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Lead and coordinate assessment systems and services

Lead and coordinate assessment systems and services

Unit of competency
National Code
TAEASS505
State Code
AWY87
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
1.00
Current Release Date
06/04/2016
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
05/07/2016
Field of Education
070109 - Teacher Education: Vocational Education And Training
Original Release Date
05/07/2016
Nominal Hours
50
Description
This unit specifies the skills and knowledge required to provide leadership in assessment and to coordinate assessment validation and appeals processes.It applies to those involved in extending own and others’ expertise in assessment practice, guiding and leading assessors, monitoring assessment practice and who have responsibility for assessment validation and appeals processes.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Develop and extend assessment expertise
  • 1.1 Access, read and analyse current research on assessment and incorporate into own practice
  • 1.2 Source and access opportunities to extend assessment experience and expertise and incorporate new knowledge and skill into own assessment practice
2. Lead assessment activities
  • 2.1 Develop and confirm assessment strategies in assessment only pathways
  • 2.2 Discuss and confirm roles, responsibilities and accountabilities of relevant persons
  • 2.3 Confirm and document system and organisational requirements relating to the competence of assessors
  • 2.4 Initiate and develop, where required, partnership arrangements setting out identified roles, responsibilities and services to be provided
  • 2.5 Establish and maintain strategies for communication and networking with and between assessors
  • 2.6 Use leadership skills to provide clear direction, advice and support to assessors
  • 2.7 Identify professional development needs and opportunities for assessors and make recommendations to relevant personnel
3. Monitor assessment practice
  • 3.1 Monitor how effectively client/candidate needs are being met
  • 3.2 Monitor how effectively and accurately the designated competency standards are being interpreted by assessors as the benchmarks for assessment
  • 3.3 Monitor how the principles of assessment are being applied in assessment practice
  • 3.4 Monitor assessors’ application of assessment methods and assessment tools
  • 3.5 Monitor how the rules of evidence are being applied in gathering evidence
  • 3.6 Monitor whether assessment is being conducted in accord with the policies and procedures of the organisation’s assessment system
  • 3.7 Monitor whether organisational/legal/ethical requirements are being met
  • 3.8 Apply individual facilitation techniques to guide and support assessors as they work and to improve assessment practice
4. Coordinate assessment validation activities
  • 4.1 Access and interpret assessment system policies and procedures relating to validation, and initiate validation in line with organisational/legal/ethical requirements
  • 4.2 Undertake risk assessment/analysis to determine the purpose, focus and context of validation activities
  • 4.3 Consider and determine approaches to validation
  • 4.4 Determine and/or confirm participants in validation, and organise materials and resources needed for validation activities
  • 4.5 Provide guidance and leadership to direct and support participants throughout the validation process
  • 4.6 Finalise and process validation documentation in accordance with assessment system/legal/organisational procedures and present to relevant people, within an agreed timeframe
  • 4.7 Identify recommendations from validation processes and forward to the appropriate authority
5. Manage assessment appeals
  • 5.1 Access and interpret assessment system policies and procedures for assessment appeals
  • 5.2 Access, read and interpret documented appeal claims
  • 5.3 Interview relevant parties to the appeal and use negotiation skills to achieve resolution prior to formal appeal, where appropriate
  • 5.4 Constitute appeal panel and set a timetable to hear unresolved claims
  • 5.5 Provide guidance and leadership to panel members and other parties during the appeal process to ensure fairness, equity, verity and relevance
  • 5.6 Check all documentation relevant to the appeal process for accuracy and completeness
  • 5.7 Confirm and record panel decision in accordance with organisational policy and procedures and communicate outcomes to the parties
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State Code National Code Title Type
S7793 TAEASS505A Lead and coordinate assessment systems and services Unit of competency