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Create a qualification type
The following procedure shows you how to create your own qualification type.
To create a qualification type
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On the Mechanical Turk Requester website at https://requester.mturk.com/
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On the Qualification Types page, choose Create New Qualification Type.
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In the Create New Qualification Type dialog box, enter a name that describes the qualification type in Friendly Name.
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In Description text box, enter a description of the qualification type and then choose Create.
The new qualification type appears in the list of Qualification Types on the Manage Qualification Types page. There is a short delay before the new qualification type appears in the list. You can refresh your browser to update the list.
To assign Workers your new qualification type, see Assign a qualification to a Worker to a Worker.
