Centres

Centre Operational Requirements

What a centre must demonstrate before approval — and continue to meet afterwards.

Centre must demonstrate that the following requirements are met before full approval and to continue same after approval:

  • 1.0 Centres must have clear aims, policies and assessment practices, evidence that responsibilities of personnel are clear and well understood by assessment team
  • 1.1 Internal verification procedures and activities are clearly documented
  • 1.2 Communication within the assessment team and with the awarding organisation must be effective and clearly documented
  • 1.3 Equipment and accommodation must comply with health and safety acts
  • 1.4 There must be sufficient qualified Assessors across all qualification offered
  • 1.5 Assessors Internal Quality Assurers must have adequate development plans
  • 1.6 Candidates must be made aware of their rights and responsibilities, including appeal procedure and this must be included in their induction and induction pack
  • 1.7 There must be evidence of adequate assessment planning with candidates
  • 1.8 There should be evidence that queries are being resolved or recorded
  • 1.9 There must be evidence to demonstrate that the range of assessment methods are sufficient to encourage access
  • 1.10 Awarding organisation must be notified as soon as possible of any changes to personnel of the assessment and verification team
  • 1.11 There must be policy and evidence that Unit certification is made aware and available to candidates
  • 1.12 There must be a plan and an evidence of adequate monitoring or review of procedures in the Centre
  • 2.0 There must be an evidence of a plan, strategy to show that Assessors have sufficient time, resources or authority to perform their role
  • 2.1 There must be evidence that the decisions of unqualified assessors are being counter-signed by qualified assessor
  • 2.2 There must be evidence that Assessment decisions are consistent
  • 2.3 There must be sufficient qualified internal quality assurance in line with the qualification on offer and number of assessors involve in assessment
  • 2.4 The decisions of unqualified internal quality assurer must be countersigned by qualified internal Quality assurer
  • 2.5 There must be sufficient Records to allow audit of assessment
  • 2.6 Any agreed corrective measures or action point relating to any sanction level, must be implemented Assessment process must be such that will not disadvantage candidates
  • 3.1 Assessment decisions must not be unfair
  • 3.2 There must be qualified internal quality assurers
  • 3.3 Centre must ensure that Assessment meets national standards
  • 3.4 The centre must provide access to requested records, information, candidates and staff when needed
  • 3.3 Quality assurers must ensure that assessed evidence is the authentic work of candidates
  • 3.6 Any Records of assessment must not show serious anomalies
  • 3.7 Certification claims must not be made before all the requirements of assessment are satisfied
  • 3.8 Previously agreed corrective measures relating to level 2 non- compliance must be implemented at the appropriate time
  • 4.0 Centre must ensure that no significant faults in the management and quality assurance of the NSQ programme that may result in an on-going failure to meet the core requirements for the conduct of assessment.
  • 4.1 Previously agreed corrective measures relating to level 3 noncompliance must be implemented at the appropriate time
  • 5.0 Centre must take every corrective measure to eliminate or minimise significant faults in the management and quality assurance of all NSQ programmes
  • 5.1 Previously agreed corrective measures relating to level 4 non- compliance must be implemented at the appropriate time ### Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Δ