TAQA Award in Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance Level 4
Awarding Organisation and Level
City & Guilds Level 4
Course Overview
The TAQA Internal Quality Assurance qualification replaced the V units (commonly known as the V1) in September 2010. This qualification is for anyone that is working in, or hoping to take up a role in, internal quality assurance.
The TAQA units and qualifications will provide people who carry out quality assurance in their organisation with the opportunity to develop and improve their practice as well as achieve a professional qualification for the role. They have been developed for those working in accredited learning, non- accredited learning, the NQF and the QCF.
Qualification/Course Structure
The Internal Quality Assurer Awards are at a Level 4 and consist of a mix of units – some competence-based and some knowledge based.
The Award in Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance (1 unit) is designed for p those who are starting their journey as an internal quality assurance practitioners or for those who need to know about internal quality assurance but who are not carrying out quality assurance themselves. This might be people such as experienced assessors or centre managers, HR or quality assurance personnel.
- Unit 1: Understanding the Principles and Practices of Internally Assuring the Quality of Assessment
This unit assesses a candidate Internal Quality Assurer’s (IQA) knowledge of the principles and practices of quality assurance in a learning and development context.
Training/Study Options
This qualification can be achieved by attending a training day for each unit as detailed above in one of our training centres and is assessed by written assignment and/or discussion plus workplace observation and supportive portfolio evidence for the practical units.
For the practical units, the learner will undertake a series of meetings and reviews with the assessor in order to plan the collection of evidence and compile their portfolio. Candidate internal quality assurers will also be observed monitoring and feeding back to their assessors on their practice.
If you wish to enrol 6 or more learners from a single organisation, we can arrange to come to your own premises to deliver the necessary training days.
Entry Requirements
For the Level 4 Award in Understanding the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice, there are no entry requirements.
Duration of Course & Locations
1 day of training for each unit delivered in one of our centres:
- Rayleigh
- Chelmsford
Progression
Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
Level 4 Certificate in Leading the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice
Price
£395.00
February 2012
All course dates are provisional and subject to alteration to meet demand.
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