Glossary
Glossary
Section titled “Glossary”Audience: all
Status: specced
Owns: product + backend
Depends on: Domain entities
Short definitions for everyday terms. Entities and invariants (Application, Centre, Payment, …) live in the domain entities page—use that for modeling and contracts.
| Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| CAP | Competency Assessment Platform |
| RPL | Recognition of Prior Learning — CAP path for experienced artisans |
| NOS | National Occupational Standards — trades & units documents |
| NIN | National Identity Number — primary identity verify method for candidates (provider TBD) |
| QAA | Quality Assurance Assessor (assessor type) |
| IQA | Internal Quality Assurer |
| EV | External Verifier (awarding body assessor) |
| LMS | Learning Management System — training / gap courses |
| WorkMasters | Portfolio / employer-facing platform |
| Orchestrator | Shared services (auth, identity verify, notifications) |
| Centre | Assessment centre that reviews and runs RPL applications — see entities |
| Awarding body | Issues certificates; runs external verification — see entities |
| Application | Candidate RPL application aggregate — see entities |
| Candidate | Persona applying for RPL — see entities · personas |