# Create a qualification type
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The following procedure shows you how to create your own qualification type.

**To create a qualification type**

1. On the Mechanical Turk Requester website at [https://requester.mturk.com/](https://requester.mturk.com/), choose the **Manage** tab and then choose **Qualification Types**.

1. On the **Qualification Types** page, choose **Create New Qualification Type**.

1. In the **Create New Qualification Type** dialog box, enter a name that describes the qualification type in **Friendly Name**.

1. 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](AssigningaQualificationTypetoaWorker.md) to a Worker.