Qualifications improve your chances; they do not gate the job. Level 4 is the most recognised.

Typical pay: £29,000 to £75,000Level 4 most recognisedOpen entry

Pay range: National Careers Service.

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Your route in

You can start without qualifications - direct entry/volunteering; a qualification improves your chances

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Starting from scratch

Entry-level courses that feed this route.

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Qualifications employers recognise (Level 4)

Any of these strengthens your application.

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Add-on certificates

Complements to the main route. Where no level is shown, the awarding body does not specify one.

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Where this can take you

You can develop your career by completing professional qualifications through the: Association for Project Management (APM), Project Management Institute (PMI) and Chartered Management Institute (CMI). With experience, you could become: a senior project manager, co-ordinating several projects, a freelance consultant, advising businesses on the best way forward and an operations manager, with overall responsibility for products and services. For multi-sector project management in engineering and manufacturing, you could do a Project Controls Professional Level 6 Degree Apprenticeship.

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