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National Vocational Qualifications (NVQ)
Assessor Award
The role of an assessor is to support and assess candidates working towards the ITQ. This involves:
- Helping candidates to select the appropriate level and optional units.
- Giving advice on evidence collection/portfolio building.
- Observing candidates in the workplace.
- Assessing candidate evidence/competence against the standards.
- Recording assessment decisions.
- Giving feedback to candidates and the assessment team.
- Attending NVQ workshops and Assessment Team meetings.
Assessor Framework
The Assessor award consists of one unit which is divided into four elements:
- Develop plans for assessing competence with candidates.
- Judge evidence against criteria to make assessment decisions.
- Provide feedback and support to candidates on assessment decisions.
- Contribute to the quality assurance process.
Like ITQ
candidates, you will need to produce a portfolio of evidence to show that you
have the skills and knowledge required to meet the A1 standards. Your competence will be assessed through observation and the evidence in your portfolio.
Please see Edexcel's NVQ
Assessor and Verifier Awards webage for further details.
Prerequisites
If you would like to become an assessor with the ITQ programme you will
need to have sufficient occupational competence specified by the qualification you will be assessing.
This is defined in the Edexcel Guidance to
Centres - IT Users (Levels 1-3) as either of the following:
- having held a post for at least one year within the last two years which involves performing the activities defined in
the ITQ standards as an experienced practitioner;
- being an experienced trainer or instructor for at least one year in the competence area of the
ITQ standards.
In addition to the above, you need to demonstrate updating within the last year involving at least two of the
following:
- Work placement.
- Job shadowing.
- Technical skill update training.
- Attending courses.
- Studying for learning and development units.
- Study related to job role.
- Collaborative working with awarding bodies.
- Examining.
- Qualifications development work.
- Other appropriate occupational activity as agreed with the internal verifier.
