The Workplace Assessor Award is a unit of accreditation. It is recognition of competence for those who have responsibilities for assessing candidates who are, for example, working towards in-house competencies or vocational qualifications. There are no minimum educational requirements for entry to the award. However, each candidate must have access to two people who are working towards their qualifications in the workplace. In certain circumstances trainers/teachers in the appropriate skills/competencies will qualify for entry. In addition the training is currently only delivered in the English language. A basic command of the spoken English language, therefore, or access to the necessary assistance in terms of translation facilities will be a prerequisite. All entry qualifications and any special requirements will be authenticated prior to the candidate being enrolled on the course.

The Internal Verifier award is a unit of accreditation which recognises competence for those who have responsibilities for quality assuring workplace assessment. It can be acquired by those who are quality assuring assessment of in-house competencies and also those businesses that provide their workforce with opportunities of training and assessment to obtain vocational qualifications. All candidates are required to be qualified and practicing workplace competence assessors. Each applicant must have access in the workplace to two qualified assessors for the purpose of their verification activities while working towards the award. Their qualifications will be authenticated prior to commencement on the course.

The Competence Assessor award is designed to be utilised by any organisation where assessments are required as part of a competence management system. Attendance is open to delegates who: are considered technically competent in the area they are expected to assess; are willing to carry out assessments and make assessment decisions; are prepared to ask candidates questions as required to clarify an element of the standard(s) being assessed; have the ability to judge whether the candidate’s performance/responses are acceptable and satisfy the requirements of the standard(s) being assessed; have the ability to correctly complete the assessment paperwork/report; are able to give constructive feedback to the candidate on the results of the assessment.

This internal verifier award is designed to be utilised by any organisation where verification of competence assessments is required as part of a competence management system. Attendance on this programme is open to delegates who: have an OPITO approved competence assessor certificate or equivalent, and relevant experience as an assessor in the workplace (i.e. have an assessment record covering a minimum of two standalone competence units); are willing to verify assessment decisions; are prepared to ask questions as required to clarify an element of the standard(s) being assessed; have the ability to judge whether the assessor’s performance/responses are acceptable and satisfy the requirements of the standard(s) being assessed; have the ability to correctly complete the verification paperwork/report; are able to give constructive feedback to the assessor on the results of the internal verification; are willing to take part in external audits of their organisation’s CMS.