City & Guilds Level 4 TAQA Award Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice (6317-41)
Key Facts
Awarding Body: City & Guilds
Level: 4
Attendance: Part Time (PT)
Duration: 18 - 24 Months
Course Code: XRH0141
Cost - Home (UK): £600
Cost - Overseas: £600
Location: Loughborough College
Code: XRH0141
The TAQA Level 4 IQA Award is a nationally recognised qualification designed
for individuals who work within an internal quality assurance role. The
qualification provides recognition for the knowledge and practical ability in
internal quality assurance and assessment processes and is relevant to a variety
of sectors.
It replaces the V1 and D34 qualifications and incorporates the full range of
activity involved in internal quality assurance and supports Awarding
Organisation rules and regulations.
This is an ‘in service’ award and candidates must be in an IQA role (by
contract or placement) in order to complete the process.
Internal quality assurance (IQA) can be defined as the monitoring of all the
teaching, learning and assessment activities which candidates/learners will
undertake and should form part of a learning organisation’s overall quality
assurance system. The IQA Award qualification provides recognition for knowledge
and practical ability in internal quality assurance and assessment processes and
is relevant to a variety of sectors.
- Introduction to the award and the assessment requirements
- Plan, operate and evaluate internal assessment and quality assurance
systems
- Support and develop assessors
- Monitor and improve the quality of assessment practice
- Apply policies, procedures and legislation to meet external/regulatory
requirements
- Record and process IQA decisions and activities
- Observation of IQA and feedback skills in the workplace
- Building a portfolio of evidence
The programme is flexible and includes a blend of tutorials, independent
study, written work, gathering of evidence, observation of IQA practice and
portfolio building.
Candidates for this qualification must:
- Have been working in an active role as a qualified assessor for at least
12 months
- Have access to an appropriate IQA role in an assessment centre
- Have access to at least 2 assessors who can be monitored and
supported
- Have access to a qualified IQA for countersigning
- Have occupational competency in the qualification they are quality
assuring.
Qualified TAQA practitioners who also teach and do not already possess a formal teaching qualification could progress to the College's CET or DET programmes (Certificate or Diploma in Education and Training) if a teaching role has been secured and entry requirements have been fulfilled.
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