The automotive industry is shaped by innovations, ever fiercer competition and global suppliers. As strategies are developed to cope with the complexity of this business, employees face growing demands to adopt systemic, networked and interdisciplinary modes of thought and action. At the same time, process-oriented work structures require that employees exercise a high degree of self-management and personal responsibility in their work. The European automotive sector must be highly innovative and to do so, its employees must be able to cope with complex requirements. To rise to these challenges, the European automotive industry relies on continuing training along with initial basic training. Each manufacturer structures this training as it sees fit. An obvious way to overcome company-specific solutions and achieve a strategic European orientation is to evaluate the qualification profiles using a single European scoring system. Car manufacturers have clearly defined qualification profiles for initial basic training and continuing training. These profiles are also pivotal elements in quality control in Europe and worldwide. However, the structural design of the qualification profiles is not the only factor for success; the associated qualification processes also play a role. Insights can be gained into structural principles of sectoral qualification frameworks and evaluation systems by analysing the qualification structures and processes in the automotive industry in conjunction with national qualification frameworks and ECVET. This analysis also allows ideas for the scored evaluation of qualification frameworks to be adapted to individual sectors based on domains and competency in vocational performance and shows how frameworks of these kinds can be linked to NQF/DQF and EQF without drawing into question competency in vocational performance.