Qualified Coach Practitioner
- Education
- 60+ h
- Practice
- 75+ h
- Clients
- 5+
- Supervision
- 8 h
COACHING PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION LTD · UNITED KINGDOM
CPQ™ Professional Organization
Standards · Professional Credentials · Education · Knowledge · Research · Governance
Public External ReviewCompany No. 13427973v1.0 · 25 documents · 2026-08-16
Public External ReviewDocuments are publicly discoverable as External Review Draft references, but they are not final standards and CPQ-T awards or external-provider accreditation do not begin until a documented governance decision.
Institutional Ecosystem
Six pillars under the CPQ™ umbrella
CPQ Academy operates as the education arm, while standards, credentialing, research and governance are handled through distinct institutional functions wherever practicable.
◎Standards & EthicsProfessional standard, eight competencies, ethics, scope of practice and referral.Explore →◇Professional CredentialsCPQ-T framework separate from programme completion, with assessment, renewal and public registry.Explore →▦Coaching EducationCPQ Academy, diplomas, programmes and standards for external education providers.Explore →◫Knowledge Centre25 reference questions, a 50-term glossary, frameworks and standards-linked guidance.Explore →⌁Research & InsightsResearch and publication standard, Gulf baseline and the 2026 coaching market survey.Explore →⚖Governance & IndependenceCommittees, conflict disclosure, recusal, appeals and decision/version records.Explore →
How the System Works
From standard to credential and renewal
01Published Standards
02Qualifying Education
03Documented Practice
04Independent Assessment
05CPQ-T Decision
06Renewal & Registry
Core separation rule
An education certificate confirms completion of a programme or diploma. A CPQ-T professional credential is a separate decision requiring qualifying education, documented practice, supervision, performance assessment and ethics.
Professional Credentials
Proposed CPQ-T tiers for review
The following thresholds are taken from the new review pack and remain proposed policy until formally adopted.
Professional Coach
- Education
- 125+ h
- Practice
- 250+ h
- Clients
- 15+
- Supervision
- 10 h
Senior Specialist Coach
- Education
- 180+ h
- Practice
- 750+ h
- Clients
- 25+
- Supervision
- 15 h
Coach Educator & Supervisor
- Education
- 250+ h
- Practice
- 1,500+ h
- Clients
- 30+
- Supervision
- 20 h
- Education/Mentoring Delivery
- 100+ h
Knowledge & Research
A reference layer, not a marketing blog
Institutional Library
The twenty-five reference documents
Each document has a stable code, version, status and review date, with traceability through the version and policy registry.
Standards & Competencies
2CPQ™ Professional Coaching Standard v1.0
Reference standard for professional practice, education, assessment and ethics across the CPQ ecosystem
Open document →CPQ™ Competency Model C01-C08
Eight CPQ-owned competencies with observable behaviours and progression indicators
Open document →Ethics & Scope
4CPQ™ Code of Ethics v1.0
Bilingual code derived from CPQ ethics materials and expanded with explicit accountability procedures
Open document →CPQ™ Scope of Practice & Referral Standard
Rules for coaching boundaries, psychological knowledge, referral indicators and safety management
Open document →CPQ Ethical Conduct Review, Complaints & Appeals
Clear intake-to-decision and appeal process with anti-retaliation and conflict safeguards
Open document →CPQ Safeguarding Policy for Minors & Vulnerable Groups
Additional practice requirements for minors and vulnerable groups and the local escalation pathway.
Open document →Credentials, Assessment & Renewal
8CPQ-T Professional Credential Framework
Four-tier system separating educational awards from professional credentials and requiring experience, supervision and assessment
Open document →CPQ-T Credential Assessment Rubric
Standard rubric for assessing sessions and evidence with pass rules and critical-fail protections
Open document →CPQ Continuing Development & Credential Renewal Policy
Three-year renewal cycle with 36 continuing-development credits and ethics re-acknowledgement
Open document →CPQ Public Credential Registry & Verification Policy
Defines public registry fields and separation between educational certificate verification and professional credential status
Open document →CPQ-T Credential Applicant Guide
Practical applicant guide from opening an application through decision and renewal
Open document →CPQ Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Policy
Mechanism for crediting verified external education and practice toward CPQ-T requirements.
Open document →CPQ Assessor & Supervisor Eligibility and Calibration Standard
Assessor eligibility criteria, training and periodic inter-assessor consistency calibration.
Open document →CPQ Administrative & Credentialing Fee Schedule
Fee categories for application, renewal, reassessment, appeals and provider accreditation, plus refund rules. Numeric values are not yet active.
Open document →Education Provider Standards
1CPQ™ Coaching Education Provider Standards
Independent standard for evaluating external coach-education providers and programmes before institutional accreditation
Open document →Governance & Registries
5CPQ™ Professional Organization Framework
Framework separating the professional organisation from its education arm and defining standards, credentialing, knowledge, research and community functions
Open document →CPQ™ Governance Framework
Board, committee, remit, conflict, recusal and decision-record framework
Open document →CPQ™ Version & Policy Registry
Single registry for document codes, versions, status, review dates and change history
Open document →CPQ Data Protection & Records Retention Policy
Retention and deletion periods and access rights for credentialing, complaint and research records.
Open document →CPQ Governance Committee Terms of Reference
Composition of the five committees, membership terms, quorum and voting mechanism.
Open document →Knowledge Centre & Glossary
2CPQ™ Knowledge Centre
Bilingual knowledge centre connecting 25 reference questions, 50 glossary terms, standards, guides and research
Open document →CPQ™ Professional Glossary - 50 Terms
Institutional short definitions for the most-used coaching and CPQ ecosystem terms
Open document →Research & Reports
3CPQ™ Research & Publication Standard
Methodology for research, surveys and reports that prevents data fabrication and separates findings from marketing
Open document →CPQ Gulf Coaching Landscape - 2026 Baseline
Internal baseline explicitly separating what CPQ currently knows from what requires a genuine Gulf market sample
Open document →CPQ Gulf Coaching Market Survey Instrument 2026
Proposed 15-question survey instrument for CPQ’s first analysable external Gulf sample
Open document →CPQ™ REVIEW CENTRE