| FAQ |  | Centres delivering Functional Skills English Level 1 and 2 must have a Lead Internal Verifier (Lead IV) for Speaking, Listening and Communicating. This person will need to register and complete the Online Standardisation for Centre Assessors (OSCA) to become accredited and to gain direct claims status. The OSCA training is designed to ensure that all centres are standardised to the same level so that all Lead IVs, Assessors, and Internal Verifiers understand how to assess and verify assessment decisions applying the national standards.
When can centres complete the Functional Skills OSCA activity?
The first OSCA window for Functional Skills opens on early September.
If your centre is delivering the qualification using a standard academic year model, with learner registrations in September, Lead Internal Verifiers must ensure that this OSCA Activity is completed no later than 31 October.
For centres who deliver using a ‘roll on, roll off’ delivery model, the OSCA windows are open between September 2023 and August 2024, with the final window open in July. This will ensure that all Lead Internal Verifiers can access the materials at a time that is relevant to the registration of their learners.
Once you have received accreditation for OSCA, this accreditation will last for two years. You will not need to complete OSCA for Functional Skills again within this period, and attempting to do so will result in an error message when trying to access the materials. |
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- Lead Internal Verifiers are only able to attempt the OSCA Activity once in a monthly window. This means that if the LIV logs out during the training, then tries to log back in again to complete it, they will be unable to access the materials again until the next monthly window.
- If you have not received a confirmation email, you are not accredited. You must tick the confirmation box at the end of the training in order to receive accreditation.
- The OSCA Activity must be completed for all levels even if you have learners for one level only and you must use the current Standardisation materials for each level of FS English.
- You will be unable to claim for FS English Level 1 and 2 certificates without a valid OSCA accreditation, to ensure there are no delays in certification make a note of when your accreditation will expire and schedule time to complete OSCA shortly afterwards.
| Related Articles:
Functional Skills English Levels 1/2: Quality Assurance Handbook
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