What is an Assessor?
Assessors are Adult Volunteers who play a
crucial role in the success of the Award program, engaging with Participants during their journey, offering guidance, mentoring and encouragement for the Section they're assessing.
For each Section of The Duke of Ed, Participants require atleast one Assessor to help guide them and through the Award journey and assess their participation.
Who can be a Assessor?
Assessors must have experience and/or qualifications in the activity chosen by young people.
They must be suitably skilled to assess a Participant's activity, write a report at the completion of that activity, and sign off a Participants Award to verify their completion.
An Assessor can assess more than one Participant. THey may also be qualified to assess across multiple activities and/or Sections.
An Assessor may be required to meet certification or qualification requirements if their activity is bound by a State/Territory or National accreditation requirement.
A Coordinator is also able to be an Assessor.
Generally Participants and Award Coordinators are jointly responsible for finding Assessors, however it is the responsibility of The Duke of Ed Coordinators to check and approve ALL Assessors and ensure they are suitable.
In some circumstances a Coordinator, on behalf of the Licensed Operator, may create a pool of recognised Assessors for popular activities previously undertaken by their Participants.