Fresh calls for property qualifications assessors

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July 2010

Asset Skills is renewing its call for people with property and planning experience to consider becoming vocational qualifications assessors.

It is part of plans to establish a Virtual Academy for Property Services in September which seeks to offer practical assistance to employers on issues of training.

"To ensure the new Virtual Academy for Property Services is a success, we need to find people with the right level of industry experience who can help deliver the new assessment based qualifications," said Richard Beamish, Chief Executive of Asset Skills, the Sector Skills Council for property and planning.

The new Academy would help deliver a range of new qualifications and apprenticeships, developed by Asset Skills with the industry, as well as achieving economies of scale through employer collaboration.

As part of this, Asset Skills is building a pool of people who can act as vocational qualifications assessors and would like to hear from property professionals with solid experience who are interested.

They will not be employed directly by Asset Skills, but their details will be made available to a limited network of training providers, who will deliver the training as part of the Academy offering. More information on this project will be available in September.

The assessor pool will be accessed by further education organisations such as awarding bodies, colleges and training providers as they move into the market and seek the know how to support their efforts. Assessors use their experience and knowledge to deliver programmes that support candidates to meet the industry standard and gather appropriate evidence to gain the qualification.

Assessment work is flexible and would be ideal for someone looking to use their industry knowledge to support learning and development in the sector. Assessors can combine the role with their existing job or use it as an opportunity for a career change after taking a qualification such as the Level 3 Award in Assessing Candidates Using a Range of Methods - known as the A1.

For more information on the assessor qualification, contact the Institute of Assessors and Internal Verifiers www.iavltd.co.uk. For more information on the Virtual Academy for Property Services, contact Liz Black, Property Specialist at Asset Skills, by emailing lblack@assetskills.org or call 07921 976 815.