The requirements for how assessment is to be carried out and quality assured is laid down by the organisations which award qualifications. There must be both a qualified assessor and internal verifier based at each centre and the awarding organisation sends an external verifier to check that procedures have been correctly followed.
Ofqual and its fellow regulators specify how different assessment methods are to be applied via its regulatory arrangements and will check that awarding organisations are implementing the requirements correctly.
NVQ and apprentice qualifications are based upon the national occupational standards that 'specify the skills, knowledge and understanding required to perform competently to the standards required in employment'. The standards are developed by the Sector Skills Councils and overseen by the UK Commission for Education and Skills.
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