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How do the qualifications actually work?

  • The Academic record consists of three sections. The 'Grades' section, the 'Qualifications' section and the 'Other Qualifications' section.

    'Grades' are as they seem, Grades. They are placed '<subject>     <grade>'. (That's six spaces between the subject and grade.) They're organized in the American way, which is (from best to worst): A, B, C, D, F (Failed). The mission page will contain the grade you need to give him. [No women get academic results in 2010 :(  ]

    'Qualifications' are completed studies. Class 1 is the best, Class 3 the worst. There shouldn't be any jobs where you need to place the study's name, but they should be like '<study>, Class <X>'.

    'Other Qualifications' are special achievements. They have no grades. They include 'Systems Engineering diploma', 'Certified Systems Engineer', 'IEE Acreditation'(yes, it's spelled that way), 'Btec in IT', 'Diploma in Computing'.