Qualification Specification - Cache

Section 4: Assessment and quality assurance information for tutors and assessorsAssessment strategies and principles relevant to thisqualificationThe units we offer have been developed in line with the specific assessment strategies orprinciples of different Sector Skills Councils (SSCs) or by us where there is no SSC lead.The key requirements of the assessment strategies or principles that relate to units in thisqualification are summarised below. More detailed strategies or principles can be found in the“How to … A Guide to Understanding the Requirements of Assessors and Internal QualityAssurers for CACHE QCF Qualifications”.The Centre needs to ensure that individuals undertaking assessor or quality assurer roleswithin your Centre conform to the SSC assessment requirements for the unit they areassessing or quality assuring.Skills for Care and Development Assessment Principles / CACHEAssessment StrategyKnowledge learning outcomes• Assessors will need to be both occupationally knowledgeable and qualified to makeassessment decisions• Internal Quality Assurers will need to be both occupationally knowledgeable andqualified to make quality assurance decisionsCompetence / Skills learning outcomes• Assessors will need to be both occupationally competent and qualified to makeassessment decisions• Internal Quality Assurers will need to be both occupationally knowledgeable andqualified to make quality assurance decisions© CACHE 2013 Version 6.0 91