The phrase "a formal qualification" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an official certification or degree that demonstrates a person's skills or knowledge in a specific field.
Example: "To apply for this position, you must have a formal qualification in engineering."
Alternatives: "an official certification" or "a recognized degree".
Hairdressers do not need a formal qualification to shampoo hair.
The programme does not lead to a formal qualification but is thought to feature continual assessment.
Finding candidates who demonstrate creativity and flexibility can often be just as important as a formal qualification.
Before officially launching her business in January, White took a college course and gained a formal qualification in cake decorating.
Both firms' British offices placed a formal qualification on Gyrus's accounts because the firm failed to show that it had no relationship to AXAM/AXES.
Silma Ihram, from the Australian Muslim Women's Association, will use the money to develop a formal qualification for Muslim mentors based in Sydney.
A non-health worker was categorized as an individual with a minimum of a high school education and no formal qualification in a health related profession.
In a meritocracy, formal qualifications provide opportunity, position is no longer ascribed by birth, and rewards flow to those who excel.
Our results show that, even as early as 2005, meeting demand for FTEs in nursing professions was not arithmetically possible when only persons with formal qualification in a nursing profession were taken into account on the supply side.
However, the profession lacks a set of formal qualifications, a proscribed course of post-graduate study and any formal licensing or required examinations for competence.
And second, students could drop subjects at the halfway point while still receiving a formal (AS) qualification.
