BECOMING A UKSCA LICENSED ASSESSOR

For the current UKSCA S&C Coach accreditation process, we employ a panel of assessors to assessor candidates skills and knowledge on our assessment days.

In order to support the widespread demand for the S&C Trainer diploma, we have created a process whereby others can run the S&C Trainer assessments in their own organisations - the UKSCA Licensed Assessor for S&C Trainer is born!

Any UKSCA Accredited S&C Coach can become an assessor for the S&C Trainer standard. They are taken through our assessor training process, after which they will not only become a Licensed Assessor, but also gain an assessor qualification through our awarding body partner: the Transcend Level 5 Diploma for UKSCA Assessors.

ASSESSOR TRAINING

There are 4 steps in the assessor training:

1. Complete an eLearning module, online quiz and pre-workshop tasks. This covers the underpinning theory required of assessors of vocational training courses. This is non-S&C specific and covers topics such as the different methods of assessment and the legal requirements. If someone already has an assessor qualification then they do not need to go through all the eLearning modules, but we do require them to take the quiz at the end, to ensure their knowledge is current. Prior to the face-to-face workshop there are some videos to watch and review.
2. Attend an assessor training workshop. This is a 1-day classroom-based workshop where attendees will be taken through the S&C Trainer standard is more detail, practicing assessing candidates and contributing to the standardisation of the assessment decisions.
3. Start assessing under the remote supervision of the UKSCA until signed-off. After the 1-day workshop, the trainee assessor can start delivering the S&C Trainer Diploma, assessing students straight away. However, in order to ensure the consistency of decision making, we require these first assessments to be videoed, submitted. and 'double-marked' by our QA panel to ensure they are assessing at the right level. Once signed off, the trainee assessor can then assess independently.
   In theory, this means someone could attend the 1-day assessor training workshop and then start assessing the day after.
4. Complete the reflective practice portfolio to gain the assessor diploma. In order to gain the Level 5 Diploma for UKSCA Assessors, the trainee assessors are required to complete a portfolio of evidence. The videos collected in step 3 above forms a large part of this evidence, but in addition they are required to evidence their reflections on their practice.

To date, over 125 UKSCA Accredited members, more than 10% of that membership, have started their assessor training and are on their way to becoming UKSCA Licensed Assessors for the S&C Trainer qualification.

INTERESTED? THE NEXT STEPS

Contact the UKSCA office team to arrange a 1 hour introductory call to take you through the qualification and assessment model in more detail.

The face-to-face element of the next assessor training course is being held on 4 May 2025 at St Mary's University, Twickenham, London. To book, please contact the UKSCA office team.