You are studying for a qualification, and would like some time off work to complete it. Write a letter to your manager. In your letter, ask for some tome off to complete a qualification, suggest what will you do later at work if you have time off,say how will the qualification helps your job or company.

Dear John, As you know, I am planning to take the CFA Level II exam on June 4th. I am writing to ask for your permission to take a week off which is from May 25th to June 4th to prepare for

this

test. Thank you for your suggestion about taking

this

series of exams

last

year. I was thrilled to pass the level I test without studying it.

However

, level II seems to be much harder and I feel a week of time would be sufficient to pass the exam. I really enjoy reading the studying material as I find the knowledge within the book is highly related to our work. The other day, I was able to apply the knowledge to our Sun-Dance project and you may remember, our client was extremely happy with the full-feathered analysis of our report.

As a result

, I am planning to finish all three levels of the test and hopefully fully utilize the knowledge in our daily work. I would be grateful if you can approve my time off. Thank you. Best regards, Katherine