Assessor Guide [PDF] - Competenz

Contents
Page
Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 1
Purpose ............................................................................................................................ 1
Assessment Overview ........................................................................................................ 3
What is Assessment? ........................................................................................................ 3
Competency-Based Assessment ...................................................................................... 4
When and Why is Assessment Used? ............................................................................... 4
Behaviour, Standards and Conditions ............................................................................... 5
Assessment Evidence ....................................................................................................... 6
What is Evidence?......................................................................................................... 6
Naturally-occurring evidence ......................................................................................... 7
Specially-elicited evidence ............................................................................................ 7
Historical evidence ........................................................................................................ 7
Assessment of Prior Learning (APL).............................................................................. 8
Workplace Training and Assessment ................................................................................ 9
Advantages of Workplace Assessment ....................................................................... 10
Typical Workplace Training and Assessment Process................................................. 10
The Assessment Process ................................................................................................ 11
What Makes for Good Assessment Delivery? ................................................................. 12
Qualifications and Unit Standards ................................................................................... 13
New Zealand Qualifications Framework (NZQF) and the Directory of Assessment
Standards (DAS) ............................................................................................................. 13
NZQF Levels ................................................................................................................... 13
Qualifications .................................................................................................................. 15
Unit Standards ................................................................................................................ 16
Unit Standard Breakdown ............................................................................................... 17
Range statements ....................................................................................................... 19
New Terminology (as of 1 July 2010) .......................................................................... 20
Roles and Responsibilities ............................................................................................... 21
Candidate........................................................................................................................ 21
Employers ....................................................................................................................... 21
Competenz Workplace Assessors ................................................................................... 22
Verifiers ........................................................................................................................... 22
Training Providers ........................................................................................................... 22
Competenz ...................................................................................................................... 23
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