NVC Master Class: The Black Art of Compliant Assessment

2018NVC Master Class

This master class session will explore the complexity that is competency based assessment. What is it about achieving compliance with clause 1.8 (assessment) that is so elusive? A whopping 74% of RTOs are found non-compliant with clause 1.8 at a regulatory audit. What is the secret sauce or the black art to ensure your RTO is part of the 26%? That question is the focus of this session.

The workshop will take a deep dive into the requirements of the standards and training package requirements and how these should influence assessment design and practices. The session will be packed with practical tips and strategies for delegates to take back to their RTO and apply.

Key topics covered in the Master Class

• Look in detail at unit of competency requirements across different training packages and different AQF levels and explore how these requirements influence assessment methods and evidence
• Discuss validity as a principle of assessment and a rule of evidence and understand the regulator threshold for compliance and how the context of assessment impacts on the assessment task
• Explore the principle of reliability and how we achieve this including the concept of benchmark responses and benchmark behaviours will be unpacked.
• The sufficiency of assessment evidence will also be examined including how performance requirements and the conditions of assessment can impact the amount of evidence we collect
• The requirements for assessment instructions for both the candidate and the assessor will be covered in depth and particularly what these should include to compliment the principles of farness, validity and reliability
• Last but not least, methods of assessment mapping will be presented including how to complete a pre-assessment validation

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