ICoBCAcademy

Global Quality Seal: Lead Reviewer Training

Applying VRITE consistently in desk review and interview.

  • Ability
  • L4 Assure
  • Quality network
  • Quality assurance and accreditation
  • ICB-R01
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Why this course

The ICoBC website already lists completion of reviewer training as a requirement for Lead Reviewers, so this course fulfils a public commitment. It follows the current pilots, in line with the pilot-first recommendation: reviewers are trained on indicators that have been tested.

What you will be able to do

  1. Apply VRITE criteria and indicators consistently to issuer evidence.
  2. Conduct desk reviews and review interviews.
  3. Write findings and recommendations that are evidence-based and fair.
  4. Maintain independence and confidentiality.

Modules

  1. The Seal and the review process
  2. Criteria and indicators
  3. Desk review
  4. Interview technique
  5. Writing findings
  6. Ethics

Assessment

Full review of a case file with report, scored against a reviewer rubric; one shadow review.

Badge evidence: Case report; shadow review record.

Prerequisites: ICB-F09 | ICB-R04

Who it is for

  • ICoBC quality network

Framework alignment

ICSFframeworkQUALskillL4levelAstage

Quality assurance and accreditation (QUAL, VRITE pillar Rigor)

Related skills: Assessment and evidence, Impact and evidence of value. About the framework

Use in your organisation

In corporate training

Blended cohort module for staff in company academies. Badge aligns to ICSF QUAL L4 (SFIA 5) and can be referenced in role profiles. Counts as skill evidence; competency on the job needs a V-series validation.

In education

Micro-credential of 16 h notional workload (about 0.6 ECTS), indicative EQF 6 to 7, assessed by assessed practical task with rubric. Stacks into pathway PW09.

EU micro-credential elements

Awarding body ICoBC e.V. or licensed issuer. Learning outcomes: see column. Notional workload: 16 h (about 0.6 ECTS). Level: ICSF L4, EQF 6 to 7 (indicative). Type of assessment: assessed practical task with rubric. Form of participation: Blended: online self-study and facilitated cohort sessions. Type of quality assurance: ICoBC internal QA against VRITE. Prerequisites: ICB-F09; ICB-R04.

Elements following the Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on a European approach to micro-credentials.

Part of these pathways

Quality and AI

Quality focus: Core VRITE application.

AI dimension: Use and disclosure of AI in review work.

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