PLEASE MAKE A NOTE OF HOMEWORK EXPECTATIONS. IF YOU PLAN OTHER ACTIVITIES DURING THE COURSE YOU WILL FEEL PRESSURED AND MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLETE THE COURSE! |
Level 2 Pre-course Work
There is some pre-course work to complete before the course for those undergoing Level 2.
Approximately 1 hour for Level 2: Ability and 3 hours for Level 2: Personality – delegates will be given access to our online learning center immediately after we receive payment, irrespective of course start date, so you may start to learn, interact with other delegates via the forum and chat, and view our interactive training immediately! We also give you access to our recorded “Psychometric Test Administration Course“. This covers most of the Day One material and gives you an optional headstart!
Day One: Level 1: Assistant Test User Qualification
Welcome and Introductions
Introduction to Occupational Testing
Types of Tests and Examples
Test Administration Theory
Test Administration Preparation
Test Administration Practice
Scoring and ‘Norming’ of Tests
Norm Tables
Test Ethics and Test User Responsibilities
Review
Homework of about 1 hour for those continuing to Level 2
Day Two: Level 2: Test User – Ability Qualification
‘How Test Scores Behave statistically’:
Central Tendency Measures
The Normal Distribution
Review of Homework
Other Selection Methods
Choosing Appropriate Assessments
Correlations and why they are useful
What is Intelligence?
Concept of Error and how we can use it
Reliability of Tests
Confidence in our Test Scores?
Item Response Theory
Homework of about 1.5 hours
Day Three: Level 2: Test User – Ability Qualification
Review of Homework
Recap from Day 2
Validity of Tests
Introduction to Test Feedback
Preparation for Feedback
Practice Test Feedback Sessions
Review of Feedback
Testing in the Real World
Review
Day Four: Level 2: Test User – Personality Qualification
Introduction to Personality
Introductions and Objectives
What is personality?
Individual Differences
Implicit v.s. Explicit Theories
Society v.s. Genetics
The Psychometric Approach
Development Approaches to Questionnaires
Types of Items
‘The Big Five’ Model of Personality
How do questionnaires ‘work’?
Reliability of Questionnaires
Validity of Tools
Leadership relationships with personality
Homework of about 1.5 hours
Day Five: Level 2: Test User – Personality Qualification
Administration
Review of Administration
Online Administration
Multi-Trait Questionnaires
Scoring Multi-Trait Questionnaires
Introduction to the profile
Profile Interpretation
Response Styles and faking
Objective interpretation of scales
Linking Scales
Using Personality Data in Selection
Linking Scales to Competencies
Assessing whole profiles against Job Descriptions
Using with other assessments
Homework of about 2 to 2.5 hours
This is the most important night for homework. If you are unable to complete homework on Day 5 for whatever reason, your work on Day 6 will suffer. We aim to finish early on Day 5 to facilitate homework completion. However, please do not plan anything external on this day in particular! Day Six: Level 2: Test User – Personality Qualification
Feedback
Discussion and preparation for Sessions
Personality Test Feedback
Practice Feedback Sessions
Other questionnaires and models:
E.g. The Apollo Profile and The Saville Consulting Wave®
Written Reporting Theory
Avoiding ‘Barnum’ Effects
Final course review – points for further discussion?
Post Course Work Introduction
The order of the above topics is subject to change during the course based on delegate need as judged by the facilitator.