Learn what an assessor does, what competencies they need, their roles and responsibilities and the positive impact they have in matching workers to employment opportunities. Understand the process that an assessor uses in completing a Vocational Assessment and in building a Worker Qualification Profile. Study Assessment standards of practice and ethical considerations, while touching on how to best market Assessments to a wide variety of stakeholders.

Course Content 

Candidates will learn how to:

  • Define assessment, the process, typical outcomes and quality

  • Determine why and when assessments are needed

  • Recognize the various assessment products and tools

  • Identify best practices and principles in Vocational Assessment

  • Understand assessment language

  • Utilize the case studies introduced to explore Vocational Assessment

  • Conduct Marketing Assessments

Module Design 

 The module includes the following components:

Product

Size

Allotted Time for Completion

Reading material with endnotes, websites list, and references plus a self-assessment tool

76 pages

20,398 words

6.5 hours

Video presentation

102 slides

1.5 hours

Quiz (must achieve 80%)

30 questions

1 hours

Total 


9 hours

About the instructor

Director of Education and Professional Development

Gail Kovacs

Gail has 43+ years of front-line, management, project and curriculum development experience in health care, disability management and vocational rehabilitation in both the public and private sector and in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and other European countries.Gail is a Director of KMG Health Partners, an international firm providing Disability Management / Vocational Rehabilitation management, audit and training services. The company leads or participates in projects that assist with the development of the profession and with the evolution of client, customer and provider services. KMG trains Occupational Health and Safety, Human Resources and Line Management within employers. KMG also trains other professionals in the field. Gail has extensive activity in supporting large and small organizations with disability management processes. Gail has developed and delivered curriculum and training modules for Foreign Trained Health Professionals in Ontario to assist moving them from practicing as doctors to practicing as Disability Managers. She has also created the Study Guide, workshop and on-line training for the 8 professional domains of the Canadian Certified Vocational Evaluator (CCVE) exam.Recently she completed the development of training for front line construction supervisors in British Columbia to help them enhance their communications skills during stay in work and recover at work processes. This was in collaboration with WorkSafe B.C.Gail is a Registered Rehabilitation Professional (RRP) and a Certified Vocational Rehabilitation Professional (CVRP). She is a Past President of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada (VRA Canada) and of the Canadian Assessment, Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Society (CAVEWAS). She has also been on the Board of Directors for the College of Vocational Rehabilitation Professionals (CVRP). She was a Trustee and Vice Chair of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA) in the UK and has supported standards development with the VRA, UK Rehab Council and British Standards Institution.Gail has a certificate in Human Resources Development and professionally practices as an Ergonomist. She is also a Canadian Certified Rehabilitation Counsellor (CCRC), a Certified Disability Management Professional (CDMP), and a Consensus Based Disability Management Auditor (CBDMA). She has been awarded the Fellowship of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association of Canada, the Award of Excellence from CAVEWAS, and a lifetime membership with the VRA UK all in recognition of her professional achievements in Vocational Rehabilitation and for her dedication and commitment to professional development and to client and customer services.