LIA - The Professional Association for Financial Services in Ireland

The Professional Diploma in Credit Union Advice is an exciting new professional qualification for Credit Union personnel, leading to the designation CUA.

The course is built on the foundations of the established QFA educational qualification, the Professional Diploma in Financial Advice, with which it shares three of the four modules.

The course is tailored to allow Credit Union staff to achieve a benchmark level of competency specific to the requirements of their working environment. Indeed the CUA designation has been approved by the Financial Regulator as “meeting the Minimum Competency Requirements for Non-Life Insurance products and Life Insurance Savings and Investments products provided by Credit Unions acting as insurance intermediaries”.

Successful students will receive the Professional Diploma in Credit Union Advice from UCD, which is accredited at Level 7 on the National Framework of Qualifications. In addition, successful candidates are entitled to use the designation Credit Union Adviser (CUA), on application to LIA. It is the CUA designation that is recognised for the purposes of Minimum Competency Requirements by the Financial Regulator, subject to meeting CPD requirements.

The CUA Modules

• QFA Investments
• QFA Loans
• QFA Regulation
• Credit Union Practice

 

Download Application Form for 2010/2011 Academic Year Here