Level 4 Qualifications for Quality Assurance

The units and qualifications will provide people who carry out assessment and internal quality assurance roles in their organisation with the opportunity to develop and improve their practice as well as achieving a professional qualification for the role. They are available to anyone working in: accredited learning; non accredited learning (where people may assess performance but do not assess for a qualification); the NQF and the QCF. They have been developed by LLUK to replace the Assessor and Verifier (A&V) Units. They are designed for use in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and is now known as TAQA (Training Assessment Quality Assurance). They reflect the quality assurance of assessment processes and practice of qualifications within Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF) and provide practitioners with recognition, through qualification, of excellence in quality assurance practice.

There are no formal entry requirements for those wishing to undertake these qualifications. However, practitioners will need to be working with assessors in a centre, or organisation, to enable them to demonstrate competence for all the awards except the Level 4 Award in Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice.

Depending on the pathway required, the units available are: The Level 4 qualifications for Quality Assurance consist of three separate qualifications: Level 4 Award in Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice - a knowledge-only award for those who need to know about internal quality assurance (IQA) but who are not currently carrying out quality assurance themselves. These may be experienced assessors or centre managers, for example. Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice – for practitioners who conduct internal quality assurance of the assessment process from within a centre or organisation, by sample planning, monitoring and advising on the practice of assessors. Level 4 Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice - for practitioners who lead the internal quality assurance process and have a responsibility for managing the quality of the assessment process and practices, and the performance of assessors. They may also develop systems and lead on visits from outside agencies such as awarding organisations.

You will be provided with support in order to develop a portfolio of evidence, these will be made up of regular guidance sessions with your assessor.

You will be assessed by a variety of methods, including professional discussion, verbal questions and answers, observation of you completing IQA responsibilities, etc.

You may be interested in qualifications for teaching in the Lifelong Learning sector - see Wakefield College's part-time and Higher Education prospectuses for further details.