Verifier's Award

LEVEL 4 CERTIFICATE IN CONDUCTING INTERNAL QUALITY ASSURANCE OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS (V1)

The V1 unit is appropriate for a candidate if their role involves:

• evaluating the internal assessment process
• monitoring and reviewing internal assessment audit systems
• carrying out related internal verification or moderation activities.

The V1 unit is made up of 4 elements, each of which relates to a part of the assessment and verification process.

In order to achieve the V1 unit, the activities the candidate is likely to be involved in are as follows:

• ensuring health, safety and environmental protection procedures are applied within assessment arrangements
• applying and monitoring equal opportunities and access procedures throughout all assessment procedures
• monitoring the performance of assessors
• supporting assessors to develop their skills
• monitoring and supporting the people and organisations who provide administrative support to the assessment process
• monitoring and making recommendations on the resources needed to evaluate the assessment process
• ensuring an appropriate balance of candidates to assessors
• monitoring and reporting on the achievement rates of candidates
• monitoring the progress and satisfaction of candidates
• meeting the assessment requirements of awarding bodies and other external agencies.

The V1 unit covers the internal quality assurance system for assessment decisions. The unit covers:

• carrying out and evaluating internal assessment and quality assurance systems
• supporting assessors
• monitoring the quality of assessors’ performance
• meeting external quality assurance requirements.

To complete the V1 unit the candidate needs to undertake the following 4 tasks:

Task 1: carrying out and evaluating internal assessment and quality assurance systems
Task 2: supporting assessors
Task 3: monitoring the quality of assessors’ performance
Task 4: meeting external quality assurance requirements
Note that the candidate will have to achieve their assessor units prior to commencing V1 training.