NVQ Assessor

prem0132

Hi
I am a qualified secondary school teacher looking to go into adult education. I have taught mainly GCSE and ALevel I have also taught key skills. I was thinking of being an NVQ'S assessor does anyone know how to go about it? Do I need to retrain or can I transfer skills?
Thanks for reading

Jo

marcarm

Hi,

I am an assessor for Customer Service, Team Leading, Business Admin and Management.

What they mainly look for is 'occupational competence', meaning that you have had some background in the industry that you are assessing in. I would not be able to assess Hairdressing as I have no background in this.

A lot of training providers will take on people with no previous experience, as long as they have the occupational competence. You can work on your own while working towards your A1 assessor award, the only difference is that all of your work has to be countersigned by a qualified assessor.

Just for background, I had no assessing experience whatsoever, and was contacted by a company who were interested in my CV. I started the job, and was working towards my A1 immediately. All of my portfolios were countersigned by a colleague, and as soon as I was qualified I was out totally on my own!

Just beware that a lot of companies are having their contracts cut, as the government are focusing on 16-18 year olds, but depending on where you are in the world, my company are recruiting at the moment!

Any further questions please ask

emsywoo123

Hi
I used to be an assessor too, and I LOVED the job. Cheesy as it may sound, it really is rewarding.
It IS important to establish that you will be assessing rather than teaching-there is some teaching as part of the key skills, and as a natural progression of assessment, but it is quite a different role.

saintjammyswine

First step would be to contact your local FE College and speak to HR about their requirements, current recruiting and their training policy. As #2 stated, most will train you towards A1 while you are working so not an automatic obstacle (and often pay for it as well!).

astra5_2

to check out entry route etc visit the nextstep website, "Planing your career" section, then "job profiles" and type in NVQ asessor or ring 0800 100 900 to speak to a careers adviser. I'd paste the link but am not allowed to.