Sias

The Science Industry Assessment Service (SIAS) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Cogent Skills. SIAS was established at the request of The Science Industry Partnership (SIP). The SIP is a partnership organisation of leading science employers including SMEs. SIP employers lead the Trailblazer group that designs new science industry apprenticeship stan... dards and their assessment plans. An apprentice must attain full competency and capability in an occupation, demonstrated by achievement of an apprenticeship standard. SIP employers develop the assessment specifications that describe the tests that must be passed to meet an apprenticeship standard. SIAS designs and delivers these end point assessment tests, which will lead to the national apprenticeship award. SIAS assessment service is subject to independent governance through the SIP quality system. This ensures that there is a clear `line of sight' between the standards set by SIP employers and the end point assessments against that standard. As an independent assessment organisation, SIAS has robust internal quality assurance and verification processes to ensure the quality, consistency and validity of assessments. We believe that it is vital that all learners are assessed in a fair and objective manner. As an impartial organisation, with no interest in the outcome of assessments, we are able to ensure comparability across employers and providers, and consistency of decisions taken. Independence and impartiality are critical to ensure quality assessment and to ensure a standard is maintained over time. The SIAS award that is conferred following successful assessment is recognised and valued by employers as a currency that demonstrates the individual has met the industry standard. To ensure that employers play a genuine leadership role in standards, assessment and quality assurance, the SIP employers through the Trailblazer group provide independent scrutiny and challenge of SIAS. SIAS facilitates the Life Sciences & Industrial Science Trailblazer Group. Through ...Read More