Skip to content
New here? Use code WELCOME10 for 10% off your first course.Browse courses
Awarding body

PAA\VQSET

PAA\VQSET appears on the Ofqual register with the status "Surrendered", so it does not currently award regulated qualifications.

Key facts

Ofqual status
Surrendered
Recognition number
RN5187
Recognised by Ofqual on
1 April 2010
CCEA Regulation (Northern Ireland)
Surrendered
Legal name
The Process Awards Authority (T/A PAA/VQ-SET)
Based in
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Qualifications it awards
View on the Ofqual Register

About PAA\VQSET

An awarding body designs the qualification, sets the assessment and issues your certificate. Training providers teach the course, so prices and study methods differ between providers for the same qualification.

PAA\VQSET courses

No provider on UpskillUni lists a course awarded by PAA\VQSET yet. Browse all courses or see popular certifications.

Do you deliver PAA\VQSET qualifications? List your courses and choose PAA\VQSET as the awarding body.

Good to know

PAA\VQSET: FAQs

Not at the moment. Ofqual's register shows the status of PAA\VQSET as "Surrendered". Certificates it issued while recognised stay valid.

RN5187. You can look it up on the Ofqual Register to see the qualifications it awards.

CCEA Regulation, the regulator for Northern Ireland, lists PAA\VQSET as "Surrendered".

Usually not. PAA\VQSET sets the standard, the assessment and issues the certificate. Training providers deliver the teaching, so the same qualification can be offered by many providers at different prices.

More awarding bodies

OCN London Open Awards Open College Network Northern Ireland OTHM Qualifications Paddle UK Awarding Body Pearson Education Ltd PIABC Ltd PMI All awarding bodies

Source: Ofqual Register of Regulated Qualifications, checked 12 November 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.