Your learning journey
A clear route from enrolment to award
Follow each stop in order. Your learner area keeps your units, evidence, feedback and progress together.
Stop 1
Enrol and get oriented
Meet your tutor, enter the learner area and plan your study.
Stop 2
Welcome to WorkplaceHero
Unit 1
Stop 3
Understanding the principles and practices of assessment
D/601/5313 · 3 credits
Stop 4
Assess vocational skills, knowledge and understanding
F/601/5319 · 6 credits
Stop 5
Assess occupational competence in the work environment
H/601/5314 · 6 credits
Stop 6
Complete your observed assessment practice
Put your knowledge into practice and submit the required evidence.
Stop 7
Qualification achieved
Your achievement is quality assured and certificated by Focus Awards.
Every completed stop moves you closer to a recognised, portable achievement.
Course overview
What is this qualification?
The Level 3 Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement (CAVA) is the complete assessor qualification. It covers the principles and practices of assessment, assessing occupational competence in the work environment, and assessing vocational skills, knowledge and understanding.
It is the route most employers and training providers ask for when they want an assessor who can work across both workplace and classroom settings.
Upcoming start dates
- 15 leftCAVA - May 202718 May 2027 - 30 Aug 2027
- 15 leftCAVA - August 202717 Aug 2027 - 29 Oct 2027
Entry requirements
Please check you meet these before applying.
- Assessment - You will be assessed using a range of methods, including assignments, work product and testimony.
Why study with us
The full assessor route
Covers both workplace competence and vocational knowledge assessment, so you are not limited to one setting.
Assessor and tutor support
Named support, marked feedback and resubmission where a criterion has not yet been met.
Study online, around your job
All learning, submission and feedback happen online at your own pace.
Quality assured certification
Your decisions are sampled through internal quality assurance before the claim is made to Focus Awards.
Look inside the course
What you'll study
What you leave with
Certificate
Certificate in Assessing Vocational Achievement
Level 3 - Focus Awards
- Issued once you pass all required units
- Logged in your free WorkplaceHero CPD record
- 4 units, 15 credits of evidenced learning
Where this takes you
Roles it opens up
Your next step
- 1Move into internal quality assurance
- 2Take a teaching qualification such as the Level 3 Award in Education and Training
- 3Progress to the Level 5 Diploma in Education and Training
- 4Carry out assessments for a training provider as part of funded education
Ready to start?
It takes a couple of minutes, and you can ask us anything first.
Paying for your course
Ways to pay, answered
Frequently asked questions
Answers before you apply
Purchase seats on behalf of your organisation
One payment, then assign seats to your staff by email or shareable link. Volume discount applied automatically.
Studying yourself? £499.00 including VAT.
Pick your intake and pay in the booking box above. You do not need an account first.
Choose my intakeTalk to an advisor
Not sure this is the right course?
Tell us where you're up to and we'll send the full course guide - fees, start dates, entry requirements and how you'll be assessed - then follow up personally. No account needed, and no obligation to apply.
Prefer email? Write to hello@workplacehero.co.uk and we'll reply the same working day. Training a team? We run bespoke cohorts with invoicing and group pricing - talk to our team.