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Guide 2: Assessing competencies in higher qualifications

This guide provides information on designing assessment strategies and tools for assessing candidates' competencies in higher qualifications.

This guide includes:

• customisable templates
• strategies for assessing whole job roles
• sample assessor kit
• sample candidate kit.

Contents of this guide:

• Chapter 1: Understanding high level competencies
• Chapter 2: Implications for planning assessment
• Chapter 3: Implications for conducting and reviewing assessment
• Chapter 4: Developing the evidence requirements
• Chapter 5: Developing assessment tools
• Chapter 6: Assessing attributes
• Chapter 7: Assessing complex technical knowledge and skills within institutional RTOs
• Chapter 8: Designing simulations in workplaces and institutions
• Chapter 9: Customising competency standards
• Chapter 10: Putting it all together - assessing whole job roles
• Appendix A: Templates
• Appendix B: AQF qualification descriptors
• Glossary

This guide is part of the Training Package Assessment Guides.

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Printed copies of this guide are available from Australian Training Products Ltd.