Skilled dialogue supported by a portfolio and a supplementary questions and solutions session throughout a facility stroll
Overview
Within the dialogue, an impartial assessor and apprentice have a proper two-way dialog.
The apprentice can consult with and illustrate their solutions with proof from their portfolio of proof. It offers the apprentice the chance to show their competency throughout the KSBs mapped to this EPA technique.
Rationale
This evaluation technique is getting used as a result of it:
- permits the holistic evaluation of KSBs
- permits the impartial assessor to attract on examples of labor carried out by the apprentice
- the usage of the portfolio adopted by questioning throughout a services stroll will help the candidate to amplify their examples and to show the work carried out
- the assessor will be capable of check underpinning data and understanding
- will allow the constant evaluation of actions that could be carried out in numerous seasons
- permits standards to be assessed that may not happen commonly or would take too lengthy to look at
Supply
The skilled dialogue have to be structured to provide the apprentice the chance to show the KSBs mapped to this evaluation technique to the best out there grade.
An impartial assessor should conduct and assess the skilled dialogue.
The aim of the impartial assessor’s questions can be to check data and understanding of the themes mapped to this technique.
The skilled dialogue supported with a portfolio and the supplementary questions then carried out throughout a facility stroll will final 60 minutes in complete and consist of two components.
The primary half will happen in a room free from distractions and the second half (supplementary questions and solutions) will happen alongside a facility stroll. Journey time between areas is not going to depend in direction of the overall length; the clock can be stopped. This size of time ought to enable for all related components of the ability to be visited.
The impartial assessor will decide a top level view of the areas of the ability they should go to following half 1.
Half 1
Within the first 20 minutes of the evaluation, the impartial assessor will conduct the dialogue in a room free from distractions and permit the apprentice to consult with their portfolio. They may even agree on a route by means of the ability within the preparation for the supplementary questions carried out throughout a facility stroll.
Half 2
The Impartial Assessor will then ask supplementary questions while strolling across the pre-selected areas of the ability on a one-to-one foundation with the apprentice (it isn’t vital to go to the entire facility). This can final 40 minutes.
Half 1 and half 2 will cowl the next 4 distinct work themes/ dialogue factors in complete.
The apprentice is required to determine 5 grass varieties throughout half 1 of the skilled dialogue. Observe-up questions referring to grass varieties may additionally be requested throughout half 2 of the skilled dialogue (the apprentice could also be requested to determine venue-specific grasses in the course of the facility stroll).
1. Upkeep, renovation, and restore – they’ll focus on how they’ve ready floor and established grassed areas for sport (e.g. overseeding or turfing) in addition to how they’ve carried out the restore of the sports activities turf floor.
2. Examine a sports activities turf floor – they might want to determine the related turfgrasses, focus on the standing and situation of the floor, and spotlight any points or areas of labor they’ve beforehand carried out on that turf. They’ll present the assessor with observations concerning weeds, pests, ailments, and so on and relate this to the related KSB’s
3. Irrigation and drainage – the candidate can be anticipated to elucidate any exercise inside their portfolio that they’ve carried out on the irrigation and drainage system, focus on the structure and objective of the system, and learn how to apply strategies to make use of it successfully.
4. Grass varieties – identification of 5 grass varieties, together with:
- perennial ryegrass
- easy stalk meadow grass
- annual meadow grass
- fescue grass (nice)
- bent grass
The EPAO should give an apprentice 14 days discover of the skilled dialogue.
The impartial assessor should have at the least 7 days to evaluation the supporting documentation.
The apprentice should have entry to their portfolio of proof in the course of the skilled dialogue.
The apprentice can consult with and illustrate their solutions with proof from their portfolio of proof nevertheless the portfolio of proof is just not immediately assessed.
The skilled dialogue should final for 60 minutes. The impartial assessor can improve the time of the skilled dialogue by as much as 10%. This time is to permit the apprentice to reply to a query if vital.
The impartial assessor should ask at the least 12 questions. Observe-up questions are allowed the place clarification is required. The impartial assessor should use the questions from their EPAO’s query financial institution or create their very own questions in-line with the EPAO’s coaching.
The impartial assessor should make the grading choice. The impartial assessor should hold correct data of the evaluation. They need to report:
- the apprentice’s solutions to questions
- the KSBs demonstrated in solutions to questions
- the grade achieved
Evaluation location
The skilled dialogue should happen in an appropriate venue chosen by the EPAO (for instance the EPAO’s or employer’s premises).
The skilled dialogue ought to happen in a quiet room, free from distractions and affect.
Query and useful resource improvement
The EPAO should develop a purpose-built evaluation specification and query financial institution. It is suggested that is finished in session with employers of this occupation. The EPAO ought to keep the safety and confidentiality of EPA supplies when consulting employers. The evaluation specification and query financial institution have to be reviewed at the least every year to make sure they continue to be fit-for-purpose.
The evaluation specification have to be related to the occupation and show learn how to assess the KSBs mapped to this evaluation technique. The EPAO should be sure that questions are refined and developed to a excessive customary. The questions have to be unpredictable. A query financial institution of adequate dimension will assist this.
The EPAO should be sure that apprentice has a unique set of questions within the case of re-sits or re-takes.
The EPAO should produce the next supplies to assist the skilled dialogue supported by a portfolio and a supplementary questions and solutions session throughout a facility stroll:
- impartial assessor evaluation supplies which embrace:
- coaching supplies
- administration supplies
- moderation and standardisation supplies
- steerage supplies
- grading steerage
- query financial institution
- EPA steerage for the apprentice and the employer
The EPAO should be sure that the EPA supplies are topic to high quality assurance procedures together with standardisation, coaching, and moderation.
