NAVAL and CAVN: two stories of assessment validation

The new TAFE New South Wales (NSW) - South Western Sydney Institute (SWSI) Construction Faculty was successful in its application for 2005 Reframing the Future funding of a sub-program in ‘Effective Networking’, which has been named CAVN (Construction Assessment Validation Network). The project is designed to create a sustainable network connection between assessors delivering five different training packages. The project is hosted by SWSI and includes stakeholders from several other Sydney-based institutes, regional institutes and relevant industry associations who will form the nucleus of a NSW state-wide assessor network aimed at improving the quality and consistency in assessment for construction. NAVAL is an acronym for Network Assessment Validation Assessor Leaders. This group was formed from the Community Services faculty, SWSI to further develop assessment validation across the faculty. The group represents Children’s Services, Nursing, Welfare, Sport and Recreation, Hairdressing, Beauty Care and Aged Care. The group identified three main priorities: (1) a consistent assessment validation process; (2) development of an assessment bank; (3) training of staff.

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