DACE - Institute for Adult Learning Singapore

Table C3: 

Credit Exemption List for WSQ Diploma in Adult and Continuing Education (DACE) 

S/N 

Country 

Recognised Non-WSQ Qualifications / 

Certificates 

D1 Australia Diploma in Training and Assessment - 

National Assessors and 

Workplace Trainers Body, Registered 

Training Organisations 

D2 Australia Master of Training and Development - 

Griffith University 

D3 China Corporate Trainer (National 

Occupational Skill Standard Level 2) - 

Ministry of Human Resources and 

Social Security, P.R.C. 

Exempted DACE 

Unit/s 

DACE C3, C5, C6, 

C7, Integrated 

Practicum, E1, 

E2, E3 and 

Capstone Project 




E2, E3 and 





E2, E3 and 


Additional DACE 

Competency Unit/s 

Required to be completed 

for Award of DACE 10 

DACE C1, C2 and C4 - 



Credit Exemption apply for the following 

DACE Competency Unit/s 10 subject to 

completion of corresponding elective unit/s 

of source qualification 

D4 England Chartered Institute of Personnel and 

Development (CIPD) - Level 3 Award in 

Learning and Development Essentials 



Practicum, 

E2, E3 and 


DACE C1*, C2, C5 and E1 

Possible exemption if: 

C1*: The Unit “Developing yourself as an 

effective human resources or learning 

and development practitioner” 

F/600/1176 is completed. 

D5 England Level 4 Certificate in Teaching in the 

Lifelong Learning Sector - 

Lifelong Learning UK (LLUK) 

D6 England Master of Arts in Lifelong Learning - 

Institute of Education, University of 

London (IOE-UOL) 

DACE C1, C3, C6 

C7, 

E2, E3 and 



E10 and Capstone 

Project 

DACE C2, C4, C5*, Integrated 

Practicum and E1 

DACE C4, C5, C6, C7, 

Integrated Practicum and E1 


C5*: “Developing and managing resources 

in the lifelong learning sector” Unit 12 

is completed. 

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S/N 

Country 

Recognised Non-WSQ Qualifications / 

Certificates 

D7 France Formateur (Trainer), Université 

Catholique de l’Ouest 

D8 Scotland Diploma in Training and Development 

– Scottish Qualifications Authority 

(SQA) 

D9 Singapore Pedagogical Certificate in Technical 

Education 11 – 

Institute of Technical Education (ITE) 

D10 Singapore Master of Arts in Instructional Design 

and Technology – 

National Institute of Education (NIE), 

Nanyang Technological University 

D11 USA Master of Arts in Education and 

Human Development - 

George Washington University 

Exempted DACE 

Unit/s 



Practicum, 

E3, E6 and 




Practicum, 

E3 and Capstone 

Project 


C6, C7, Integrated 

Practicum, 

E1, E4 and 


DACE C5 

DACE C3 

Additional DACE 

Competency Unit/s 

Required to be completed 

for Award of DACE 10 

DACE C2, C5, C7 and E1 - 

DACE C2, C5, C7* and E1 and 

balance elective units. 

DACE C2 and C4 - 

CORE UNITS: 

DACE C1, C2, C3*,C4*, C6, C7, 

Integrated Practicum and 

ELECTIVE UNITS: 

DACE E1, balance elective 

units and Capstone Project 

(Possible exemptions for E3*, 

E4* and E10*) 

CORE UNITS: 

DACE C1, C2, C4, C5, C6, C7, 

Integrated Practicum and 

ELECTIVE UNITS: 

E1, balance elective units and 

Capstone Project. 

Credit Exemption apply for the following 

DACE Competency Unit/s 10 subject to 

completion of corresponding elective unit/s 

of source qualification 


C7*: 

Optional Module DN3C 34 “Learning 

and Development: Competence-based 

assessment” is completed. 

Possible exemptions if: 

C3*: 

C4*: 

“Perspective on Adult Learning” 

“Training Needs Assessment and 

Solutions” 

E3*: “Evaluation Models and Methods” 

E4*: “Designing E-Learning Systems” and 

E10*: “Designing, Conducting and Reporting 

Investigations “ 

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10 To exhaust credit eligibility at DACE Core Units before seeking credit exemption at Elective Units. 


11 Credit Exemptions accorded to DACE graduates by ITE for the fulfilment of PCTE qualification: 

DACE graduates 

seeking credit exemption: 

Exempted 

Pedagogical 

Certificate in 

Technical Education 

(PCTE) Units 

To fulfil following ITE 

Skills Standards for award 

of PCTE qualification* 

Additional credit exemption will apply 

when DACE graduate completes 

following DACE elective unit/s 

Upon attainment of: 

WSQ Diploma in Adult and Continuing 

Education 

Exempted for: 

ITE PCTE: 

M2, M4 and SFT 

To top-up: 

ITE PCTE: 

M1, M3 and M7 

Additional exemptions for: 

ITE PCTE M5 if: 

DACE Graduate has completed elective units 

- DACE E1, E4 and E5 

ITE PCTE M6 if: 

- Version 1.0 

DACE Graduate has completed elective unit – 

DACE E2 

* Details regarding the credit exemption application process for fulfilment of PCTE would be provided when WSQ DACE Graduates join ITE as teaching staff. 

List of PCTE modules (or equivalent) based on PCTE Skills Standards versions 1 and 2.0 effective from Oct 2004 till present: 

M1 - Basic Motivational, Classroom and Student Management Techniques 

M2 - Basic Instructional Delivery and Facilitation 

M3 - Assessment & Evaluation for Theory Test 

M4 - Being a Reflective Practitioner 

M5 - Instructional Design and Development for Authentic, Competence-Based Learning 

M6 - Assessment and Evaluation of Competence 

M7 - Basic Counselling Techniques 

SFT - Supervised Field Training 


List of WSQ Diploma in Adult and Continuing Education (DACE) Competency Units 

DACE Competency Units: 

Core Units 

DACE C1 - 

Develop practice through reflection (TR-PPD-401C-1) 


Review competency-based training approaches for adult workers (TR-PSC-401C-1) 


Incorporate learning theories and approaches for adult learning (TR-LDD-401C-1) 


Plan a training needs analysis (TR-HRD-401C-1) 


Apply instructional design to create courseware (TR-LDD-402C-1) 


Facilitate adult learning (TR-DAT-401C-1) 


Implement and evaluate assessment (TR-DAT-402C-1) 

Integrated Practicum - Demonstrate application of learning of at least 2 out of 5 Core Units (C3, C4,C5,C6 & C7) in an authentic CET work environment 

Elective Units 

DACE E1 - 

Design and develop curriculum for adult learning programmes (TR-LDD-401E-1) 


Develop assessment tools (TR-DAT-401E-1) 


Evaluate adult learning programme (TR-ERT-401E-1) 


Design and develop e-learning programme (TR-LDD-402E-1) 


Facilitate e-learning programme (TR-DAT-402E-1) 

DACE E6 - Use facilitation techniques for group-based learning (TR-DAT-403E-1) 


Facilitate activity-based learning (TR-DAT-404E-1) 


Develop workplace learning plan (TR-LDD-403E-1) 


Develop on-the-job training programme (TR-LDD-404E-1) 


Initiate and conduct applied research (TR-ERT-402E-1) 

Capstone Project - Demonstrate the application of learning of any elective unit/s in an authentic CET work environment 

For a description of the learning outcomes for each of these competency units, please refer to www.ial.edu.sg.

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