Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment City & Guilds Level 4 Certificate (6317-73)

Course content

To achieve the qualification, learners must successfully 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 within IQA and EQA processes
• Planning and preparation of IQA activities
• Sampling methodologies and risk-based approaches
• Evaluating assessment quality
• Technology in quality assurance
• Standardisation requirements
• Legal, organisational and regulatory requirements
• Equality, diversity and inclusion
• Reflective practice and CPD.

Unit 405 – Conduct Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment
This practical unit develops competence in:

• Planning and organising IQA activities
• Monitoring assessor practice
• Sampling assessment evidence and decisions
• Evaluating assessor competence
• Determining the validity, reliability and fairness of assessment
• Providing guidance and feedback to assessors
• Standardising assessment practice
• Applying policies, procedures and legislation
• Managing IQA records and reports
• Reflecting on and improving quality assurance practice.

Unit 406 – Lead Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Practice
This leadership-focused unit enables learners to:

• Understand and fulfil the role of a Lead IQA
• Identify team expertise and competence
• Produce and manage IQA team work plans
• Allocate responsibilities and agree SMART objectives
• Monitor IQA team performance
• Evaluate progress against agreed standards
• Provide feedback and support to IQA team members
• Review and amend IQA plans
• Communicate changes and improvement actions effectively
• Reflect on leadership performance and identify 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 into:

• Lead Internal Quality Assurer (Lead IQA) roles.
• Quality Manager or Quality Improvement Manager positions.
• Assessment and Quality Assurance management roles.
• Wider leadership, compliance and curriculum quality roles within education, training and apprenticeship organisations.

This qualification is the highest qualification within the Level 4 TAQA Internal Quality Assurance suite and demonstrates both operational and strategic competence in leading assessment quality systems.