Assessor Training

All people wishing to become registered assessors with QCTO have to complete this course. This is an in-depth course for hard working candidates wanting to enter the professional industry of training and development as assessors. Our comprehensive course will provide you with all the necessary skills and understanding for a successful career in Assessment. This five-day workshop helps candidates prepare their rigorous portfolio of evidence whilst in class. Educators, in addition to facilitating learning, need to be competent assessors to understand how effective they have been in transferring learning. This course goes beyond understanding how to assess in line with this skills programme. We furthermore introduce learners to the practical methods of developing assessment instruments, since this is required of assessors in their work contexts.

This course is designed to prepare you for a variety of challenges faced when dealing with adult education. Knowing how to handle difficult situations objectively and with tact is as important as being knowledgeable about the training and development of workplace skills. The course is very practical and allows you time to internalise your learning through activities, a POE and a final integrated summative assessment.

Prepare for assessments

• Demonstrate understanding of outcomes-based assessment
• Identify and solve problems using critical and creative thinking: preparing for contingencies, candidates with special needs, problems that arise during assessment, suggesting changes to assessment

Conduct assessments

• Organise and manage oneself and one’s activities: preparing, conducting and recording the assessment
• Work effectively in a team using critical and creative thinking: working with candidates and other relevant parties during assessment, as well as post-assessment

Provide feedback on assessments

• Collect, analyse, organise and critically evaluate information: gather, evaluate and judge evidence and the assessment process
• Communicate effectively: prepare candidates for assessment, communicate during assessment, and provide feedback

Review assessments

• Demonstrate the world as a set of related systems: understanding the impact of assessment on individuals and organisations
• Be culturally and aesthetically sensitive across a range of social contexts: give feedback on assessments in a culturally sensitive manner

Module 1: Understanding Outcomes-based Assessment

• Assessment practices, methods and concepts
• Demonstrate an understanding of outcomes-based assessment
• Principles of good assessment practices
• Assessment theories
• Types of assessments
• RPL assessment objectives and practices
• The process of skills training
• Domains of competence
• Evidence collection, recording concepts and principles
• Gap analysis, remedial action, guidance and support
• Standard assessment documentation management

Module 2: Prepare for Assessment

• Types of assessment is determined
• Good practice in formative and summative assessment
• Steps to Follow when Preparing for Assessment
• Integrated assessments

Module 3: Conduct Assessment

• Role-players in the assessment process
• Rights of the candidate
• Assessment Practices
• Unacceptable practices and irregularities in assessment
• Gather Sufficient Evidence
• The use of rubrics
• Moderation
• Reporting procedures
• Processing of Assessment Results
• Completion of an assessment record

Module 4: Provide Feedback on Assessments

• Give Feedback to Relevant Parties
• Use the Correct Type and Manner to Give Feedback
• Confidentiality requirements
• Reassessment and appeals
• Recording assessment results

Module 5: Review Assessments

• Review the Assessment Process
• Identify Weaknesses in the Assessment Design and Process