Study and assessment

Each unit will be completed over a three month period, ending with a multiple choice, open-book examination. The examinations will test against learning objectives and success criteria detailed in the study materials provided to students. The recommended study time is 40 hours per unit. 

The qualification will take a minimum of 18 months to complete. The cost of the course covers one examination and one resit (if necessary) per unit. The resit will be scheduled approximately one week after the original examination. Further resit examinations will be available at an extra cost.

Students cannot progress to study for a subsequent unit until they pass the previous unit. Where a student fails an examination and resit, the next resit can be taken at the next available examination cycle.

Upon passing at a later examination cycle the student will be given a choice to either continue with the next unit immediately, with access to a tutorial which may be pre-recorded, or to wait until the next cohort of students begins the same unit. This could mean up to a five month wait.

The maximum time to complete the Level 3 Certificate in LGPS Administration is 4 years.

The learning method will be self study with in-house support expected from the student’s administering authority. A two-and-a-half-hour group tutorial facilitated by the LGA’s LGPS Training and Development Advisers will be given for each unit.

On passing this qualification, candidates will be eligible for ProfPMI membership with the PMI. Please get in touch with the team directly – Membership@pensions-pmi.org.uk