Test User Occupational Ability Accreditation

Getfeedback’s Test User Ability course is delivered with a blended learning approach. On sign up participants will be provided course contents along side an introduction telephone call with the course tutor who will be available to support particpants throughout. Participants can then learn at a pace that suits their needs.

Knowledge and skills will be assessed through coursework and through a face-to-face assessment at the end of the course. The face-to-face assessment will comprise of a multi-choice exam and test administration and feedback exercises. 

The course notes will provide paticipants with the information they will need to support the learning throughout the course. These cover the basic principles of testing, define the various types of test available and give an introduction to the statistics which are fundamental to the use of tests.

Course Objectives

The main objectives of this course are to enable participants to:

• Understand the role of psychometrics in occupational settings and be aware of the benefits and limitations of their use
• Discriminate between good and poor psychometric tests
• Select appropriate tests
• Administer tests
• Interpret test scores
• Give feedback to test-takers
• Understand the key ethical and legal issues relating to psychometric testing