ASET Level 3 Award in Assessing Candidates' Performance through Observation
Qualification summary
The ASET Level 3 Award in Assessing Candidates’ Performance through Observation is suitable for the person who assesses NVQ candidates through observation.
This Award is appropriate for trainers, instructors and those whose job role involves:
•Assessing candidates against the agreed standards
•Planning assessments with candidates
•Giving feedback to candidates on your assessment decisions
The objectives of this qualification are to enable assessors to:
1 Agree and review plans for assessing candidates’ performance
2 Assess candidates’ performance against the agreed standards
3 Assess candidates’ knowledge against the agreed standards
4 Make an assessment decision and giving feedback
Qualification details
OQ - Occupational Qualification
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Learners can also gain the Award in Assessing Candidates Using a Range of Methods.
Learners who have been an assessor for a minimum of one year in the previous two years can progress on to the Level 4 Award in Conducting Internal Quality Assurance of the Assessment Process.
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13 Education and Training
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13.1
Teaching and Lecturing
ASET complies with the Learning and Development Strategy, approved 2002. Independent assessment is via external verification procedures documented in ‘ASET NVQ Centre Guidance 2005-2006’, which was banked with QCA as part of the agreed Part ‘A’ Submission to run NVQs. Centres will need to ensure robust quality assurance of assessment via internal verification procedures specified by ASET.
Common assessment methods include
• Observation
• Examining the evidence
• Questioning
• Professional discussion
• Witness testimonies
• Personal statements
Assessors and their learners should take advantage of instances when a piece of evidence may prove a learner’s competence across several elements of criteria.
One mandatory unit comprising 4 elements of competence:
A2.1 Agree and review plans for assessing candidates' performance
A2.2 Assess candidates' performance against the agreed standards
A2.3 Assess candidates' knowledge against the agrees standards
A2.4 Make an assessment decision and provide feedback
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L/101/4381 - Assess Candidates' Performance through Observation