Overview
Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment City & Guilds Level 4 Award (6317-72)The City & Guilds Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment (6317-72) is designed for practitioners who are responsible for maintaining and improving the quality of assessment within an organisation. The qualification is suitable for individuals who carry out, or intend to carry out, Internal Quality Assurance (IQA) activities and who are responsible for monitoring assessment practice, supporting assessors, sampling assessment decisions and ensuring consistency and quality across assessment processes.
The qualification develops both the knowledge and practical skills required to perform the role of an Internal Quality Assurer effectively and in line with organisational, awarding organisation and regulatory requirements.
Practitioners will need to be qualified/experienced in a vocational area and meet the requirements for assessment as specified by the assessment strategy of their vocational area qualification. This is usually a level 3 qualification and relevant experience.
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Entry requirements
Learners must:
- Be aged 18 or over
- Hold a recognised assessor qualification at Level 3 or above, or an equivalent qualification accepted by City & Guilds.
- Have access to appropriate internal quality assurance activities to enable them to generate evidence and demonstrate competence in the workplace.
- Have the potential and opportunity to meet all qualification requirements.
Qualification
Upon successful completion, learners will achieve: City & Guilds Level 4 Award in Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment (6317-72).
Assessment methods
The qualification is assessed through a portfolio of evidence generated from real workplace IQA activities. Learners must:
- Monitor at least two assessors.
- Quality assure assessments involving at least two learners per assessor.
- Conduct at least one observation of an assessor.
- Be observed by their assessor carrying out IQA activity on at least one occasion.
Assessment methods include:
- Observation of practice
- Review of documents and records
- Professional discussion
- Questioning
- Reflective accounts
- Workplace evidence and IQA documentation.
Course content
To achieve the qualification, learners must complete the following mandatory units:
Unit 404 – Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment
This knowledge-based unit covers:
- Principles and context of internal quality assurance
- Roles and responsibilities of those involved in IQA and EQA processes
- Planning and preparing internal quality assurance activities
- Sampling methodologies and monitoring assessment quality
- Standardisation and quality improvement
- Use of technology within IQA
- Legal, regulatory and organisational requirements
- Equality, diversity, inclusion and confidentiality
- Reflective practice and continuing professional development (CPD)
Unit 405 – Conduct Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment
This practical unit enables learners to demonstrate competence in:
- Planning internal quality assurance activities
- Arranging and carrying out monitoring activities
- Sampling assessment decisions and evidence
- Observing assessor practice
- Evaluating assessment processes and assessor competence
- Determining the validity, reliability and fairness of assessment decisions
- Providing guidance and developmental feedback to assessors
- Standardising assessment practices and outcomes
- Maintaining records and applying legal and organisational requirements
- Reflecting on IQA practice and identifying professional development opportunities
Skills gained
These City and Guilds IQA (Internal Quality Assurance) qualifications are for practitioners who internally assure the quality of vocational programmes. There are two different pathways; Award and a Certificate. They replace the V1 Verifiers Award.
Next steps
Successful learners may progress to:
- City & Guilds Level 4 Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment (6317-73).
- Lead IQA and Quality Manager roles.
- Wider quality assurance, compliance and management positions within education and training organisations.
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