What can an End-Point Assessor assess?
An End-Point Assessor can assess all elements of an Apprenticeship. They can assess the On-Programme part, and also the End-Point Assessment itself. However – not for the same candidate. So what can an End-Point Assessor assess?
What can an End-Point Assessor assess?
If you’re qualified to work as an Independent End-Point Assessor (IEPA), it’s safe to assume you hold an Assessor qualification. Be that the CAVA assessor qualification, the A1 assessor qualification, or the D32/33 assessor qualification. With the assessor qualification, you can assess:
- Learner’s completing standalone NVQs;
- Apprentices completing the ‘on-programme’ element of their Apprenticeship;
- and Apprentice’s in their End-Point Assessment.
However, you cannot assess an apprentice during the ‘on-programme’ phase of their Apprenticeship, if you are delivering the EPA. This is because the Assessor who carries out the EPA needs to be independent; hence their name, ‘Independent‘ End-Point Assessors. Prior to the End-Point Assessment, the IEPA must not have had any contact with the apprentice whatsoever.
But, this doesn’t completely rule you out of assessing apprenticeships. Whilst you can’t assess other parts of an Apprenticeship for the same candidate you are carrying out the EPA on, that doesn’t mean you can’t do it for other candidates. Basically, you can assess an Apprentice through their Apprenticeship as long as you aren’t also the IEPA. The IEPA can’t have assessed or trained the candidate in question at any point during their apprenticeship.
Freelance or Full-Time?
As you may have gathered, an End-Point Assessor can still work as an NVQ Assessor as well. This is providing you are only working as a freelance Independent Assessor. To begin with, the majority of positions that were being advertised for IEPAs were freelance. However now, we are seeing more and more full-time opportunities cropping up.
If you want to become an End-Point Assessor, then we would recommend enrolling on to our End-Point Assessor course bundle. Alternatively, if you already hold a valid assessor qualification, then we would recommend our online EPA CPD course. If you have any questions, please get in touch on 01205 805155 or email us at training@brooksandkirk.ac.uk.
- Other EPA blogs in this series:
- What is End-Point Assessment?
- The Purpose of End-Point Assessment – What is it?
- What does an End-Point Assessment involve?
- What do I need to become an Independent End-Point Assessor?
- Where can I find information on specific End-Point Assessments?
- How do I find an End-Point Assessment plan?
- Who do End-Point Assessors work for?
- Who are End-Point Assessment Organisations?
- How can I find End-Point Assessment Organisations?
Steve is a Chartered Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute.
He provides Educational Consultancy to the 19+ sector as well as being an Assessor, IQA, EPA and Digital Marketing Professional. When not doing any of these he finds time, every now and then, to write blogs and articles.