Border Engineering Training Association

Assessor Training

Becoming an accredited assessor

The assessor training programme is designed for participants who assess or intend to assess candidates against lead body standards. Participant will be given skills to design, develop assessment instruments and guides based on given source documents, Including VQ standards. At the end of this course the candidate is required to registers for his or her "A" units. This involves the genestion of a portfolio of evidence which proves competence in the areas he or she is carry out assessments.

Who Will Benefit?

The one day course will provide a new assessor with the necessary insight, knowledge and skills required to assess candidates using different sources of evidence and assessment techniques. This training will also benefit those exisitng assessors who have some experience, but who would like the opportunity to develop their skills further and to keep up with current assessment processes.

Learning Aim

To be able to have the skills to generate a satisfactory portfolio of evidence which meets lead body standards in assessing candidates e.g to achieve the Assessor "A" units, formerly "D" Units.

Duration:

This course is designed to run over one day.

Designed for:

Anyone involved in training , mentoring and assessing.

Course objectives:

To Clarify understanding of -

• The structure of the SVQ
• The role of the Assessor
• The assessment process
• Assessment requirments
• Assessment materials and tools

Course Content:

• Assessment centre structure
• Features of the SVQ
• Understanding what is competence
• Structure of the SVQ
• Deciding on competence
• The nature of evidence
• Evidence requirements
• Examples of performance evidence
• Examples of knowledge evidence
• Assessment methods
• The assessment process
• Developing assessment plans
• Collecting and collating evidence
• Judging quality of evidence
• Deciding on competence
• Feedback and review
• Contributing to the internal quality assurance process
• Assessment records
• Standardisation arrangements
• Assessment tools
• Assessment materials
• Practical Exercise