Assesment

2 Be able to make assessment decisions about occupational competence 2.1 Use valid, fair and reliable assessment methods # Observation of performance in the work environment # examining products of work # questioning the learner # discussing with the learner # Use of others (witness testimony) # looking at learner statements # recognising prior learning The types of activities assessor-candidates will be involved in include, Preparing the assessment of occupational competence. Carrying out assessment and make decisions about occupational competence, Providing information following the assessment of occupational Competence. Maintaining legal and good practice when assessing occupational competence. Competence of the candidate in their work environment using a set of standards such as those provided by a national awarding/standard setting. candidate’s performance will be assessed through observation, questioning and inspection of his or her products of work. Examples of work products would include: Pre-assessment planning documentation. Assessment plans that have been agreed with candidates Observation reports and other assessment records used in the assessment process Feedback records you have used to convey progress/achievement to candidates records capturing the standardisation process self-evaluation/development/CPD records ●You carry out the observation without intruding on your ●You are assessing the outcomes and criteria agreed in your assessmen t plan. ●The evidence you agreed with your candidate in the assessment plan is appropriate and enables him or her to address the agreed criteria. ●You carry out the observation without intruding on your candidate’s capacity to perform naturally. ●You can deal effectively with a situation where the observation does not go to plan. ● If needed, you can adjust the assessment methods to give your candidate a chance to meet the agreed criteria, within the awarding organization regulations (eg picking up through questioning or discussion something that you have not been able to observe). ●Your feedback Rebecca Richardson 2.2 Make assessment decisions of occupational competence against specified criteria links your assessment judgement to the agreed criteria. ●Where appropriate, your feedback links back to national occupational standards. Your your assessment decisions must be fair. You will need to show that you stick to the assessment criteria: for example, that you are not judging someone on their communication skills, if what is being assessed is their ability to make a healthy meal. When being observed, you will need to avoid leading questions or any suggestion of bias. Use of questions from a question bank might avoid this to some extent, but evidence should also include questions that have arisen from what you have observed. Your product evidence here might be completed questioning records. Some awarding organizations provide record sheets that identify by number the questions asked from the question bank, but then provide an additional sheet to record any extra questions you have included. Sometimes these record sheets are devised by the centre.