Assessing your knowledge and understanding is a crucial part of an MTCS Grade Assessment. Through asking questions your Assessor can determine if you have a grounded depth of knowledge and understanding of a concept, including the principles of the task.
Candidates are required to go through questioning, as it is not always possible for an activity to cover and assess all required performance criteria within a competence.
To assess your knowledge and understanding of a task, you will be asked a range of questions by your Assessor. It is expected you answer these questions to the best of your ability.
What questions will I be asked, and when?
The questions will most likely be spread over the course of your Grade Assessment and relevant questions will be asked in relation to specific tasks which you have been assessed on.
The assessment of your knowledge and understanding can be done orally or written – how this is done is a decision ultimately made between you and your Assessor(s).
MTCS provides a question template with set questions included and there is room for your Assessor to add their own questions at the bottom.
GA question templates are available to download via the Grade Assessment Documentation on MTCS Online:
- Navigate to Guidance Docs
- Select Grade Assessment (GA) Documentation
- Select the Discipline or Interdisciplinary grade you require
- In the Competencies table, select the Underpinning Knowledge Questions you require
Download a PDF on how to access the Underpinning Knowledge Questions (PDF, 800kb)
We encourage Assessors to add ‘job specific’ contextual questions, to be thorough in assessing you for well-rounded knowledge and understanding.
Written evidence (such as a logbook or report) can and will most likely be used by your Assessor as a basis for their questions to lead from. If you have just performed or completed a task, the written documentation which supports the task will act as a guide for relevant knowledge testing questions.
Your Assessor may also ask you to write a report on some of the activities you have carried out. This is another excellent method to test your level of knowledge and understanding.
These pieces of written evidence can be scanned and uploaded as part of your evidence portfolio.
In the ‘Response Section‘ of the paperwork, it is acceptable for your Assessor to just note ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
We need this indication of whether they thought your answer was satisfactory or not. However, a brief summary should be provided if your Assessor believes your answers to be unsatisfactory.
If a candidate’s English is not of a level to communicate effectively, we permit the use of a translator to convey the answers. A witness must then confirm that the answers have indeed been accurately translated.
If you need any further information or advice, please do not hesitate to get in contact with our support Team – enquiries@mtcs.info
