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What Is An Assessor And Why You Should Consider Training To Become One

by | May 13, 2019 | Preparing For The Future

Assessors are the glue which holds the learner and the end-result together. They evaluate the skills and competencies demonstrated and provided by the learner and directly engage in providing constructive feedback by means of support and remediation to ensure the learner understands what it takes to reach the desired learning outcome. They are responsible for making a decision if a learner is competent or not yet competent in a specific topic or learning objective. They are great decision-makers and judges and are intuitively built and trained to ensure and see to it that learners are learnt and trained adequately.

What is the role of an Assessor?

The role of an assessor entails the following:

  • Planning and preparing both themselves and the candidate as it pertains to the assessment.
  • Managing and conducting the assessment within acceptable frameworks or assessment standards by collecting evidence to substantiate the competency result of a candidate.
  • Assessing the evidence submitted by the candidate and making a judgement on the candidate’s competence in compliance with all requirements.
  • Recording all information as required by the relevant ETQA.
  • Communicating assessment feedback to candidates.
  • Continuously reviewing and revising the assessment process to improve it.

Moderators provide quality assurance for the assessment process, which means that they check on the process to verify that it’s fair, accurate, as well as in line with ETQA requirements. It is required for one to be a certified Assessor before they can apply to be trained as a Moderator.

 

How To Become A Certified Assessor In South Africa

To become a qualified assessor, you’ll complete an accredited Assessor Course at an accredited learning institution, where a Certificate of Competence and Statement Of Results (SOR) will be issued afterwards. Following this, you can register with an ETQA and start practising as a constituent assessor.

 

 

Apply For An Assessor Course At Assessment College

If you’d like to become an assessor, you should start with quality assessor education training. Assessment College provides the best Assessor Courses in South Africa, and you can submit your Portfolio of Evidence on the 5th day for assessment. Contact us today and start assessing.