Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment
Sample, standardise and hold a team of assessors to a consistent standard — the role that makes a credential trustworthy.
- Award
- Advanced Certificate
- Level
- Level 4
- Duration
- 10 weeks · 170 hours
- Delivery
- 70% online · 30% in person
- Units
- 5 units
- Intake
- Phase 01 · Kampala
Overview
An assessment system is only as credible as its internal quality assurance. This qualification prepares experienced assessors to sample decisions, run standardisation, and act when a colleague's judgement drifts.
It is the senior end of the ASIEA assessment chain and a proposed Level 4 award on the qualification ladder.
What you study
5 units · 170 notional hours. Hours shown are the notional allocation used for planning and progression.
Why IQA exists, the relationship with awarding bodies and the risk it manages.
Sampling strategies across assessors, methods, candidates and sites; CAMERA planning.
Observing assessors, reviewing records, interviewing candidates and giving feedback.
Running standardisation activities and resolving differences in judgement.
Corrective action, appeals, malpractice, external verification and audit readiness.
How you are assessed
Practical competence is assessed in person by a qualified assessor against written criteria. No practical competence is assessed online.
A full sampling plan carried out against a real assessor team
Assessor observation and feedback conducted under observation
A standardisation session planned, run and recorded
Recorded questioning on risk, consistency and intervention
Entry requirements
- 21 years or older at the start of the programme
- A current assessor qualification and active assessment practice
- Access to a team of assessors and live candidate evidence to sample
- Confident written English for sampling and feedback records
Certification
Learners receive the ASIEA award and the evidence behind it. External certification is being sought: the units, notional hours and assessment on this page are written so a certification body can map them to its own qualifications.
Where it leads
Roles shown are indicative of the sector this course is designed for, not guaranteed placements.
Next steps
Two minutes. No documents needed yet.
A guided call on fit, schedule and prior experience.
Entry evidence reviewed and a placement matched to you.
Enrolment, induction date and your learner record opened.
Phase 01 fees are published at admission. Payment plans and employer-sponsored places form part of the intended Phase 01 model.