Regulations of the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA)
Regulations and requirements in the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
Regardless of which subject or workplace that you are assessing, you will need to identify any regulations and requirements which may be relevant. In the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) you need to ensure that you follow Ofqual, your awarding body such as Pearson and City and Guilds, employer policies and procedures, industry regulations or legal aspects such as data protection, health and safety legislation, safeguarding, equality and diversity. Each of these will have an impact on how assessment is carried out.
How Ofqual regulates the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
Ofqual is the regulator of qualifications in England, so they set the standards of qualification. This means that it doesn’t matter which awarding body accredits the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) or the Level 3 Award in Education and Training as it must meet Ofqual standards to be recognised to deliver this. So, when someone asks, which awarding body is better, they are all pretty much the same. All training providers that deliver the qualification must meet Ofqual standards but is monitored by the awarding body. For your qualification to be recognised nationwide, it really needs to be regulated by Ofqual otherwise it doesn’t count for much.
Ofsted and the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
Ofsted in the other hand inspects and regulates services in England which care for children and young people, and those providing education and skills for learners of all ages. We won’t go into details on Ofsted as the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) in privately funded training organisations are not inspected. Ofsted is more for schools and publicly funded colleges.
How the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement is accredited
The Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA), accredited by an awarding organisation, and they provide you the training provider a qualification specification. This contains an assessment strategy which you will training centres need to follow and also have quality arrangements in place which you must adhere to. If training providers do not follow these, they risk learners not being certified or having their certificates withdrawn.
Legal requirements in the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
You do have legal requirements you need to follow in the Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA). When you carry out your practical assessments, you will be collecting personal data of your learners. Therefore, you need to ensure that you comply with the General Data Protection Regulations (2018) and gain permission from your learners to use their information to evidence your assessments. We also have the Health and Safety at Work Act which means you need ensure any training and assessments are carried out in a safe manner ensuring risk assessments have been completed and that there is access to first aid kits, a first aid trainer or even ensuring that equipment used is safe and the building meets legislative requirements. It will all vary depending upon what you assess and where you assess.
Lastly you may need to be aware of company policies and procedures so this could be the training provider that you work for or the employer in which you are carrying out their assessments. Let’s say you need access to a secure room, you may need to be granted security access, you may need access to computers therefore IT access may be needed, or you may have company policies on Covid-19 which may dictate how many learners you could assess in any one time.
