Application
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide leadership in assessment validation processes.
It applies to experienced practitioners who work under limited supervision and who are responsible for the validation of assessment processes, both internally and externally.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Monitor assessment practice | 1.1 Work with colleagues to systematically monitor assessment practice 1.2 Actively engage with, and support, other assessors as they work to improve assessment practice 1.3 Analyse assessment records ensuring legal, organisational and ethical requirements are being met, and appropriate advice is provided to improve record keeping |
2. Coordinate assessment validation activities | 2.1 Initiate validation in line with Australian Skills Quality Authority (ASQA) guidelines and organisational, legal and ethical requirements 2.2 Undertake risk assessment and analysis to determine the purpose, focus and context of validation activities 2.3 Consider and determine approaches to validation 2.4 Determine and confirm participants in validation, and organise any materials and resources needed for validation 2.5 Provide guidance to support participants throughout the validation process 2.6 Finalise and process validation documentation in accordance with assessment system, legal and organisational procedures, and present to relevant people, within an agreed timeframe 2.7 Identify recommendations from validation processes, and forward to the appropriate authority |
Evidence of Performance
The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit, including:
leading at least one validation process
providing support to other assessors, including modelling good assessment and validation practice
contributing positively to the work of assessors and others involved in carrying out assessments and validation
taking responsibility for initiating, organising and facilitating assessment validation on at least three occasions
using outcomes of validation to improve assessment practice.
Evidence of Knowledge
The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge to effectively complete the task outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:
the purpose and focus of internal and external validation, and the critical aspects of validation
different activities and tools for validation
NVR/AQTF requirements for assessment
the organisation's assessment system policies and procedures, including validation processes
the characteristics of well-constructed assessment tools and why, what assessment methods and instruments work for what types of evidence
the rules of evidence and why they are important, particularly in a validation context
assessment strategies, and assessment plans and their components
legal, organisational and ethical responsibilities associated with the assessment system.
Assessment Conditions
Gather evidence to demonstrate consistent performance in conditions that are safe and replicate the workplace. Conditions must be typical of those experienced in the training and assessment environment, and include access to an e-learning environment.
Assessors must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
Foundation Skills
Reading | 1.1, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.7 | Accesses and interprets legal, organisational and ethical requirements, including ASQA guidelines Accesses and interprets assessment validation documentation |
Writing | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7 | Produces accurate documentation, relevant to the validation process and in line with requirements |
Oral Communication | 1.3, 2.5, 2.6 | Engage with individuals and groups in communication to monitor, guide and validate assessment, leading to improved assessment practice |
Numeracy | 2.6 | Structures timeframes in order to represent a sequence of events |
Navigate the world of work | 1.3, 2.1, 2.6 | Identifies, confirms and takes responsibility for adherence to policies and procedures Identifies, confirms and takes responsibility for adherence to organisational, legal and ethical requirements |
Interact with others | 1.1, 1.2, 2.4 | Cooperates with others as part of routine activities, and contributes to particular activities requiring joint responsibility and accountability, aimed at improved practice Provides guidance and support by making adjustments to own personal communication style, in recognition of the values and experiences of others in order to build rapport |
Get the work done | 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.7 | Considers alignment with values and principles in decision-making processes Makes a range of critical and non-critical decisions in relatively complex situations, taking a range of constraints into consideration Identifies opportunities, drawing on the diverse perspectives of others to gain insights into current practice and ideas for change |
Sectors
Assessment