Guidance

DAO Level 4 Award in the Internal Quality Assurance of Assessment Processes and Practice

Updated 12 November 2024

601/4749/0

Overall Objective for the Qualification

The qualification is designed to provide candidates with the necessary knowledge and skills to internally quality-assure assessment decisions. Its primary purpose is to confirm the learner’s occupational competence as an internal quality-assurer of work-based qualifications.

Pre-entry requirements

There are no pre-entry requirements. Internal Quality Assurer candidates must have the potential and opportunity to gain this qualification successfully. This will require candidates to have access to learners who are undertaking work-based regulated qualifications in order to meet the evidence requirements.

Units

This qualification is made up of 2 mandatory units.

Size

Total Credits 12

Guided Learning Hours 90

Total Qualification Time 120

Age Restriction

This qualification is available to learners aged 19 years and over.

Further information

Full qualification specification is available on request DEFAC-DAO@mod.gov.uk.