Quality Assurance Manual - Flipbook - Page 6
Quality Assurance Manual
To complete internal verification reports and summary sheets,
To contribute to the review and development of the iPowerboat Ltd’s policies, procedures,
learning and assessment material and resources,
To participate in any assessment appeal as indicated in the iPowerboat Ltd appeals
procedure,
To participate in any complaint as indicated in the iPowerboat Ltd complaints procedure.
Assessor – Richard Caves
All responsibilities relating to the role of the Assessor are to be carried out by Richard Caves. These
roles include the following:
To undertake candidate induction and ensure that the correct paperwork is completed;
To support the candidate through the qualification,
To provide remediation and re-assessment for candidates where necessary,
To identify and support candidates who require assessment arrangements,
To attend and participate in standardisation meetings,
To contribute to and help develop the iPowerboat Ltd’s review of policies, procedures,
learning and assessment material and resources,
To participate in any assessment appeal as indicated in the iPowerboat Ltd procedure,
To participate in any complaint as indicated in the iPowerboat Ltd complaints procedure,
To attend and participate in any visits by SQA quality assurance staff as required,
To be aware of the risk of malpractice and act accordingly to iPowerboat Ltdprocedure.
Data Management – Ryan Tozer
Ryan Tozer has the responsibility for recording candidates results. This will be done electronically but
with paper copies kept on file until candidates’ certification. Ryan Tozer is responsible for data
management, so he will update records and maintain secure treatment of all paper copies of the
candidate’s papers.
1.5 Malpractice policy and procedures
Candidate malpractice
SQA definition: “Malpractice means any act, default or practice (whether deliberate or resulting from
neglect or default) which is a breach of SQA requirements including any act, default or practice
which:
Compromises, attempts to compromise or may compromise, the process of assessment, the
integrity of any SQA qualification, or the validity of a result or certificate; and/or
Damages the authority, reputation or credibility of SQA or any officer, employee or agent of
SQA.”
Malpractice can arise for a variety of reasons: Some incidents are intentional and aim to give an
unfair advantage or disadvantage in an examination or assessment (deliberate non-compliance).
Examples might include:
failure to carry out adequate/published internal quality assurance arrangements;
Page 6 of 34
22/05/2021
Quality Assurance Manual
Version_Final_Draft_0.2
© Copyright iPowerboat Ltd 2021