sentences:  Other qualifications include the Emergency Care Technician award from the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh and numerous in-house qualification courses offered by individual providers.Associate Ambulance Practitioners work as non-registered healthcare professionals, similar in scope of practice to the now discontinued IHCD Technician qualification.In contrast to the unprotected title of 'Technician', a nationally recognise standard was agreed between the national Ambulance Trusts which is now defined by the FutureQuals Level 4 Diploma for Associate Ambulance Practitioners.