OCCUPATIONAL TESTING:
ABILITY CAREERS AND PERSONALITY (TUOAP)

​THE CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE 

IN OCCUPATIONAL TESTING:

ABILITY, CAREERS & PERSONALITY (TUOAP)

 

accredited by the 

British Psychological Society (BPS)

 

Occupational assessments enable you to screen candidates to make effective selection decisions,as well as providing career and performance coaching support to leaders, teams and front-line staff. This course provides you with the knowledge and skills to use test effectively for the assessment of ability and aptitude as well as personality traits (16PF/15FQ) and motivational values (PVQ).

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CURRICULUM

 

The BPS qualifications in Occupational Testing offer 4 levels of Certification:

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1) Test User Ability and Personality (TUOAP), Modules 1-6: All 3 levels of training (TUP, TUA & ATU) in using tests of ability (GRT/CRTB/ART), career interests (CAI/OIP) & personality (15FQ+/PVQ/NEO) for selection, career coaching and personal/team/leadership development to C-suite level. 

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2) Test User Personality (TUP), Module 1-2 & 5-6: Comprehensive training in careers and personality (CAI/OIP; 15FQ+/PVQ/NEO) assessment for career, personal/team/leadership coaching & development. 

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3) Test User Ability (TUA), Modules 1-4: Training in test administration/scoring/reporting of ability and aptitude tests; also provides access to tests of career interests for career coaching and development.

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4) Assistant Test User (ATU), Modules 1-2: Test administration training to support qualified Test Users.

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Module 1: The Context of Assessment and Development

Ethics: Duty of Care, Scope/Limits, Accreditation, Ethical/Legal, Insurance, Contracts, Confidentiality, GDPR. Client Suitability: Informed Consent, Language, Literacy, Technology, Accommodations.

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Module 2: Ability, Aptitude, Attainment - Test Administration

• Ability and Attainment: Assessment and Coaching to identify your client's key cognitive skills

      and styles, as well as specific aptitudes for specific roles and occupations

• Career Development: Assessment and Coaching with the Occupational Interest Profile (OIP+) 

       a comprehensive assessment of 8 career interests and 8 personal work needs based on the

       5-Factor model, and linked the industry-standard database of occupational profiles

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Module 3: Ability, Aptitude, Attainment & Career Assessment - Scoring, Feedback and Reporting

Ability test administration, scoring, feedback and reporting practicals. Scoring and Interpretation (Scores - z-scores, IQ/Standard, Stens, Stanines, T-Scores, %iles); Feedback Preparation and Interview. Report Writing: Context; Results; Interpretation; Implications; Recommendations.

 

Module 4: Choosing Tests - Reliability, Validity and Fairness

Properties of psychometric tests: reliability (test-retest, internal consistency, parallel forms), validity (construct, criterion - concurrent & predictive), freedom from bias. Measuring error: standard error the mean and standard error of measurement (reliability), confidence intervals. Test evaluation exercise.

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Module 5: Ethics, Best Practice and Legislation

Ethical/Legal Compliance: Candidates Rights, Legal Obligations, GDPR, Organisational Testing Policy.

 

Module 6: Personality Assessment for Selection, Development and Coaching

Online test administration, profile analysis, feedback and reporting using Cattell's 16PF model, the Personality & Values Questionnaire (PVQ)        providing a comprehensive psychological profile of your client, including standardised scores on 21 behavioural traits, 12 motivational values and key data on your client's preferred Leadership, Team, Subordinate and Influencing orientations.

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MATERIALS

Personal eLearning Account 

​All of your course materials are provided online in your personal eLearning account, including the

Course Manual, Practice Test Materials, Assignments and an extensive set of Resource Files for completion and upload of your course assignments. We also post to you a print copy of the Course Manual and test materials.​​

COURSE ASSESSMENT

Assessment Portfolios:

1  Practicals: Ability test administration, scoring, feedback & reporting. Coaching with the Occupational Interest Profile (OIP+); and Personality Profile Analysis, Feedback and Reporting using the Personality & Values Questionnaire (PVQ) combining 21 traits and 12 motivational values scales.

2 Written Feedback on Practicals - Test Administration, Scoring, Feedback and Reporting practice

3 Test Theory - Ability & IQ; Types of Tests; Modes of Administration; Test Administration, Scoring,  

   Feedback & Report Writing; Test Score & Standardisation; Ethics, GDPR etc.

4 Using Tests in Practice - Development of an Organisational Testing Policy document