Combined Occupational Test User Course

The Combined Occupational Test User Course is either 5 days in duration with a follow up day or a fully modular distance learning training course. The follow up provides learning support to review your experiences in a post course assessment project.

The qualifications achieved by attending the combined course are described in detail below.

Assistant Test User (ATU)

The ATU Certificate is an EFPA (European Federation of Psychological Associations) Level 1 certificate. Previously the BPS ‘Test Administration’ certificate, it is mandatory to achieve the Level 1 units this certificate contains to be eligible for the Level 2 qualifications.

Test User Ability (TUA)

Formerly BPS Level A. The TUA Certificate is an EFPA (European Federation of Psychological Associations) Level 2 certificate. The Test User Ability Certificate is required to register with test publishers and gain access to Occupational Ability Tests.

Test User Personality (TUP)

Formerly Level B (Intermediate) . The TUP Certificate is an EFPA (European Federation of Psychological Associations) Level 2 certificate. The Test User Personality Certificate provides access to Personality assessment.

By combining the Ability and Personality Certificates into a single course, delegates are able to obtain a more thorough grounding in the theory and application of psychological assessment as a whole. This approach saves time by avoiding the duplication that occurs when the two levels are studied separately or if the component modules are separated by weeks or months.

Additional Qualifications Available:

Who Is The Course For?

Psytech have trained thousands of people to help them gain their EFPA and BPS Certificates of Competence in Occupational Testing. In fact Psytech has trained nearly 25% of all who hold the BPS Level B (Intermediate) certificate probably making Psytech the world’s leading psychometric testing training provider. The combined course is designed for anyone, in any field, wishing to use psychometrics in their business professionally, ethically and effectively. We regularly train human resource professionals, line managers, education councillors’, career councillors’ and psychologists who wish to use tests to aid selection, development, guidance, coaching and counselling to name but a few of the possible applications for testing.

The Course Objectives

• To provide an in-depth grounding in the theory and practice of ability and personality testing.
• To enable delegates to gain access to the widest range of tests of ability, aptitude, interests, values and personality.
• To equip delegates with the knowledge required to critically evaluate psychometric tests for specific applications.
• To enable delegates to successfully implement objective assessment methods for selection, development, counselling and guidance.
• To provide a thorough and objective overview of the assessment market.
• To assess the role of computers in assessment.
• To enable delegates to qualify for the Occupational Testing: Assistant Test User, Test User Ability and Test User Personality certificates of competence and to be included in the BPS Register of Qualified Test users (RQTU).

Distance Learning

The EFPA Combined training and certification can now be completed in a fully distance learning format. The course structure is flexible and includes watching webinars, live module deliveries and interactive discussions, with pre-course and post-course activities.

Block Bookings

Block booking is a method of reserving multiple training places at a substantial cost saving. You only need decide how many places you or your company requires, and confirm them by a single invoice paid before commencement of the first delegate’s training. Once you have paid for a block booking you have complete flexibility of when you send delegates for training; they can all attend one course (subject to availability) or can be spread across any of our future courses to suit your staff requirements. We do note that the option of block booking is very popular with many clients.

Not only does it have commercial advantages both in terms of price and flexibility, but delegates also find they benefit from learning with others from a diverse range of professional backgrounds and benefit from the sharing of individual experiences.

In-House Training

If you have 6 or more colleagues who need to be trained, it may be cost-effective to organise a course at a time and venue of your choice. If the training is for one organisation, this provides the added benefit that the training can be focused on your specific assessment requirements. Contact Psytech to discuss your training requirements.