The authors wish to thank Ministry of Culture and Tourism the practitioners who provided feedback and commentary on the various drafts of the report, with special acknowledgment of the Government of Manitoba detailed review by Heather DeBoer of Olds College. [...] From there, a working group can determine the number of levels to be included and Mismatch caused by: the common vocabulary and structure to be used in the framework. [...] Occupations tied Tasks to these qualifications would be similarly layered based on the number and complexity of the skills The building blocks of the qualifications in the needed to be successfully employed. [...] Guidelines for standards and qualifications development We know from international experience that for the framework to be effective, there needs to be consistency in the way individual standards and qualifications are developed, the way qualifications are awarded, as well as the way the different components of the system link vertically and laterally within the framework. [...] While there is value in allowing some flexibility in the way the framework is applied, to get full value from the links and transferability features of the framework we have described, the standards will need to be rigid.