Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for assessment
- Interpret assessment plan and confirm organisational, legal and ethical requirements for conducting assessment with relevant people
- Access and interpret relevant benchmarks for assessment and nominated assessment tools to confirm the requirements for evidence to be collected
- Arrange identified material and physical resource requirements according to assessment system policies and procedures
- Organise specialist support required for assessment
- Explain, discuss and agree details of the assessment plan with candidate
- Gather quality evidence
- Use agreed assessment methods and tools to gather, organise and document evidence in a format suitable for determining competence
- Apply the principles of assessment and rules of evidence in gathering quality evidence
- Determine opportunities for evidence gathering in actual or simulated activities through consultation with the candidate and relevant personnel
- Determine opportunities for integrated assessment activities and document any changes to assessment instruments where required
- Support the candidate
- Guide candidates in gathering their own evidence to support recognition of prior learning (RPL)
- Use appropriate communication and interpersonal skills to develop a professional relationship with the candidate that reflects sensitivity to individual differences and enables two-way feedback
- Make decisions on reasonable adjustments with the candidate, based on candidate's needs and characteristics
- Access required specialist support in accordance with the assessment plan
- Address any OHS risk to person or equipment immediately
- Make the assessment decision
- Examine collected evidence and evaluate it to ensure that it reflects the evidence required to demonstrate competence
- Use judgement to infer whether competence has been demonstrated, based on the available evidence
- Make assessment decision in line with agreed assessment procedures and according to agreed assessment plan
- Provide clear and constructive feedback to candidate regarding the assessment decision and develop any follow-up action plan required
- Record and report the assessment decision
- Review the assessment process