S.L. 607.2 Art. 7Validation practitioners.

(1) The Sector Skills Committee, shall, with the approval of the Commission, appoint one or more validation process managers and external evaluators as validation practitioners, with the aim of ensuring ongoing quality and trust in the validation process.

(2) Validation process managers shall be tasked with managing and coordinating the validation process of awards provided by bodies corporate and the validation of individuals across the Sector Skills Units.

(3) External evaluators shall be tasked with providing quality assurance of the validation process and with training counsellors and assessors. External evaluators shall operate as independent external evaluators.

(4) There shall also be additional validation practitioners appointed by the Sector Skills Units in accordance with regulation 9.