The Assessment Process MCAS

Assessment is a process that helps judgements to be made about your performance.

It involves the assessor and yourself, making decisions about your progress towards
your goal. In order for this to be achieved, your assessor will need evidence of your
knowledge, and performance in the work place.

It is your responsibility to be working in the correct environment so suitable

evidence for assessment can be gathered, against each of the 8 units, in your
Portfolio. (Unit 9 is the AM2 certificate) You will need to show how you have met
each and every element of the 8 units. To show consistency each element must be
covered at least 3 times. (One job may well cover many of the units.)

In order to do this, you will need to plan the assessment process with your assessor.
Both of you need to agree a strategy, to ensure acceptable evidence is gathered.
Evidence is only valid when you are competent at that part of the job; it is not about
training.

To summarise the process; your assessment will be in 4 stages.

 Assessment planning to identify the evidence required.
 Generating and collecting the evidence.
 Assessment of the evidence by your assessor.
 Making a decision and giving feedback to you about your evidence.

The requirements of your Portfolio are based on the needs of the Electrical
contracting industry, and as such, you should be able to achieve the award by
working on your normal job.

What is Evidence?

Evidence is anything that proves to your assessor that you have met the standards
required in your Portfolio.
Evidence must be:
 Authentic, it must be truly about you and related to genuine work.
 Sufficient, it must match the requirements of the standards.
 Current, it must not be more than 2 years old.

EXAMPLE

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This photograph shows a candidate terminating a length of S.W.A. cable, and also shows him with
appropriate PPE. Therefore, evidence can be claimed against parts of
Units
Ensure safe site working
Prepare to install electrical wiring systems, wiring enclosures and equipment
Connect wiring systems and equipment using safe and approved methods

Ensure safe site working

This unit covers the competencies you need if you are responsible for ensuring safe
site working.
You will be required to ensure that the site is safe for work to start by carrying out a
risk assessment where the work will take place and monitor the site’s safety during
and on completion of the work on electrotechnical systems and equipment.
You will also be required to ensure the site is left in a tidy and safe condition on
completion of the work.
You will need to understand the implications of the working environment for health
and safety for yourself and other persons.

Provide Technical and Functional Information

This unit covers the competencies you need if you are required to pass on technical
or functional information relating to the installation.
You will be required to supply technical and functional information accurately on
appropriate occasions or at handover.
You need to be able to identify who should receive such information and the level
required by the relevant person for safe operation and maintenance purposes.
The information will also include safety considerations
You will also need to understand who the relevant people are, for example those
who need to be kept informed about the electrotechnical system on which you have
been working and are likely to be customers, clients or their representatives.

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Maintain a Healthy and Safe Working
Environment

This unit covers the competencies you need to maintain a healthy and safe working
environment by ensuring that your own actions do not create any health and safety
risks and you do not ignore hazards with significant risk in your work location.
You will need to take sensible action to put things right where you identify hazards in
your work location.
You will also be required to understand the importance of risk assessments and
method statements.

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Diagnose and Correct Faults in Electrotechnical
Systems and Equipment

This unit covers the competencies you need if you are involved in diagnosing and
correcting faults in electrotechnical systems and equipment and need to take
appropriate action.
You will be required to ensure the safe identification of faults and correct the faults
by using safe and approved methods.
You will also need to possess the skill and knowledge to follow correct procedures in
identifying the location of the fault and carry out safe and secure isolation
procedures, diagnose the faults in the electrotechnical systems and equipment and
correct faults using safe and approved methods and use test equipment and tools
correctly.

Prepare to install electrical wiring systems, wiring

enclosures and equipment
This unit covers the competencies you need if you are required to ensure that the
necessary wiring systems, wiring enclosures and equipment are appropriate for the
installation, prior to the electrical installation work taking place.
You will be required to ensure that the wiring systems, wiring enclosures and
equipment are suitable for the installation.
You will also need to show that you understand the application and the meaning of
‘fitness for purpose’ of wiring systems, wiring enclosures and equipment. You will
need to also demonstrate that you understand the importance of making sure that
the intended installation matches the expectations of the relevant person.
Also, you will need to prove that you have confirmed that the wiring systems, wiring
enclosures and equipment you are going to install are suitable for the working
environment where the installation will take place.

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Install electrical wiring systems, wiring enclosures and
equipment

This unit covers the competencies you need if you are required to carry out the
installation of wiring systems, wiring enclosures and equipment.
You will be required to following the correct procedures for the installation of wiring
systems, wiring enclosures and equipment as specified.
You will also need to show your understand of installing wiring systems, wiring
enclosures and equipment, the methods for identifying and isolating electrical
supply, the positioning and fixing of components correctly and those areas which
have the potential to be hazardous.

Connect wiring systems and equipment using safe

and approved methods
This unit covers the competencies you need if you are required to connect wiring
systems, wiring enclosures and equipment.
You will be required to implement the correct procedures for connecting wiring
systems, wiring enclosures and equipment appropriate to the electrical system.
You will also need to show your understand of connecting wiring systems, wiring
enclosures and equipment and how to check the connection afterwards using safe
methods.

Inspect, test and commission an electrical installation

This unit covers the competencies you need if you are required to inspect, test and
commission an electrical installation.
You will be required to carrying out the process of inspecting, testing and
commissioning electrical installations in a safe manner and in the correct sequence
as given in BS 7671.
You will also need to show your understand of how to commission an electrical
installation bearing in mind the constraints imposed by legislation and regulations,
how to select and use the appropriate testing equipment and the importance of
keeping good records of the procedures and results.

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