Under the section entitled Alternatives to Education, what does may be used at the managers discretion mean?
This wording, found in Section 2, Part 1 of the Qualification Standards, refers to deputy head or managers authority to decide to accept an alternative in lieu of a level of education stated as an essential qualification on a Statement of Merit Criteria. This means that, subject to any applications or restrictions noted within the qualification standards, the deputy head or manager has the authority to decide whether or not to accept an alternative. If it is decided that an alternative will be accepted, what will be acceptable in lieu of the education requested must be specified on the Statement of Merit Criteria, for transparency purposes. As an example, if a manager is requesting a secondary school diploma as an essential qualification and decides to accept an alternative to that level of education, he/she would then have the authority to decide to accept either of the following alternatives: • a satisfactory score on the PSC test ONLY; • an acceptable combination of education, train
This wording, found in Section 2, Part 1 of the Qualification Standards, refers to deputy head or managers authority to decide to accept an alternative in lieu of a level of education stated as an essential qualification on a Statement of Merit Criteria. This means that, subject to any applications or restrictions noted within the qualification standards, the deputy head or manager has the authority to decide whether or not to accept an alternative. If it is decided that an alternative will be accepted, what will be acceptable in lieu of the education requested must be specified on the Statement of Merit Criteria, for transparency purposes. As an example, if a manager is requesting a secondary school diploma as an essential qualification and decides to accept an alternative to that level of education, he/she would then have the authority to decide to accept the following alternatives: • a satisfactory score on the PSC test ONLY, • an acceptable combination of education, training and/or
