Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish and maintain the assessment environment
- The assessment plan is interpreted and assessment system policies and procedures and organisational/ legal/ethical requirements for conducting assessment are confirmed with relevant people
- The relevant benchmarks for assessment and nominated assessment tools are accessed and interpreted to confirm the evidence to be collected and how it is to be collected
- Details of the assessment plan and the assessment process are explained, discussed and clarified with the candidate including opportunities for assessment, reasonable adjustment, reassessment and appeals
- Proposed changes to the assessment process are negotiated and agreed with the candidate, where relevant
- Gather quality evidence
- The assessment plan is followed to guide the conduct of assessment and assessment methods and assessment tools are used to gather, organise and document evidence in a format suitable for determining competence
- The principles of assessment and rules of evidence are applied in gathering quality evidence
- Opportunities for evidence gathering in work activities/simulated work activities are determined with the candidate and relevant personnel
- Opportunities for integrated assessment activities are identified and assessment tools are modified, where required
- Identified assessment system policies and procedures and organisational/legal/ethical and requirements for assessment are addressed
- Support the candidate
- Candidates are guided in gathering their own evidence to support recognition of current competence
- Appropriate communication and interpersonal skills are used to develop a professional relationship with the candidate which reflects sensitivity to individual differences and enables twoway feedback
- Decisions on reasonable adjustment/s, where applicable, are made with the candidate, based on candidate's needs and characteristics
- Reasonable adjustments must maintain the integrity of the relevant competency standards and provide balanced application of the principles of assessment and rules of evidence
- Specialist support is accessed, where required, in accordance with the assessment plan
- Any occupational health and safety (OHS), risk to person or equipment is addressed immediately
- Make the assessment decision
- Limitations in obtaining and evaluating quality evidence are identified and assistance is sought, where required, from relevant people
- Collected evidence is examined and evaluated to ensure that it reflects the evidence required to demonstrate competency and which: encompasses all component parts of the competency standards and the dimensions of competency (where competency standards are the benchmarks for assessment), addresses other related documentation, complies with the rules of evidence
- Judgement is used to infer whether competence has been demonstrated, based on the available evidence
- Relevant assessment system policies and procedures and organisational/legal/ethical considerations are addressed in making the assessment decision
- Clear and constructive feedback is provided to the candidate regarding the assessment decision and a follow-up action plan is developed, where required
- Record and report the assessment decision
- Assessment outcomes are recorded promptly and accurately in accordance with assessment system policies and procedures and organisational/legal/ethical requirements
- An assessment report is completed and processed in accordance with assessment system policies and procedures and organisational/legal/ethical requirements
- Recommendations for follow up action are submitted to relevant people, where required
- Other relevant parties are informed of the assessment decision where required, and in accordance with confidentiality conventions
- Review the assessment process
- The assessment process is reviewed against criteria in consultation with relevant people to improve and modify future assessment practice
- The review is documented and recorded in accordance with relevant assessment system policies and procedures and organisational/ legal/ethical requirements
- Reflection skills are used to review and self-evaluate assessment practice