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Assessor Awareness training
Looking to build confidence in assessing vocational competence across clinical and care settings?
Our one-day Assessor Awareness course is a great place to start.
Next date: Wednesday 10 September 2025, 10:00-15:00
Are you involved in assessing colleagues, apprentices, or new recruits in a healthcare setting?
Whether you’re a clinical supervisor, ward manager, or learning and development lead, understanding the principles of workplace assessment is key to quality assurance and safe, effective patient care.
This one-day virtual course provides a clear foundation in assessment best practice for those responsible for assessing skills, knowledge, and competence in regulated and non-regulated healthcare roles.
Who is this course for?
- Anyone supporting apprenticeships (e.g. nursing associates, support workers), vocational qualifications, (e.g. NVQs, diplomas), and on-the-job learning and professional development.
- Those starting in assessment practice and looking to understand the basic principles, and what qualifications are available for assessors and Internal Quality Assurers.
- Experienced assessment and quality assurance professionals who are looking to refresh their knowledge and learn best practice updates.
- Managers and leaders wanting to understand or gain greater awareness of how assessment works within the workplace.
- HR and learning and development teams looking to scale their in-house training provision to meet organisational needs.
Assessment principles apply across all learning and development, so this open course is suitable no matter which organisation or sector you work within.
Build awareness in:
- Functions of assessment
- Roles and responsibilities
- Standards and regulations
- Assessment methods
- Assessment cycle
- Planning and holistic assessment
- Involving the learner and others
- The VARCS principles
- Risks in assessment
- Assessment decisions
- Giving and receiving feedback
- Managing assessment information
- Quality Assurance – standardisation, appeals
- Legal and good practice requirements
About the trainers
Our trainers are qualified assessors with experience of assessment, internal quality assurance (IQA) and external quality assurance of workplace and vocational learning. They work across the UK to qualify assessors and IQA professionals.
What’s included?
At £199 (plus VAT) per person, this one-day virtual training event is run via Microsoft Teams and includes an event pack, useful resources, and a certificate of attendance.
This course can also be delivered as contracted organisational training. If you would be interested in having more than 10 employees attend, please get in touch to discuss a bespoke package.
Book your place
Please use the link below to book your place on our next one-day Assessor Awareness training course: Wednesday 10 September. You will be charged £199 plus VAT.