Assessor Awareness training
Build confidence in assessing vocational competence across hospitality, travel and tourism settings with our one-day Assessor Awareness course.
Establish core competencies for effective assessment
Effective assessment underpins quality learning and consistent service standards. Whether you’re mentoring apprentices, upskilling staff or ensuring regulatory compliance, understanding core assessment principles helps you:
- Support on-the-job development in hospitality, travel and tourism
- Enhance the credibility and rigour of your in-house training programmes
- Align assessment practices with industry standards and regulatory frameworks
- Boost learner engagement through fair, transparent evaluation
Who is this course for?
- Those starting in assessment practice and looking to understand the basic principles, and what qualifications are available for assessors and Internal Quality Assurers.
- Experienced assessment and quality assurance professionals that are looking to refresh their knowledge and learn best practice updates.
- Managers and leaders wanting to understand or gain greater awareness of how assessment works within the workplace.
- Support staff who may be involved in supporting learners, new recruits, or who may otherwise be called upon to provide evidence for individual learning.
- HR and learning and development teams looking to scale their in-house training provision to meet organisational needs.
Assessment principles apply across all learning and development, so this open course is suitable no matter which organisation or sector you work within.
Build awareness in:
- Functions, roles and responsibilities in assessment
- Legal standards, regulations and good-practice requirements
- Assessment methods, the assessment cycle and planning holistic evaluations
- Involving learners and stakeholders in the assessment process
- Applying the VARCS principles (Validity, Authenticity, Reliability, Currency, Sufficiency)
- Making and recording assessment decisions
- Giving and receiving constructive feedback
- Managing assessment information and documentation
- Quality assurance: standardisation, appeals and external verification
About your trainers
Our facilitators are seasoned assessors and internal quality assurers with extensive industry experience in hospitality, travel and tourism. They’ll share practical insights, real-world case studies and proven strategies for robust and learner-centred assessment.
What’s included?
At £199 (plus VAT) per person, this one-day virtual training event is run via Microsoft Teams and includes an event pack, useful resources, and a certificate of attendance.
This course can also be delivered as contracted organisational training. If you would be interested in having more than 10 employees attend, please get in touch to discuss a bespoke package.
Book your place
If you’d like to book onto an Assessor Awareness training course with us, please get in touch using the form below or by calling 0117 910 2295.