Course Title: Assess competence

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4377 Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

Course Title: Assess competence

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 25

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

  

 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
TCHE5918C	City Campus	TAFE	360T Education	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term2 2019
TCHE5918C	City Campus	TAFE	375T Vocational Design and Social Context	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2020, Term2 2020, Term1 2021, Term2 2021
TCHE5918C	City Campus	TAFE	525T Business & Enterprise	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term2 2023
TCHE5918C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2022

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
TCHE5918C	City Campus	TAFE	360T Education	Face-to-Face or Internet	VE 2018 (MAR1)

Course Contact: Steven Hansen

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5705

Course Contact Email: steven.hansen@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to implement an assessment plan, and gather quality evidence and make an assessment judgement to assess the competence of a candidate using compliant assessment tools. It applies to teachers, trainers and assessors in enterprises and registered training organisations (RTOs) and those providing assessment advisory services.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	TAEASS402 Assess competence
Elements:	1. Prepare for the assessment 2. Gather quality evidence 3. Support the candidate 4. Make the assessment decision 5. Record and report the assessment decision 6. Review the assessment process

Learning Outcomes

The learning outcomes for this course will enable the learner to:

• prepare and gather quality evidence
• make a quality assessment decision and record results 
• review the assessment process

The assessments must be undertaken under the supervision of a qualified assessor and cover an entire unit of competency for each candidate. Where candidates do not have access to a qualified assessor to supervise their assessments they should contact the program coordinator so that suitable arrangements can be made.

Overview of Assessment

The unit TAEASS402 Assess competence is holistically assessed with 3 other units within the TAE40116 qualification namely TAEASS401 Plan assessment activities and processes, TAEDES502 Design and develop assessment tools and TAEASS403 Participate in assessment validation.  

Assessment of these 4 units consists of: 

• Short answer knowledge questions
• Planning assessment activities and processes 
• Preparing and planning to assess competence on 5 occasions
• Planning, designing and developing three (3) assessment tools
• Participate in validation in 3 assessment tools