ATCO.D.095 Training of assessors

ASSESSOR TRAINING COURSE A successful assessment for the purpose of the assessor training course should establish competence at least in the following areas of assessment knowledge and techniques:

(a)regulatory environment and legal obligations;

(b)types of assessment and their application;

(c)performance objectives constituting air traffic controller competence;

(d)conditions of assessments to create reliable results;

(e)processing of assessments and administrative procedures;

(f)giving verbal feedback and writing assessment reports;

(g)vested interests and code of conduct;

(h)accurately assessing competence against the performance objectives;

(i)developing a good questioning technique and designing questions appropriate to the assessment.

ASSESSMENT OF ASSESSOR COMPETENCE The assessment of assessor competence should focus on the application of the skills of an assessor. The skills should represent at least a subset of the competences taught during the assessor training course.

REFRESHER TRAINING IN ASSESSMENT SKILLS Refresher training in assessment skills should prevent knowledge and skills erosion and it should be designed to maintain skills in assessment techniques and awareness of the regulatory environment.

ASSESSMENT OF ASSESSOR COMPETENCE The level of harmonisation on competence assessment is low as a result of the variety of methods. Any assessment of assessor competence should be realistic and it could take place during live traffic situations or during training.