Duration
Flexible start dates
October 2011, January 2012, April 2012
Where is the course held?
Rush Green Campus
What qualifications do I need?
This course is suitable if you are already in, or able to put yourself into the role, of an assessor within your organisation.
What will I learn?
These new qualifications are designed to meet the emerging needs of the developing qualification frameworks. As well as being a requirement if you wish to assess or verify NVQs and other qualifications confirming occupational competence, these qualifications will be valuable to any staff involved in or responsible for assessing and quality-assuring all vocational and vocationally related achievement.
The qualifications contain knowledge units for each assessor and quality assurance role, which are available as one-unit Awards. These will be valuable if you need an understanding of these roles but are not yet in a position to practise because you have not yet started the role, or you are a manager responsible for assessors and verifiers but do not undertake these roles yourself. Additional units confirming competence can be taken at the same time as, or after, achieving the knowledge unit.
These qualifications are appropriate for all staff assessing and quality-assuring qualifications in the QCF, including staff assessing on non-NVQ or non-competence-based qualifications, ensuring that they meet agreed standards of assessment.
The Level 3 qualifications cover:
¿ Understanding the principles and practices of assessment
¿ Assessing competence in the work environment
¿ Assessing vocationally related achievement
How will I be taught?
Workshops, group discussions, one to one meetings
How will I be assessed?
You will collect evidence of your assessing role. You will be observed giving feedback to one candidate, You will complete written work to show your theoretical knowledge.
What could I do next?
- Verifier award – after you have been assessing for a year