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Why should your company have in-house assessors?

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Save Money | Quality Relevant Training | More Productive Workforce 

 

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If this is the first time you have heard about in-house assessors then it may be worth giving us a call so that we can talk you through what the role of an in-house assessor is and how your company would benefit from having your own. You can either call us on 01205 805 155 or request a callback and we will get in touch with you within 1 working day. 

There has never been a better time to start training up members of your staff to become in-house assessors either! As you can see from the special offer, for October we are offering discounted prices for our in-house assessor training packages. We could even deliver our unique, bespoke courses at your centre. Find out more about our tailored in-house assessor courses on our In-house Assessor Training Information page. 

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Special Offer for In-house Assessor Training

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Let’s get down to business.

Presumably, if you just want to see what our exclusive special offer is for our in-house assessor courses, then you are probably already aware of the benefits that businesses can gain from having in-house assessors. So, let’s cut to the chase and talk numbers…

First of all, phone numbers. If you just want to have a chat to find out what we can offer your business, then please call us on 01205 805 155, or get us to give you a call by requesting a callback.

Exclusive Special Offer In-house assessor training

We can assure you, that you won’t find another NVQ assessor training provider who will be able to tailor an entire assessor course to your company’s needs. If you would like to find out more about what our courses involve or what sets them apart from other in-house assessor training courses, then you can either contact us or have a read of our ‘In-House Assessor Training‘ information page. 

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1 Year, 34 Posts and over 300 trainee assessors!

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Assessor Training Posts

It’s been just over a year since we set up our own dedicated assessor training website. Well, 1 year, 2 weeks and 6 days to be precise! To mark the beginning of a new academic year, we thought we would reflect on a whole year’s worth of articles in one post. For anyone who is currently training to become an assessor, or looking at beginning their training to become an assessor, you may find that a few of our posts could be worth a read.

Whether you would like to make sure that you are choosing the right assessor qualification, find out what all the confusing acronyms are about in assessor job vacancies or if you are just curious about what a career as an NVQ assessor might entail, we have a post that was published with you in mind. 

We have cherry picked some of the most interesting (in our minds) and most useful posts from the 14/15 academic year. Happy reading!

 

Free PTLLS16/10/2014

The New PTLLS Qualification for FREE!

At this point, it was only a month ago since the old PTLLS award had been completely taken over by the Level 3 Award in Education and Training. We have been offering the level 3 tutor training qualification for free as part of our assessor courses ever since. 

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Assessor Training Technology11/11/2014

What is TEA and why is it important to me?

Yes, cups of tea are very important in a working day. But, that wasn’t the tea we were referring to here. Technology Enhanced Assessment (TEA) is extremely important within the modern day role of an NVQ assessor. Which is why we thought it would be very handy for our current and perspective trainee assessors to be aware of what it is, so that they could be ahead of the game. 

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linked newly qualified assessors04/12/2014

The importance of LinkedIn to newly trained Assessors

If you know what LinkedIn is already, then you will probably already know why it is so important that all newly trained NVQ assessors get themselves on there. If you don’t know what LinkedIn is, then it’s a good job we did this post for you to find out what it is and get yourself on there.

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matrix accreditation11/12/2014

Matrix Accreditation

Early December last year we were accredited with the Matrix standard. For anyone who is new to the world of teaching and training, Matrix accreditation will probably be completely alien to you. Find out why it’s reassuring to know that Brooks and Kirk have received Matrix accreditation. 

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03/03/2015

Inexperienced Assessors Gaining Experience

“How am I supposed to gain experience in assessing, when so many assessor vacancies are asking for ‘experienced’ assessors?” We have been asked this question on many occasions, so we thought we would make anyone new to the sector aware of what shadowing an assessor involves.

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CertSelfie16/04/2015

‘Cert-Selfies’

Mid-April saw us introduce the CertSelfie. We are still asking every learner to send in their CertSelfie once they have finished their training. If you have trained with us and not sent us in a selfie of you with your certificate, find out what you are missing out on!

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09/06/2015

Make sure you choose the right assessor qualification

Very few people are aware of the name of the most current assessor qualifications. Even fewer are aware of which one it is that they need in order to become a fully qualified NVQ assessor. Because of this, we thought we would do this post to make sure that everyone is aware of which course it is that they need to do.

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24+ advanced learning loan25/06/2015

Tell me more about the 24+ Loan…

There were very few people that had heard about the 24+ Advanced Learning Loan before they called us up or stumbled across it on our website. We thought maybe a quick question and answer post would help to give people interested in funding their assessor training a better idea of exactly what the loan involves.

UPDATE: Please note, we no longer offer the 24+ loan; but please see our Funding Options page to find out about our other payment methods.

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09/07/2015

In-house assessing for your organisation

What have Dental nurse practices, Care homes, Construction companies and even Restaurants all got in common? They all use in-house assessors! If in-house assessing is new to you, we wrote this post with you in mind. 

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Making Sense of NVQ Assessor Job Vacancies

If you have only just started looking at becoming an assessor then you wouldn’t be the first person to find it incredibly difficult to work out exactly what it is that you need in order to become a fully qualified assessor. That is why we thought we would clear any confusion by explaining it in black and white.

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And that bring us to where we are today! Whilst we like to think that we have probably answered any questions that you may have had in one of our posts over the last year, it will probably be quicker to just give us a call and have a chat with a member of our team. 

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Why do people become NVQ assessors?

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Thousands of people across the country are currently training to become NVQ assessors. Although these to-be NVQ assessors will all have different backgrounds and competencies, a lot of them will share one thing in common, and that’s the reasoning for why they chose to train as NVQ assessors. We have listed below the most common reasons for why people train to become assessors.

If you feel like you can relate to any of the reasons below, then maybe training to become an NVQ assessor is something you would like to find out more about. 

New kid, new career

It’s very common for parents who have been out of work for a long time to look for a more flexible career, so that they can fit their work life around their personal life rather than vice versa. The flexibility that a career as a freelance NVQ assessor can offer is very appealing to most people who still want to be spending a lot of time with their children, but without the drop in income. Freelance assessors can carry out knowledge based assessments anywhere at any time. This means that the only time they really have to leave the comfort of their own home is to carry out competency based assessments at the learners workplace. 

Redundancy

Thankfully the number of redundancies are significantly down on what they were 5 years ago but sadly there are still a significant number of people every month who face redundancy and need to find a new career. For a lot of people, training up as an NVQ assessor is a logical career move. This is because there are only two things that you need to become an assessor; occupational competence and your assessor qualification. If you have had years of experience working in a certain role and even picked up some qualifications along the way, then that’s the occupational competence box ticked. All that is left then, is to get your assessor qualification. Once you have completed your assessor course, you are in a position to start applying for jobs as an NVQ assessor, of which there are many.

Something different

Quite a lot of our learners chose to become an assessor just because they felt like they wanted to do something different. For a lot of people, if they have been working in one sector for 10, 20 or even 30 years, the thought of starting a fresh career using the experience they have built up over the years can be very exciting and appealing. For instance, if you have been working as a chef for 20 years, then it could be the case that you would like to spend a bit more time outside of the kitchen, helping others to develop their career by using the knowledge and skills you have gained from your experience. 

In-house assessing

Not everyone looks to train to become an NVQ assessor for a ‘new start’, some are just looking to build on their existing role within their organisation. An increasing amount of organisations are now using in-house assessors to train up their workforce, as oppose to bringing in assessors from external training providers. If you would like to find out more about in-house assessing then our In-house assessing for your organisation post should be worth a read.

Health

For others, starting a career as an assessor is more a need than a want. We have spoken to quite a few to-be assessors who were experienced in the construction trade. They felt that whilst their brains were still extremely competent within the construction sector, their bodies weren’t quite in peak physical condition. So they were looking to take a step away from the hands-on side of the sector and move more towards the training side. If you have been working in a physically demanding industry for years and feel like you aren’t as competent as what you once were with the physical side of your job role, then maybe training to be an NVQ assessor will be ideal for you. 

 

Whatever your motivation, or your reasoning, Brooks and Kirk are here to help you build your NVQ assessing career.

If you have any questions or queries, then please call us on 01205 805 155.

 

In-house assessing for your organisation

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What have Dental nurse practices, Care homes, Building firms and even Restaurants all got in common?

They all use in-house assessors!

It’s becoming increasingly popular for businesses across all sectors to train members of staff to become in-house assessors. If this is the first you have heard of the concept of ‘in-house assessing’ then it could definitely be worth finding out what it involves and whether or not your organisation could benefit from an in-house assessor. 

What does an in-house assessor do?

An in-house assessor is someone that works within a business and is qualified to assess members of staff within their business. They will be able to carry out observations on members of staff completing their NVQ’s. 

What are the benefits of having an in-house assessor?

Training up a member of staff to be an in-house assessor can be beneficial both for the business and the in-house assessor. 

Having someone within an organisation that is qualified to assess members of staff completing their NVQ’s means that the organisation wouldn’t have to have an external assessor come in from the training provider that is delivering the NVQ’s. Effectively, this means that all the training for members of staff within an organisation can take place internally. This is beneficial for any members of staff that are being trained up, because they will have someone who knows the organisation inside-out taking them through their course; effectively this means that the training delivered to the workforce will be more tailored to the business itself. 

As for the in-house assessor, not only would there be a few more pennies in the bank at the end of the month, but it is also very useful for future career progression opportunities. In-house assessors will tend to earn slightly more than their respective colleagues who aren’t qualified to assess, simple because they can assist with the training up of the workforce. 

 

Whether you are an employer considering training up members of staff to become in-house assessors, or if you yourself are looking at becoming an in-house assessor, our course information page will help you to find out what’s involved with our assessor courses.