All apprentices must take an independent assessment at the end of their training to confirm that they have achieved occupational competence.
NOCN provides rigorous, robust and independent end-point assessment (EPA), which is essential to give employers confidence that apprentices completing an apprenticeship standard can actually perform in the occupation they have been trained in.
End Point Assessment can take a wide range of forms – it can include assessment methods such as an observation in the workplace, practical and written tests and interviews.
As an End Point Assessor, you must be independent and as you will make the final grading decisions, subject to moderation by NOCN.
As an End Point Assessor, you must not be connected to the apprentice, or have been involved in the management or training of that apprentice, this is managed via our conflict of interest policy.
As an independent End Point Assessor, you will be expected to deliver a clear, impartial result based on how the apprentice demonstrates competency in their role.
The roll is appointment style, variable contract, which allows our End Point Assessors to decide how much or how little they wish to work. It’s flexible many of our assessors are EPAs alongside their full-time roles or act as an End Point Assessor for a number of EPAs.
End Point Assessment is a great way to give back to your industry, high quality, professional judgments of competence are what underpin End Point Assessment. As an End Point Assessor, you will receive remuneration for your time and assessments you carry out, along with reasonable expenses and costs.
Being an End Point Assessor is a fulfilling role, which offers continuous professional development alongside interaction with leading employers and apprentices. NOCN works with some of the world's largest companies, employers and brands.
Our EPA offer is diverse and varied, with NOCN operating in over 60 different apprenticeship standards, in approximate 120 different industries. This requires a technically diverse workforce, which has sufficient geographical coverage. We also need to take into account that many of our apprentices are within specialist industry and we need to ensure that we provide assessments which review the latest techniques and processes.
End Point Assessors are required to evidence knowledge, skills and behaviours of an apprentice at the end of their Apprenticeship. Many assessors will be from the Further Education sector, but a significant proportion will come from industry.