Legal issues, policies and procedures in the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice

The qualification specification in the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice

I would always argue that the most important requirement for internal quality assurance is the qualification specification as it is this document that dictates everything about the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice and if it’s not followed, learners won’t get the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice.

The qualification specification is likely to determine other aspects of any qualification. It’s important because as an IQA, you have to ensure that your qualifications regardless of who is assessing, meets these requirements so you need to enforce these.

Health and safety in the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice

Health and safety for example has a massive influence on the way the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice is run. First before we run the course, we need to create risk assessments on the course and even the type of study mode will make a difference. For example, in classroom training, we need to consider the classroom environment including the current Covid restrictions.

We may need to carry out social distancing, wear facemasks and even consider social distancing. Each employer will also have its own policy on this so this, so you need to comply with policies and procedures as well. Would your employer want you to quality assure if you’ve tested positive and risk their staff getting ill and being off work?

Health and safety will include your own, are you going to a remote location? Are you working at night? Are there any site-specific risks you need to be aware of? Think about the difference of quality assuring assessors on a construction site in comparison to a classroom, there are huge difference, and you may need site clearance and induction training to carry out your duties.

DSE risk assessments in the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice

If you look at virtual learning now, learners may be staring at a screen all day. Now we need to think about DSE risk assessment. DSE stands for display screen equipment, and you are likely to be considered a DSE user if you use a computer each day more than one hour. Assessing online will probably fall into that category so now you might need to conduct DSE and desk and chair assessments for assessors working form home. You can see where I am going with this.

What happens if we decide to record assessment during virtual learning on the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice? We are probably going to need permission form our learners to meet the General Data Protection Regulations (2018) so now we’ve got additional laws to worry about.

As our learners need to sign a waiver to share their data with the awarding body anyway, we have just added this clause so its ok but not all training providers are aware of this. When completing unit 2 of the Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice, you will need to submit CVS, CPD records and qualifications of your assessors to demonstrate competence. This again is another requirement to get permission from your assessors. Just be aware, and we have templates for you to use.