Application

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the assessment process by collecting evidence for assessment against nationally recognised units of competency and according to organisational requirements.
The unit applies to a person with technical or vocational expertise who is in a supervisory, mentoring or coaching role in a workplace, and whose role is to assist in collecting assessment evidence rather than being to make an assessment judgement.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.

What You'll Learn

Assessment Requirements

Performance Evidence

The individual must demonstrate the ability to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including evidence of the ability to:
• carry out at least 3 evidence-gathering activities.
In the course of each of the above, the individual must:
• gather evidence from at least 3 different candidates
• gather at least 2 different types of evidence
• use documentation provided by qualified assessor
• document evidence in a clear and concise manner.

Knowledge Evidence

The individual must be able to demonstrate knowledge to complete the tasks outlined in the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, including knowledge of:
• assessment system policies and procedures and organisational requirements relevant to contributing to assessment, including:
• policies and procedures relating to vocational education and training regulatory requirements
• work health and safety (WHS) responsibilities
• key features of competency-based assessment
• principles of assessment and their indicators
• key purposes of assessment
• rules of evidence and their indicators
• key features of types of evidence
• evidence-gathering methods, including:
• purpose and key features
• potential barriers
• purpose and features of assessment tools.

Assessment Conditions

Skills in this unit must be demonstrated in a real or simulated vocational education and training environment.
This includes access to:
• assessment system
• current and validated assessment tools for assessment
• a qualified assessor.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.

Foundation Skills

• {'skill': 'Reading', 'description': 'Sources and interprets procedural and compliance information'}
• {'skill': 'Writing', 'description': 'Completes required workplace documentation using appropriate language and format'}
• {'skill': 'Oral communication', 'description': 'Communicates information and process requirements clearly, based on techniques appropriate to audience and environment; Obtains information to support the assessment process'}
• {'skill': 'Planning and organising', 'description': 'Organises work according to defined requirements, taking some responsibility for decisions regarding the format of information'}

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