Course Overview

This course is one of the Award & Certificate in Training, Assessment, Quality Assurance (TAQA) qualifications (6317). This is for employed individuals who are looking to gain entry to roles in assessment. There are two stages to this course, the first being workshops, which includes an introduction to the award, the assessment requirements and all course content listed below. The second stage occurs in the workplace where the individual is assessed via planning and undertaking assessments and completing assessment records with a mentor. Individuals will have access to an A1 assessor or mentor and assessment decisions must be countersigned by either the assessor or mentor.

This course covers the following topics:
• Introduction to the award and to assessment requirements
• How to plan for assessment, How to assess candidate’s performance and knowledge against national standards
• How to record and process assessment decisions
• How to standardise assessment decisions

Contact: business@nptcgroup.ac.uk for further information.