This document discusses the key components of developing an assessment plan, including establishing the purpose of assessment, identifying candidates and their needs, using relevant benchmarks, interpreting assessment guidelines, identifying assessment methods, and identifying the assessment context. The purpose of assessment could include certification, recognition of competency, identifying skills needs, measuring progress, or making a competency decision. Candidates' characteristics should be identified and assessments organized according to their needs. Relevant benchmarks include units of competency or modules. Assessment methods should consider industry systems, evidence opportunities, and requirements. The assessment context includes the environment, resources, people, and organizational requirements.

1. Topic 2: Determining the assessment approach TAEASS401A Plan assessment activities and processes Participant Workbook pages 23 to 43

2. At the end of this session, you should know how to: Plan the assessment approach, including: establishing purpose of assessment identifying candidates and their needs using relevant benchmarks interpreting assessment guidelines identifying assessment methods identifying context. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd

3. What is an assessment plan? © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook page 23

4. Why? Purpose of assessment could include: certification following formal learning recognition of current existing competency based on previous learning and experience identify language, literacy and numeracy (LLN) skills and skill needs identify progress towards an outcome (formative) make decision about competency (summative) operation requirements for work licensing or regulatory requirements. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook page 24

5. Who? Target group could be: existing employees learners undertaking training. Identify characteristics organise assessment according to their needs make reasonable adjustment if required. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook page 28

6. What? Use relevant assessment benchmark units of competency from Training Packages units or modules from accredited courses modules from non accredited courses organisational benchmarks. Contextualising benchmarks applicable to assessment context makes generic content more specific. Use assessment guidelines in training package Refer to training and assessment strategy. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook page 31

7. How? Use range of assessment methods Consider: industry or enterprise assessment systems evidence-gathering opportunities legal, ethical and OHS requirements amount of time and money available needs of candidates whether there is a single or cluster of units risks and requirements, e.g. licensing requirements whether evidence is to be collected time. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook page 35

8. Where? Context of assessment includes: different situations in which assessment occurs circumstances that surround different assessments. Includes: environment resources people involved organisational, legal and requirements. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd Participant Workbook page 38

9. The next step You should now: begin Assessment Task 1. © 2010 Innovation and Business Industry Skills Council Ltd