The Skills Organisation (Skills) has completed the revision of the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) above.
The next CMR review is planned to take place during 2017.
The CMR above was inherited by Skills as a result of the merger and acquisition of Learning State. A revision was required to update consent to assess and moderation requirements in line with actual practice of Skills. Contact Centre sector requirements have also been included at Appendix 2 of this CMR as coverage for these unit standards was transferred from CMR 0003.
Requirements for consent to assess will apply with effect from April 2015. There have been no significant changes in relation to this revision and this update will not affect current consent to assess requirements.
Moderation system requirements will apply with effect from April 2015. There have been no significant changes in relation to this revision and this update will not affect current moderation requirements.
Organisations with consent to assess will be expected to be able to demonstrate compliance with the CMR from October 2015 onwards.
CMR for The Skills Organisation - Public Sector Services, Career Practice, Injury Prevention, Cadet Forces, Compliance and Law Enforcement, Defence, Police, and Environment [Ref: 0121]
Requirements for Consent to Assess (RCA)
Standard Setting Body involvement in process for granting consent to assess
A requirement to include a teaching professional in the same field from another provider for standards at Level 5 and above was added.
Industry or sector-specific requirements for consent to assess
Industry or sector-specific requirements were included as Appendices 1 and 2 to allow for future requirements of other sectors to be added into this CMR. There have been
no significant changes within these criterion that will impact on TEOs with consent to assess.
Moderation Requirements (MR) Moderation System
Information about Skills moderation system was added
Moderation principles, responsibilities of participants and the overall moderation process were added
Pre-assessment and post-assessment moderation requirements and the role of national external moderators were added.
Reporting
An annual report on the outcomes of national external moderation to the Skills Board and industry advisory groups was added.
Funding
Charges for pre-assessment moderation and any non-compliance with moderation requirements were added.
Non-compliance with moderation requirements
An improvement plan for organisations with consent to assess in cases where moderation uncovers inappropriate assessment methods and/or materials was added.
Appeals
Skills’ appeals process and procedure were added.