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Assessor coach (level 4)

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Coaching and assessing vocational learners, usually on a one-to-one basis, in a range of learning environments.

Knowledge, skills and behaviours
View knowledge, skills and behaviours

Knowledge

  • Procedures for planning coaching and assessment
  • K1 sources of and how to access up-to-date and valid IAG
  • K2 relevant forms of assessment to identify individual needs
  • K3 how to agree individual programmes that inspire and challenge learners to achieve current work-related knowledge and skills
  • K4 additional support for learners available through workplace and provider-based colleagues
  • Effective coaching practice
  • K5 strategies for inspiring learners, increasing their resilience in overcoming barriers and obstacles, and in raising concerns
  • K6 maths and English underpinning vocational skills and how to access additional support
  • K7 effective practice in giving feedback to guide progress and achievement
  • K8 ways of supporting the learner’s well-being
  • K9 current and emerging technologies that could safely and effectively support learner autonomy and the Assessor-Coach role
  • K10 administrative procedures for recording, storing and sharing information that is legally compliant
  • Effective vocational assessment
  • K11 the effective use of active listening, assertiveness and questioning skills to support retention, progress and achievement
  • K12 the quality and safety requirements of assessment and procedures for reporting concerns
  • Ways to support quality improvement
  • K13 Internal and External quality procedures and the role of peer review
  • K14 organisational and legislative requirements for reporting concerns about quality and safeguarding
  • K15 how to maintain occupational currency and ways to improve coaching and professional practice

Skills

  • Plan coaching and assessment
  • S1 facilitate access to relevant, current information advice and guidance (IAG)
  • S2 apply or reference relevant initial and diagnostic assessment
  • S3 agree a programme of development and assessment, setting realistic but challenging goals that meet learners’ and employers’ needs
  • S4 liaise with employers, colleagues and others to support learners’ development
  • Deliver coaching support
  • S5 anticipate and overcome barriers to progress and inspire achievement, ensuring that learning is inclusive and supports diversity
  • S6 highlight learners’ mathematics and English needs, and signposts to appropriate support
  • S7 give timely feedback on progress towards mastery of relevant skills and knowledge
  • S8 provide access to pastoral support and guidance
  • S9 promote the safe and effective use of digital and mobile technologies to support learners and the Assessor-Coach role
  • S10 agree and record targets and progress, complying with quality, confidentiality and data protection requirements
  • Assess learners
  • S11 use effective listening, assertiveness and questioning to support learners’ to engage with their learning plans and with assessment criteria and processes
  • S12 comply with awarding organisation requirements and local quality and safety guidelines
  • Support quality improvement
  • S13 support peer review and quality assurance procedures
  • S14 report concerns about quality and safeguarding through appropriate channels
  • S15 maintain the currency of their own knowledge and skills, with reference to workplace practice and feedback from others

Behaviours

  • Inspire, motivate and raise learners’ aspirations through their passion for the sector
  • Operate at all times to ethical and legal standards and within professional boundaries
  • Model and encourage mutual respect, displaying a deep understanding of equality and diversity, with and between learners, colleagues and appropriate agencies
  • Be resilient and adaptable when dealing with challenge and change, maintaining focus and self-control
  • Value the importance of maths, English and ICT skills in the learners’ future economic and social well-being
  • Evaluate and improve their own professional practice in relation to the Professional Standards for Teachers and Educators in the Education and Training Sector
Apprenticeship category (sector)
Education and early years
Qualification level
4
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course duration
15 months
Maximum funding
£7,000
Maximum government funding for
apprenticeship training and assessment costs.
Job titles include
  • Assessor
  • Coach

View more information about Assessor coach (level 4) from the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education.