Competence demonstration and assessment

Competence demonstration means that the student demonstrates his/her professional skills in real work situations. The demonstration is accepted when the working life representative has assessed that that the student’s competence corresponds to the professional competence defined in the qualification requirements. The assessor may be the workplace instructor or someone else.

Work tasks that support learning and competence assessment

The demonstration can be a work task, activity, or event. The realization and duration of the demonstration depend on which unit of the qualification is in question and when the assessor is able to perform the assessment. The skills assessed may be customer service, logistics, or financial management, for example. The demonstration can also be a work process, such as the design and implementation of a brochure or program.

After the demonstration, there is an assessment discussion. The working life representative, and the responsible teacher take part in the discussion. The teacher acts as the moderator and recorder of the discussion. The student may be invited to participate in and follow the discussion.

ASSESSMENT GUIDE FOR WORKPLACES (in Finnish)

Making the assessment decision

When the competence demonstration is being planned, a decision is also made on when the teacher participates in the student’s assessment. The workplace assessor and responsible teacher make the assessment decision. The student does not take part in the assessment decision.

The student is given a chance for self-evaluation before the assessment decision is made. The student is also informed of the assessment decision of the qualification unit. If the student is not satisfied with the assessment decision, he/she has the right to ask the assessors in writing to rectify the assessment decision within 14 days after receiving the assessment decision. The assessors must make the correction without undue delay.

In the vocational upper secondary qualification, the assessment scale has five levels:

Excellent 5
Good 4
Good 3
Satisfactory 2
Satisfactory 1

In the further vocational qualification and the specialist vocational qualification, the assessment scale has two levels:

Pass
Fail

Preparation for competence assessment

Tips for the assessor

Use various assessment methods: observe, discuss, acquaint yourself with the documents produced by the student.
Assess the competence of the student, (not his/her personality).
Assess the competence of the student by comparing it with the qualification requirements, (not the requirements of the organization).
Assess the student as an individual (do not compare his/her competence to your own competence or the competence of others).
Give open, honest feedback. Justify your feedback.

Additional material

Description of the personalization approach

https://eperusteet.opintopolku.fi/#/en/ammatillinen/4579030/tekstikappale/4579203 (Mostly in Finnish)

Competence demonstration and competence assessment

https://eperusteet.opintopolku.fi/eperusteet-service/api/dokumentit/6081032 (in Finnish)

Qualification requirements

The qualification titles are listed below in Finnish, but you can change the language from Finnish to Swedish or English on the ePerusteet website.

Perustutkinnot/Vocational Qualification

Ammatti- ja erikoisammattitutkinnot/Further and Specialist Vocational Qualification