Conduct Internal Quality Assurance of the Assessment Process (Unit V1: Internal Verification Award)

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Summary: 

This unit is appropriate for you if your role involves:  Evaluating the internal assessment process, Monitoring and reviewing internal assessment audit systems, Carrying out related internal verification or moderation activities, Liaison with External Verifier(s) and Awarding Bodies, Discussing and helping to implement the Professional Development Plans of assessors.

Course Code: 
B1860
Course Length: 
Two half day sessions on consecutive weeks class based, plus one to one tutorials on a monthly basis. You have nine months to complete your qualification.
Course Schedule: 
Please enquire as this course runs once a year
Entry Requirements: 

You must:

  • Be an Internal Verifier within an NVQ Assessment Centre
  • Be responsible for the quality assurance of at least two NVQ assessors, each of whom are assessing at least two NVQ candidates
Core Skills: 

You will study: 

  • Ensuring health, safety and environmental protection procedures are applied within assessment arrangements
  • Applying and monitoring equal opportunities and access procedures throughout all assessment procedures
  • Monitoring the performance of assessors
  • Supporting assessors to develop their skills and personal development
  • Monitoring and supporting the people and organisations who provide administrative support to the assessment process
  • Monitoring and making recommendations on the resources needed to evaluate the assessment process
  • Ensuring an appropriate balance of candidates to assessors
  • Monitoring and reporting on the achievement rates of candidates
  • Monitoring the progress and satisfaction of candidates
  • Meeting the assessment requirements of awarding bodies and other external agencies and liaison with external verifiers.
Assessment: 

Via portfolio of mandatory evidence, gathered from the practice of Internal Verification and Internal Quality Assurance

Full Description: 

This unit covers the internal quality assurance system for assessment decisions.  This system will meet the external requirements of the relevant awarding body, the accrediting bodies and internal procedures.  These procedures may be ones that are already in place or ones that have been developed specifically to meet assessment requirements.  The unit also involves monitoring assessors' decisions and the support they need, including sampling and standardisation arrangements.  You will have to watch assessors at certain periods of the assessment process.  You may not have to employ assessors, as this may be the decision of others.

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