There is lots useful information on our website about the Assessment of Professional Competence (APC) assessor role, including a Job Description for each of the APC assessor roles.

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You can choose between assessing APC submissions or the Professional Discussion (PD), as part of the Degree Apprenticeship End Point Assessment.

Each October, the Membership Team will add links to the Assessor pages to the registration for Chartered members who wish to become APC assessors. We advertise the assessor recruitment on social media and in the all-member bulletins, please don’t miss out!

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To be a new APC assessor you need to have a minimum of three years as a Chartered member.

After the assessor recruitment period ends at the beginning of November, we will send members who have signed up to be a new assessor an acknowledgement email to confirm we have received your expression of interest in the role and then, later, a confirmation email to say if you have been appointed as a new assessor.

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As part of the sign-up process members who wish to become APC assessors have to answer two questions, to help the Membership Team judge your suitability for the role.

As a new assessor, we will share with you a link to the Assessor Hub, which contains a lot of useful information including the main guidance documents and the Assessor Handbook. It is recommended that new assessors familiarize themselves with these documents before attending the annual training.

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If there is anything on the Assessor Hub which does not make sense, please feel free to contact the Membership Team. We are here to support assessors at every step in the process.

The annual assessor training takes place in January and February each year. A key part of the training is the standardization exercise, which is an anonymized candidate submission which assessors are asked to mark before the training.

At the training there will be a discussion amongst the assessors in small groups about the marking of the submission, before two experienced assessors feedback the agreed assessment outcomes. This discussion helps clarify the RTPI marking standard in the minds of assessors before they come to mark candidates’ submissions in following year.

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The standardisation exercise plays an important role in ensuring we can issue fair and accurate results to candidates.

All new assessors are required to attend two training sessions, the first is just for new assessors, where the Membership Team goes through the marking process, so you know what to expect and understand how we can support you in your important work.

It is compulsory for all assessors, both new and existing, to attend annual training.

At the all-assessor training there will be a welcome from the Membership team, an opportunity to discuss the marking of the standardization exercise in small groups before the agreed assessment outcomes are fed back. There will also be an 'update and advice' section and an opportunity for assessors to network and learn from their peers.

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Assessors will be given a choice of dates regarding which all-assessor training session they attend.

All assessors are paired with a co-assessor for the forthcoming year. It is important that assessors work in pairs, to help ensure candidates receive fair and accurate results.

If you did not meet your co-assessor at the Assessor Training, then you are encouraged to make contact after the training but before the first marking period in February.

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Each year the assessors will be paired with a different co-assessor.

The Membership team partner new assessors with experienced assessors, so they can help support you as you start your assessing journey.

Assessors are trained to mark candidates’ submissions independently and then come together and agree the assessment outcomes and agree the key points to go on the feedback form.

Candidates receive a feedback form, regardless if they were successful or deferred.

The Membership team will provide details of the assessment period and what deadlines you are working to. Typically, you will have approx. two weeks to complete the marking of all the allocated submissions in a particular assessment round.

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The APC process is quality assured by the Membership Assessment Advisory Panel (MAAP), who consist of a cross section of members, and they ensure the correct assessment process is followed and all candidates are treated fairly.

Each year the Membership team will provide mid-year updates and advice, to help support assessors as well as sharing best practice and updates. There may be a training task to complete too.

If you enjoyed being an assessor, please sign up in October to be an assessor in the following year.

We would not be able to elect new Chartered members without the hard work and professionalism of the assessors. Thank you to all our assessors who give up their time to support young planners as they take the next step in their career.

Did you know?

If you know any of your colleagues who would make a good assessor, please encourage them to apply.

The Membership team partner new assessors with experienced assessors, so they can help support you as you start your assessing journey.

Assessors are trained to mark candidates’ submissions independently and then come together and agree the assessment outcomes and agree the key points to go on the feedback form.

Candidates receive a feedback form, regardless if they were successful or deferred.

The Membership team will provide details of the assessment period and what deadlines you are working to. Typically, you will have approx. two weeks to complete the marking of all the allocated submissions in a particular assessment round.

Did you know?

The APC process is quality assured by the Membership Assessment Advisory Panel (MAAP), who consist of a cross section of members, and they ensure the correct assessment process is followed and all candidates are treated fairly.

Each year the Membership team will provide mid-year updates and advice, to help support assessors as well as sharing best practice and updates. There may be a training task to complete too.

If you enjoyed being an assessor, please sign up in October to be an assessor in the following year.

We would not be able to elect new Chartered members without the hard work and professionalism of the assessors. Thank you to all our assessors who give up their time to support young planners as they take the next step in their career.

Did you know?

If you know any of your colleagues who would make a good assessor, please encourage them to apply.