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SFIA assessment guidelines overview

Overview of the guidance and recommendations to help drive good practice and consistency of outcomes from SFIA assessments.

At the request of the global SFIA user community - the SFIA Foundation has developed guidance and recommendations to help drive good practice and consistency of outcomes.

There are three sets of guidelines ...

  1. SFIA Independent / Objective assessment guidelines

  2. SFIA Assessor guidelines

  3. SFIA Self-assessment guidelines

The guidelines are ...

  • aimed at the distinct use cases related to SFIA assessments. Use the ones most relevant to your needs
  • aligned in approach and are consistently written and formatted
  • illustrative of different approaches to SFIA assessments
  • intended to help individuals and organisations establish their preferred approach so they are not prescriptive in describing only one way

SFIA Independent / Objective assessment guidelines

3d SFIA objective assessment guidelines

Read this if you are setting up and running assessments in organisations

The contents include ...

  • Clear purpose, outcomes and process for the assessment
  • Preparation for the independent/objective assessors
  • Briefing/preparation for the individual being assessed
  • Gather evidence
  • Review evidence and assess against SFIA components
  • Conclude the assessment and record the results
  • Communicate assessment outcomes
  • Quality assurance

SFIA Assessor guidelines

Read this if you are assessing other people OR you need to support people performing assessments

The contents include ...

  • Assess SFIA level of responsibility
  • Select / prioritise SFIA skills to assess
  • Assess SFIA skills

SFIA Self-assessment guidelines

3d SFIA assessor's guidelines

Read this if you are doing a SFIA self-assessment OR you need to support others in doing a SFIA self-assessment

The contents include ...

  • Clear purpose
  • Preparation
  • Self-assess SFIA level of responsibility
  • Select / prioritise SFIA skills to assess
  • Self-assess SFIA skills
  • Record work experience to support assessment

Note that ...

  • The Guidelines for Assessors are complementary to and entirely aligned to the SFIA self-assessment guidelines.
  • This means that when independent/objective assessments include a self-assessment; the guidelines to both individuals and assessors will be consistent