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ASSESSOR REQUIREMENTS

 
Assessments against the competency standards in this training package will be carried out in accordance with these endorsed guidelines. The guidelines identify the necessary minimum qualification for those conducting assessments and provide for those situations where more than one person may contribute to the assessment and where the required technical and assessment competencies may not all be held by any one person.
Assessor Qualifications
The following mandatory requirements must be met by individual assessors or collectively between the members of an assessment team/panel conducting assessments against this training package:
a) hold formal recognition of competence in the following units from the Training Package for Assessment and Work place Training [BSZ98]:
  • Plan Assessment (BSZ401A)
  • Conduct Assessment (BSZ402A)
  • Review Assessment (BSZ403A)
The above standards were endorsed in October 1998 and are deemed equivalent to the following units of competency from the Competency Standards for Assessment:
  • The Assessment Competency Standard: Conduct Assessment in Accordance with an Established Assessment Procedure
  • Extension Unit: Plan and Review Assessment
b) be competent (and where possible hold formal recognition of competence) in the specific units of competency at least to the level to be assessed.

In cases where units of competency are completely new to an industry and formal recognition is not possible or practical to obtain, a suggested approach could be verifiable experience of at least 12 months to the standard expected at the workplace and consistent with the performance criteria of the unit.
In addition to the above it is recommended that assessors:
c) demonstrate comprehensive current knowledge of the industry, industry practices, and the job or role against which the performance is being assessed. This may be demonstrated through evidence of one or more of the items below:
  • relevant work experience
  • attendance at professional development/training and education activities focusing on good practice in the relevant industry competencies
  • participation in professional/industry networks
d) demonstrate current knowledge and skill in assessing against this training package in a range of contexts. This may be demonstrated through at least one of the following:
  • familiarity with the competency standards in this training package to be used by the candidate as a basis of assessment
  • recent planning, conduct and review of assessment and/or workplace training activities
  • participation in moderation/validation processes
  • attendance in professional development activities focused on assessment and/or workplace training
  • understanding of the requisite assessor qualifications within this training package
e) demonstrate the necessary interpersonal and communication skills required in the assessment process. This may be demonstrated through evidence of one or more of the following:
  • attendance in professional development and/or training activities focused on effective communication in assessment and/or workplace training contexts
  • knowledge of language, literacy and numeracy issues in the context of assessment and workplace training
  • recent assessment and/or workplace training activities
Gaining Formal Recognition as an Assessor
All assessors must be recognised as competent against the relevant Units of Competency from the Training Package for Assessment and Workplace Training and the relevant Units of Competency in this training package and must ensure that all assessments are conducted in accordance with the procedures outlined in section four.
All assessors who are engaged in assessing against this training package must be either:
  • employed by an RTO, or
  • acting under the registration of an RTO eg, an assessor working in an enterprise which has a partnership arrangement with a private or public RTO.
This training package provides a range of options for meeting these assessor requirements. The options allow assessments to be undertaken by individual assessors, partnerships involving assessors and technical experts and assessors working in team situations in a variety of workplace and institutional contexts. The following table outlines the different ways that the requirement to use qualified assessors may be met.


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