This report introduces a set of four high-level principles for developing and maintaining good assessment systems for industry training organisations (ITOs) to ensure the right knowledge and skills are being assessed.
It also highlights the importance of good communication between ITOs and employers, and the need for ITOs to support employers so that employers and their workplaces can, in turn, support their apprentices.
While it is focussed on one ITO specifically—the BCITO— it will be of use for the assessment of on-job learning across all industry training organisations (ITOs).
The accompanying guide, Taking Charge of your Apprenticeship, was created to help learners manage their apprenticeship.
Resource download:
Report | A Transformational System for On-Job Assessment in the Building and Construction Industries (PDF, 1Mb)
Guide | Taking Charge of your Apprenticeship (PDF, 1Mb)
Background:
A project, completed in 2012, to highlight effective systems of on-job assessment and show how these systems can build organisational capability and improve outcomes for learners.
A collaboration of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research (NZCER) and the Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO).
Research report prepared by Karen Vaughan, Ben Gardiner and Jan Eyre.
Co-funded by the Ako Aotearoa National Project Fund (NPF)