summarise the types of risks that may be involved in assessment in own area of responsibility.
3.4 summarise the types of risks that may be involved in assessment in own area of responsibility.
The candidate assessor provides evidence that they understand the following risks;
• Health and safety
• Unrealistic/unnecessary stress on the learner
• Inauthentic evidence/collusion/unjustifiable support to the learner
• Over-assessment
• Potential for unfairness to learner
• Failing to meet the requirements of any relevant assessment strategy if assessing a qualification
Risk on the grounds of health and safety is not one which would usually affect the professional Development Award team, this is due to the role of Placement Officers. Amongst the many roles of the Placement Officer is the checking of Health and Safety compliance, any issues founder here are purely for them and the firms they are dealing with to solve as the PDA team does not participate prior to the placement starting. Should there be any issues relating to health and safety in the submissions of a PDA candidate then they will be immediately raised with a Placement Officer who will then take the matter away from any assessor. Issues may be highlighted in PDA submissions so as to emphasise the importance of Health and Safety in the workplace.
The PDA handbook is written so that every candidate irrespective of prior experience and learning or job role can participate freely and without hindrance. The workload is kept manageable throughout the course of a placement be it 6, 8, 10 or 12 weeks fulltime or even longer on a pro-rate basis. Every candidate is expected to work towards similar timescales for submission but all cases of additional time to complete work are dealt with on a case by case and assessor by assessor basis. Extension requests are never denied; the closest something comes to being turned down is when approval copies are sought before final submission to ensure that something has been completed.
If and when candidates decide that they do not wish to pursue the PDA
The candidate assessor provides evidence that they understand the following risks;
• Health and safety
• Unrealistic/unnecessary stress on the learner
• Inauthentic evidence/collusion/unjustifiable support to the learner
• Over-assessment
• Potential for unfairness to learner
• Failing to meet the requirements of any relevant assessment strategy if assessing a qualification
Risk on the grounds of health and safety is not one which would usually affect the professional Development Award team, this is due to the role of Placement Officers. Amongst the many roles of the Placement Officer is the checking of Health and Safety compliance, any issues founder here are purely for them and the firms they are dealing with to solve as the PDA team does not participate prior to the placement starting. Should there be any issues relating to health and safety in the submissions of a PDA candidate then they will be immediately raised with a Placement Officer who will then take the matter away from any assessor. Issues may be highlighted in PDA submissions so as to emphasise the importance of Health and Safety in the workplace.
The PDA handbook is written so that every candidate irrespective of prior experience and learning or job role can participate freely and without hindrance. The workload is kept manageable throughout the course of a placement be it 6, 8, 10 or 12 weeks fulltime or even longer on a pro-rate basis. Every candidate is expected to work towards similar timescales for submission but all cases of additional time to complete work are dealt with on a case by case and assessor by assessor basis. Extension requests are never denied; the closest something comes to being turned down is when approval copies are sought before final submission to ensure that something has been completed.
If and when candidates decide that they do not wish to pursue the PDA