Competency Based Assessment
Course Descriptor
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, objectives and practices
involved in competency-based assessment. It is designed to equip educators, trainers, and HR
professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to design, develop, implement, and review
effective assessment strategies that are aligned with industry requirements.
Further, the course will expose the participants on how to develop and use the key assessment tools
assessment documents that are used in competence-based assessment.
The document includes:
a) Occupational standards
b) Assessment requirements
c) Assessment plan
d) Performance criteria weighting tool
e) Table of specification (Conventional Training)
f) Assessment guideline
g) Competence based education and training assessment standards (CBETA standards)
h) Theoretical assessment tools and the linkage to PC weighting tool
i) Practical assessment tools and its linkages with PC weighting tool
j) Mentoring tools
k) Formative assessment marksheet
l) Critical summary
m) Validation checklist for assessment tools
By the end of this course, participants will have honed their competencies on how to conduct a
trainee centreed competence-based assessment and provide constructive assessment feedback.
Target Group
This course is intended for:
a) TVET trainers
b) Mentors/in-company trainers
c) Assessment centre Managers
d) Assessment centre officers
e) TVET instructors