What are assessment environments and how do they affect me?
The Training Package has introduced specific advice about environments, contexts and resources for assessment for some, but not all, units of competency. These specific assessment environments are outlined in Appendix 1 of Part B of the Syllabus. If a unit has to be assessed in the context of a particular assessment environment this will be specified in the Evidence Guide under ‘Context of and specific resources for assessment’ in the individual unit. The assessment environments are requirements for assessment only. The assessment environments are explicit and in some cases include per-person ratios of equipment for the purpose of assessment. Where there are per-person ratios for particular equipment it does not mean that there has to be the same ratio of equipment to students in the training environment, but that these ratios must be evident for assessment or the gathering of evidence for assessment. This means the same piece of equipment may be accessed by multiple candidates at diff
