Posted By Tony Birchall
Jane, I did my D32/D33 whilst assessing VQ's Level 2 (Progression Award in Health and Safety) and I tackled the assessment of Level 3 and 4 NVQ's under the supervision of one of our trained assessors whilst doing this award.
I am now an Assessor and assess any portfolios of evidence independently and this is simply Internally Verified and we have six monthly visits by our External Verifier.
Unfortunately, you clearly need candidates to complete your official City and Guilds assessor qualification. If you do not have any "health and safety" candidates then ask your employer if the company has people who are currently undertaking City and Guilds qualifications, whether it's in Business Admin or Hairdressing. Don't forget that the Assessor's Award is a City and Guilds qualification and nothing to do with health and safety. I trust that you are qualified in health and safety, by virtue of academic achievement and experience and are a Corporate Member of IOSH anyway. So once you have completed this award you can then start assessing NVQ's in Occupational Health and Safety as your work will still be IV'd.
There is no easy way around it.
I noticed in the study support forum (I think) that Hazel Harvey had mentioned that NVQ candates may still have their portfolios of evidence checked by IOSH, so it is only right that both City and Guilds and IOSH have set criteria for recognition of professional status, otherwise it makes the City and Guilds route look a farce.