When undertaking visiting verification, you may be able to resolve a not accepted decision during the visit (please see Section 4.4, Stage 3A: Resolving not accepted outcomes). You will be able to select the appropriate outcome from the Radio Buttons in Section 6: Selecting during visit’ will generate Section 7: Units/course verified and ‘resolved outcome(s). Selecting either required’, evidence to SQA’ or applicable’ will not ‘revisit ‘submit ‘not produce an additional field. Should a revisit be required, the commentary in your original not accepted decision will be sufficient. Should you click during visit’, required’ ‘resolved ‘revisit or evidence to SQA’ in error, clicking applicable’ will deselect these outcomes. ‘submit ‘not Section 7: Units/courses verified and outcomes Selecting during will generate additional blank fields to allow you to complete ‘resolved an external verification report detailing your follow-up decision. The centre will achieve this outcome on completion of their required actions and SQA’s receipt of the Verification Sample Form detailing the amended marks or results. Final review You must ensure that your report reflects the outcomes that have been recorded on the software and that any recommendations and required actions are also in line with the — outcomes. Not accepted outcomes must have clear actions stipulated in the action’ ‘required section of the report. Accepted* outcomes must have recommendations in the ‘development recommendations’ section of the report, whereas accepted outcomes should not have any recommended or required actions. On receipt of the finalised outcome record and external verification reports, SQA will issue them electronically to the centre. Verification cannot proceed If, during verification activity, you believe that verification cannot proceed then you should stop the verification for example, in instances where centres have provided incorrect or — insufficient materials, sample or assessment judgements. cannot proceed’ ‘Verification cases should be referred to team leaders, senior team leaders and principal verifiers and, where applicable, the NQ Verification Team should be contacted. If you have decided that verification cannot proceed, you should select this option from the radio buttons at Section 2: Selecting the cannot proceed’ option will open a unique form, allowing you to ‘verification provide details on the unit(s) affected and the information required from the centre to resolve this. An outcome of cannot proceed’ should be recorded on the NQ QA software ‘verification and the Verification Cannot Proceed Form attached.
When undertaking visiting verification, you may be able to resolve a not accepted decision during the visit (please see Section 4.4, Stage 3A: Resolving not accepted outcomes). You will be able to select the appropriate outcome from the Radio Buttons in Section 6: Selecting ‘resolved during visit’ will generate Section 7: Units/course verified and outcome(s). Selecting either ‘revisit required’, ‘submit evidence to SQA’ or ‘not applicable’ will not produce an additional field. Should a revisit be required, the commentary in your original not accepted decision will be sufficient. Should you click ‘resolved during visit’, ‘revisit required’ or ‘submit evidence to SQA’ in error, clicking ‘not applicable’ will deselect these outcomes. Section 7: Units/courses verified and outcomes Selecting ‘resolved during will generate additional blank fields to allow you to complete an external verification report detailing your follow-up decision. The centre will achieve this outcome on completion of their required actions and SQA’s receipt of the Verification Sample Form detailing the amended marks or results. Final review You must ensure that your report reflects the outcomes that have been recorded on the software — and that any recommendations and required actions are also in line with the outcomes. Not accepted outcomes must have clear actions stipulated in the ‘required action’ section of the report. Accepted* outcomes must have recommendations in the ‘development recommendations’ section of the report, whereas accepted outcomes should not have any recommended or required actions. On receipt of the finalised outcome record and external verification reports, SQA will issue them electronically to the centre. Verification cannot proceed If, during verification activity, you believe that verification cannot proceed then you should stop the verification — for example, in instances where centres have provided incorrect or insufficient materials, sample or assessment judgements. ‘Verification cannot proceed’ cases should be referred to team leaders, senior team leaders and principal verifiers and, where applicable, the NQ Verification Team should be contacted. If you have decided that verification cannot proceed, you should select this option from the radio buttons at Section 2: Selecting the ‘verification cannot proceed’ option will open a unique form, allowing you to provide details on the unit(s) affected and the information required from the centre to resolve this. An outcome of ‘verification cannot proceed’ should be recorded on the NQ QA software and the Verification Cannot Proceed Form attached.
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