Q. Just a query regarding the changes to Levels A and B in terms of including this within our MSc course. Currently, we offer Levels A and B as extras to the course (as a subsidised rate) run by people outside of our organisation. They've just sent the information and in July will be training our students in Level A and B. To what extent should they be using the old system or new system?
 
A. Guidance will be produced next year and this is the plan. Once the Register opens Assessors can continue to assess in the usual way (i.e. using the  assessment materials and methods that have been verified) However the recording of the succesful completion of the assessment will be recorded differently.
 
At the moment it is done on paper with the Assessor signing off each of the Units of Competence. When the Register is opened this will be done online (information and guidance will be provided  at a later date) and the same units and elements will be recombined into modules which will be signed off online by the Assessor. We already have a map which will show how the current units and elements map onto the new modular system and that will be among the documentation that will be available before the change over.
 
At the moment there is no Item Response Theory (IRT) component to the Level A qualification. This will be a component of the new qualification which will be phased in after the Register opens and through the verification cycle. Once again the information provided in Guidance for Assessors will give information on the level and content expected for this.