Approved Internal Verifier Status

Approved Internal Verifier Status (AIVS) is the mechanism whereby OCN Eastern Regionapproves named individuals to authorise the award of credit for specific courses at a Recognised Centre.

A Recognised Centre can gain Approved Internal Verifier Status (AIVS) when named individuals within that centre are authorised as Approved Internal Verifiers (AIVs).

The following should be noted:

• Aproved Internal Verifiers are approved following completion of the appropriate NOCN training and evidence of good practice, or on production of appropriate existing qualifications and evidence of experience.
• They are approved individually, for a particular Centre and, in larger Centres, normally for a particular curriculum area.
• The approval relates only to an individual verifier within a particular Centre and is not in any way transferable, either between verifiers or between Centres.
• Approved Internal Verifier Status can be withdrawn at any time if either the practice of the verifier or the structure and support provided by the Centre falls below the expected standard.

In cases where AIVS is not held, the Internal Verifier will need to arrange for the sign off of the Recommendation of the Award of Credit through OCN Eastern Region. This will normally be by your appointed OCN Eastern Region Quality Reviewer contact, or possibly an External Verifier who is a subject specialist.

All OCN Eastern Region Recognised Centres should seek to achieve AIVS in order to both ensure and measure the rigour and robustness of internal quality systems and to avoid potential future increases in the cost of quality review.

A Centre can nominate staff for approval as an AIV by completing and returning the AIVS nomination form to the OCN Eastern Region quality team.

Approved Internal Verifier Status (AIVS) nomination form

Approved Internal Verifier Status (AIVS) guidance

Upon receipt, either an individual’s AIV status will be confirmed or the appropriate training route identified.

For further information regarding Internal Verification please refer to the NOCN Centre Handbook or contact OCN Eastern Region

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