A1 Assessor & V1 Verifier

The Assessor & Verifier Awards are designed for people who are involved in assessing and verifying the competence of individuals for National Certification. The awards are recognised throughout the UK and form part of the S/NVQ's in Learning & Development.

Candidates are taught the underpinning knowledge required to meet the national standards. They will develop the skills necessary to assess in the workplace, e.g. Planning, Observation, Questioning and Document Design. The additional skill of Quality Auditing is also developed on this course.

This qualification is administered by BITE's Management Directorates at the British Institute of Technology & Ecommerce and validated by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).

These awards are validated by CMI and reviewed by the British Institute of Technology & E-commerce under its Charter.

National Occupational Standards

The Assessor (A1) awards are units from the Learning & Development national occupational standards at Level 3. The Verifier (V1) award is designed for those working in this role. The award is a unit from the Learning & Development National Occupational Standards at Level 4. These A1 and V1 awards are based on units from the National Occupational standards for Management and Leadership, produced by the Management Standards Centre (MSC). The MSC is the Government recognised standardssetting body for management and leadership. Further details can be found at the MSC website:
www.management-standards.org

Duration

There are no fixed periods for completing an NVQ however most participants take between six months and one year (Minimum period 12 weeks)

Structure

A1 Assess candidates using a range of methods

• A1.1 Develop plans for assessing competence with candidates
  
• A1.2 Judge evidence against proper criteria to make assessment decisions
  
• A1.3 Provide feedback and support to candidates on assessment decisions
  
• A1.4 Contribute to the internal Quality Assurance process

V1 Conduct internal Quality Assurance of the assessment process

• V1.1 Carry out and evaluate Internal Assessment and Quality Assurance systems
  
• V1.2 Support assessors
• V1.3 Monitor the quality of assessors' performance
  
• V1.4 Meet external quality assurance requirements

Entry requirements

TIn order to complete the A1 unit you will need to have access to real NVQ candidates, either through a centre or in your own workplace. In order to complete the V1 unit you must already be assessor qualified (A1 or D32/33) and meet the occupational competence requirements of the qualification that you wish to quality assure. This is a work based qualification that requires evidence produced from real work activities, in a quality assurance role, of an approved centre offering NVQs.

CMI Membership

All learners gain free studying membership with Chartered Management Institute (CMI). Designed to help candidates get the most from their courses and advance their management career.

Course Fees

For further information please contact Mr Bill Geapin on 020 8552 3071.