IHETC Academy

Level 7 — Expert and executive

Level 7 prepares you to decide under uncertainty: set a course, arbitrate between competing interests, commit the organisation over several years. Its framework bears as much on the method of decision as on the technical field.

What this level prepares you for

qualifications at this level: 17
credits in total: 1 190
supervised, in total: 11 900 h
of stated duration: 9 mois

The qualifications at this level

Each row names the trade targeted, then publishes the duration, credits and supervised hours from the filed catalogue. These are the figures an equivalence office recomputes first.

Qualification	Trade targeted	Duration	Credits	Supervised hours
Industrial Risk and HSE Director	group or multi-site HSE director	9 months	70	700 h
Industrial Operations Director	site or operations director	9 months	70	700 h
Chief Information Security Officer	CISO	9 months	70	700 h
Chief Financial Officer	CFO	9 months	70	700 h
Chief Human Resources Officer	HR director	9 months	70	700 h
Compliance and Anti-Money-Laundering Expert	compliance director — banking, microfinance, insurance	9 months	70	700 h
Enterprise Architect	IS architect	9 months	70	700 h
Digital Transformation Manager	transformation director	9 months	70	700 h
Chief Technology Officer	chief technology officer, CTO	9 months	70	700 h
Chief Data and AI Officer	data director, chief data and AI officer	9 months	70	700 h
Chief Sales and Marketing Officer	sales director, marketing director	9 months	70	700 h
SME Chief Executive	owner-manager, SME chief executive	9 months	70	700 h
Art and Creative Director	art director, creative director	9 months	70	700 h
Construction Projects Director	projects director, works director	9 months	70	700 h
Supply Chain Director	supply chain director, logistics director	9 months	70	700 h
Agri-industrial Operations Director	agri-industrial site director	9 months	70	700 h
Training and Learning Design Director	training director, head of learning design	9 months	70	700 h

The stance expected

A level is defined by the responsibility exercised, not by hours attended. At this level, the catalogue targets expert and executive: here is what that covers, in practice.

Set a course and hold it across several consecutive financial years
Arbitrate between competing interests, and document the ruling given
Commit the organisation before a board, an authority or a funder

Questions about level 7

Can this level be taken while keeping my role?

Yes, and that is its very design: the work bears on the decisions you already make, and group sessions follow a rhythm compatible with an active executive role. Supervised hours are stated on every qualification.

What does a qualification at this level prove?

It attests to competencies assessed against a published framework, together with the supervised hours delivered and the date of award. A third party opens the verification page and sees those elements for themselves, with no account and no intermediary.

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