Paragraph 4a: Complementary certificates associated with vocational diplomas, State diplomas and higher State diplomas in youth, popular education and sport

Complementary certificates may be associated with the brevet professionnel, diplôme d’Etat and diplôme d’Etat supérieur de la jeunesse, de l’éducation populaire et du sport. They attest to professional skills that meet a specific need and are awarded under the same conditions as the diploma. Complementary certificates are created : either by an order of the minister responsible for sport; -or by an order of the ministers responsible for youth and…

The skills reference framework identifies the skills and the knowledge, including cross-disciplinary knowledge, which derive from them. The certification reference framework is made up of one or a set of units which make up the complementary certificate and an assessment reference framework which defines the criteria and procedures for assessing what has been learned.