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Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives:
After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, YOU MUST be able to:
After reading this INFORMATION SHEET, YOU MUST be able to:
1. define current competencies;
1. define current competencies;
2. explain why there is a need to identify the trainees’ current competencies;
2. explain why there is a need to identify the trainees’ current competencies;
Current Competencies
Current Competencies
Current competencies are the skills and knowledge of your new trainees obtained through formal training, work experience or life experience. These should be determined before you can prepare your session plan, so as not include the same competencies where the trainees are already competent.
Current competencies are the skills and knowledge of your new trainees obtained through formal training, work experience or life experience. These should be determined before you can prepare your session plan, so as not include the same competencies where the trainees are already competent.
How can the Current Competencies be Determined
How can the Current Competencies be Determined
Current competencies can be determined by using the following:
Current competencies can be determined by using the following:
1. Self-Assessment Checklist – It is a checklist of competencies required of a qualification.
1. Self-Assessment Checklist – It is a checklist of competencies required of a qualification.
2. Proof of Competencies - Portfolio assessment or validation of evidences of competency such as employment certificates with specific duties and responsibilities, projects personally done by the trainee, certificate of awards and other related proofs.
2. Proof of Competencies - Portfolio assessment or validation of evidences of competency such as employment certificates with specific duties and responsibilities, projects personally done by the trainee, certificate of awards and other related proofs.
3. Pre-assessment result
3. Pre-assessment result
Pre-assessment in CBT has the following functions:
Pre-assessment in CBT has the following functions:
a. Diagnostic - intended to diagnose areas of weakness, or misunderstanding, and strength. It involves collecting evidence to diagnose or identify a training need or performance problem.
a. Diagnostic - intended to diagnose areas of weakness, or misunderstanding, and strength. It involves collecting evidence to diagnose or identify a training need or performance problem.
“You can’t prescribe the remedy till you understand the cause”
“You can’t prescribe the remedy till you understand the cause”
This type of assessment is used to identify a learner’s gaps in knowledge and to ensure the content of the subsequent training will meet the learners’ needs.
This type of assessment is used to identify a learner’s gaps in knowledge and to ensure the content of the subsequent training will meet the learners’ needs.
The pre-test is a written test that would initially test the knowledge of your trainees on the competencies that they need to learn
The pre-test is a written test that would initially test the knowledge of your trainees on the competencies that they need to learn
b. Formative - This type of assessment assists and supports learning by providing feedback about performance and progress towards the achievement of competency. It is also a method for the collection of evidence, and determining a candidate’s readiness for her or his final assessment.
b. Formative - This type of assessment assists and supports learning by providing feedback about performance and progress towards the achievement of competency. It is also a method for the collection of evidence, and determining a candidate’s readiness for her or his final assessment.
For our purpose, this type of assessment will be used to assess whether a trainee is ready to be assessed for purposes of Recognition of Prior Learning
For our purpose, this type of assessment will be used to assess whether a trainee is ready to be assessed for purposes of Recognition of Prior Learning
c. Summative Assessment – In case the trainee is ready to be assessed for a competency as a result of his employment and life experiences, you may finally give him a summative assessment to recognize his prior learning for some or all of the competencies of the qualification.
c. Summative Assessment – In case the trainee is ready to be assessed for a competency as a result of his employment and life experiences, you may finally give him a summative assessment to recognize his prior learning for some or all of the competencies of the qualification.
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