A structure for the accreditation of Britain's third Youth Training Scheme outcome, ability to transfer, must be developed immediately. By all indications, the outcome cannot be graded in a way that matches the levels proposed for the National Vocational Qualification structure. Instead, ability to transfer should be seen as a component of occupational competence. It can be achieved in ways that are sufficient or insufficient for individual jobs or movement between jobs. Different types of ability to transfer can be identified. They can be used as a framework for reporting a range of performances, in conjunction with categories of information used to verify that trainees were, in fact, using their ability to transfer. The framework is to be developed in the Work Based Learning Project at the Further Education Staff College, primarily as a means of investigating work-based learning strategies and their effectiveness. (YLB)