External verification
Portfolios can be submitted to your regional EV at any point throughout the year apart from if you are taking practical and /or oral exams.
If you are taking these exams you need to submit the completed corresponding portfolio by 1 April for May exams and 1 October for November exams.
When your portfolio is ready for external verification your IV needs to ensure the following documentation is submitted to your regional EV:
- all assessment plans (form assess 1)
- subject assessment matrix (form assess 2)
- observation reports (form assess 4)
- assessment feedback (form assess 5)
- action plan (form assess 7)
- witness statement list
- all IV documentation (sampling plan, candidate interview, observation reports, sampling report)
Checklist are an aid for assessors and verifiers and are not required within the submission unless asked for by your regional EV.
candidate portfolio submission form (PDF 136KB)
external verifiers' contact details (PDF 84KB)
process for external verification assessment (PDF 70KB)
EV newsletters
The newsletters share further information with you for standardisation purposes. These will be produced twice a year, after each EV meeting.
EV newsletter October 2011 (PDF185KB)
EV meeting summary March 2011 (PDF 75KB)
EV newsletter February 2010 (PDF 281KB)
EV newsletter October 2010 (PDF 193KB)
