve the two mandatory modules in Group M.

Guided Learning Hours (GLH) are 46

Total Qualification Time (TQT) is 53

Qualification number	Qualification reference
PFA2	603/3791/6

Group M – mandatory modules

RQF  mod. no.	Skillsfirst  mod. no.	Module  title	Mod. Level	GLH Value
H/617/3040	PF1	Understanding personal finance	2	26
K/617/3041	PF2	Understanding money management	2	29

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