Continuing Professional Development (CPD )

As an Assessor, End Point Assessor or even an Internal Quality Assurer (IQA) your Continuing Professional Development (CPD ) is a vital part of your career progression. Here you will find our blogs on how to enhance your own CPD.

Continuing Your Education After Your CAVA Course

The journey to becoming an Assessor can feel like a long one. Upon completion of the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA), you are now qualified to assess learners in both their place of work and in learning environments. Congratulations by the way! This qualification alone can open up lots of doors; particularly […]

10 Interview Tips to Make a Good Lasting Impression

If you have put your time to good use during this second lockdown you may well have reskilled and gained an Assessor qualification to add to your portfolio. After all of that hard work, firstly congratulations! Secondly, we want you to know that we are here to help you on your way to climbing that […]

A New Career in Lockdown

Losing your job can be devastating enough, let alone when it happens in the middle of a global pandemic. We are hearing many stories of people being furloughed at the start of the pandemic, and then finding out months later that they have been made redundant overnight. The important thing to remember if you find […]

The Benefits of Online CPD

Training is a key aspect of any job, and in order to improve within your respective field, having a CPD record is a very important part of this. Once you have qualified as an Assessor, there are many job prospects and opportunities out there. Through CPD you can enhance the skills and knowledge you have, […]

What You Can Do After a Level 3 AET Course

The Level 3 Award in Education and Training is the perfect qualification to undertake if you are looking to either teach or train students. It is designed to give you an introduction into teaching, delving into the core roles and responsibilities. You will learn all about lesson planning and delivering these to your students. Rather […]

9 Ways to Keep Your CPD Record Up To Date

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development, and as an Assessor, it is very important to keep it up to date. You probably already know this, but in case you have forgotten, let’s have a little refresher on CPD. CPD is all about maintaining and improving your skills and knowledge through training courses and qualifications. A […]

The Benefits of Completing Your IQA Qualification

So, you have probably come across this blog because you are thinking about whether becoming an IQA is the right choice for you. Previously we have run through a typical day in the life of an IQA so you can get an idea of what the role entails. If you are still sitting on the […]

Continuing Professional Development

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is extremely important as an assessor as it allows you to maintain and improve your skills and knowledge. By completing regular training courses and adding them to your CPD record, it will help you maintain high standards. Often, assessors are so focused on helping their learners through their courses that keeping […]

Shadowing Experienced Assessors as a Newly Qualified Assessor

After all that hard work, grit and determination you have put into becoming an NVQ Assessor, the exciting time has come and you start looking for a new job. However, you are soon deflated when you realise lots of job applications require you to have high levels of experience within the field. Fear not, we […]

Keeping Your CPD Up to Date as an Assessor

In vocational fields, everything changes so quickly. Policies are constantly updating and new ones coming in. New technologies take over, more efficient techniques are developed, and the standards are always being rewritten. It’s hard to keep up! That’s why CPD (Continuing Professional Development) is so important as an assessor. It doesn’t take long – even […]