Non-regulated work in Ireland

Short answer

An employer decides whether your evidence meets the job requirement.

Sources: QQI / NARIC Ireland

Who decides

The recruiting employer.

Sources: QQI / NARIC Ireland

Check this before paying

Search QQI’s free NARIC database for a matching academic award.

Sources: QQI / NARIC Ireland

When this applies

A database comparison is generic; it does not verify your individual documents.

Sources: QQI / NARIC Ireland

Which document

An academic comparability statement if the employer requests or accepts it.

Sources: QQI / NARIC Ireland

Avoid the wrong purchase

A NARIC statement cannot substitute for professional registration.

Sources: QQI / NARIC Ireland

What this does not do

This guide concerns non-regulated employment, not a protected professional title.

Sources: QQI / NARIC Ireland

Your next official step

Confirm the employer’s exact evidence request after reading QQI’s guidance.

Sources: QQI / NARIC Ireland

Keep the title separate from the degree

For work as a physiotherapist or social worker, CORU’s relevant board is responsible for the professional register. A job requiring that title needs a different question from academic qualification comparison.

Sources: Physiotherapists Registration Board responsibilities · Social Workers Registration Board responsibilities

DiploWay questions for the employer

Ask what remains unresolved: degree level, subject content, authenticity or authority to use a professional title. Write the requested document and recipient down. Do not assume that a more expensive report answers the actual hiring question.

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