Diploma in Pensions Administration

All units in this qualification are work-based and will be completed as part of the day to day work activities carried out matching them to specific criteria listed in the units.

March 2021

Retirements 1

Retirements 2

Deaths 1

Deaths 2

Leavers 1

Leavers 2

Transfers

September 2020

Retirements 1

Retirements 2

Deaths 1

Deaths 2

Leavers 1

Leavers 2

Transfers

Organisations wishing to offer this qualification must apply to the PMI for Examination Partner, unless they are already a PMI Examination Partnerd

It will be necessary to apply to become an approved Examination Partner- the process involves three stages:

• A Recognition Form is completed and returned to PMI along with the approval fee.
• An approval visit to the Examination Partners is carried out.
• Once approval is agreed a PMI Examination Partner Certficate is issued and candidates can be registered for the approved qualification(s).

Single Site Partner

This is an Examination Partner where all the candidates are at one location.

Multi Site Partner

If candidates are based at more than one location, it is possible to become a multi site Partner where it will consist of one Examination Partner and minimum of one satellite. In this setup there must be a Examination Partner contact who will be responsible for dealing with the administration of the qualification across all locations. All correspondence and examination material will be sent to the main centre contact who will be responsible for distributing it to the different locations. Each location must have a designated local contact. The alternative is to register each location as a single site Partner.

Annual Examination Partner /Approved Centre fee 

Once approved, an Examination Partner/Approved Centre fee is payable. This commences in the year the of the approval and is paid in April.

It is broken down as follows:

Application for centre approval £900

Application for Examination Partner approval £700

Multi-Site Examination Partners £700 + £400 per satellite centre

Multi-Site Centre approval £900 + 250 per satellite centre

As soon as an Organisation has been approved as an Examination Partner, the candidate can then be enrolled on to the DPA  Qualification. All candidate registrations must be completed by the Examination Partner.

New to PMI?
The Examination Partner contact must register any new candidates.

Special consideration can be given to an individual who has temporarily experienced illness or injury or some other circumstance outside his or her control (such as problems at the exam centre such as noise or disturbance) that may have impacted on performance or attainment. 

The PMI is committed to providing fair and consistent examination, verification, approval and assessment processes. Visit the Wider information set page to find out more.