ABSTRACT
Accreditation is a part of the growing trend of work-based learning and represents a means for acknowledging a standard of learning acquired by an individual in and from their work. Work-based learning:
The characteristics of work-based learning are: partnerships formed between an organization and an educational institution; the learners usually have a contractual relationship with the organization; the work is the curriculum rather than being formed as part of a discipline or professional curriculum for which there would be a clear structure of knowledge; the programme starting point will recognize the experience of the individual learner; the learning activities and outcomes will be significantly drawn from the workplace; the educational institution assess the learning outcomes according to a framework of standards and levels (Boud and Solomon, 2001).
