TAQA (Assessors Award)

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26 weeks / All Courses / Education / Level 3 / Part Time / Post 16 / SFI / TAQA / Workbased /

The assessment and quality assurance qualifications will be part of an integrated suite of TAQA qualifications for training, assessment and quality assurance practitioners.

These qualifications are for people working in, or looking to enter roles in assessment and internal quality assurance. They have been developed by LLUK to replace the Assessor and Verifier (A&V) Units. They are designed for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland – alternative arrangements exist in Scotland.

The units and qualifications will provide people who carry out assessment and internal quality assurance roles in their organisation with the opportunity to develop and improve their practice as well as achieving a professional qualification for the role. They are available to anyone working in: accredited learning; non accredited learning (where people may assess performance but do not assess for a qualification); the NQF and the QCF.

Future Career Opportunities:

These qualifications can help you to progress in a wide range of roles, including:

  • Assessor
  • IQA
  • Lead IQA
  • Centre Co-ordinator

There is a progression route through these qualifications but it is not mandatory that they are done in any order – unless this is required by the assessment strategy for the qualification that the candidate assessor or candidate Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) may be using to achieve their units. For example, in some sectors it is not compulsory to be an assessor before being an IQA. So a candidate could do the IQA qualification without doing any of the assessment ones first. Therefore, an in-depth initial assessment will be carried out to guide candidates to undertake the most appropriate units or qualification for their particular role and situation at that time.

These Qualifications relate to and are designed to complement the following qualifications:

  • Levels 3 and 4 Award in Preparing to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (PTLLS)
  • Levels 3 and 4 Certificate to Teach in the Lifelong Learning Sector (CTLLS)
  • Level 5 Diplomas in Teaching in the Lifelong Learning Sector (DTLLS)

There are opportunities for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) between these two suites of qualifications.

Course Information

Course Content:

There are two awards and a certificate available at Level 3:

Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment
The Level 3 Award in Assessing Competence in the Work Environment is for practitioners who assess the demonstration of competence in a work environment using the following assessment methods: observation/examining work products/oral questioning and discussion/use of witnesses/learner statements/Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)

Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement
The Level 3 Award in Assessing Vocationally Related Achievement is for practitioners who assess knowledge and/or skills in vocationally related subject areas using the following assessment methods: assessments in simulated environments/skills tests/oral and written questions/assignments/projects/case studies/RPL

Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
The Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement is for practitioners who may use all of the above-listed assessment methods based upon sound assessment principles

Course Assessment:

The majority of assessment for this competence-based qualification will take place in the workplace under real work conditions, using observations by a qualified assessor and/or testimony from an Expert Witness and work products.

All the identified assessment criteria must be evidenced and a holistic approach to assessment is encouraged.  Your allocated assessor will visit you in your work place to access your skills on a monthly basis

Entry Requirements

Candidates should not be entered for a qualification of the same type, content and level as that of a qualification they already hold.

There are no formal entry requirements for candidates undertaking these qualifications. However, it is the responsibility of the assessor to ensure that candidates have the skills, potential and opportunity to gain the qualifications successfully.

There are no age limits attached to candidates undertaking the qualifications unless this is a legal requirement of the process or the environment in which they operate. However, it is not expected that candidates for these qualifications would be younger than 18.

Equipment

None required.

Course Fee

For further information on fees and dates please contact us on 01437 753320 or email central@pembrokeshire.ac.uk.

  • Subsidies are available to eligible employed learners

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