Appendix 7: Rules of evidence

Rules of Evidence

Validity

The assessor must be assured that the student has the skills, knowledge, and attributes as described in the unit of competency and associated assessment requirement.

Sufficiency

The assessor must be assured that the quality, quantity, and relevance of the assessment evidence enable a judgement to be made of a student’s competency.

Authenticity

The assessor must be assured that the evidence presented for assessment is the student’s own work.

Currency

The assessor must be assured that the assessment evidence demonstrates current competency.  This requires the assessment evidence to be from the present or the very recent past.