BPS/EFPA Test User Training Classes


Upcoming Test User: Occupational, Ability Course Dates

November 4 – 5, 2024

1:00 pm – 5:30 pm GMT

Location: Online

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Cost: €950

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   Topics covered in training for Test User: Occupational, Ability (including Assistant Test User):

  • Introduction to testing
  • Administering tests
  • Maintaining security and confidentiality of the test materials and the test data
  • Ability and aptitude
  • The basic principles of scaling and standardization
  • Basic principles of norm-referenced interpretation
  • Test theory – Classical test theory and reliability
  • Test theory – Item response theory
  • Validity and utility
  • Relating assessment to job requirements
  • Deciding when psychometric tests should or should not be used
  • Interpreting test results
  • Providing oral feedback
  • Providing written feedback

SxD’s Test User: Occupational, Ability training is accredited and verified by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and meets the standards of competence defined by the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA). Your Assessor will record your qualification with the BPS once you have been judged competent in all areas related to the Test User Occupational, Ability qualification. The BPS will then contact you to progress registration as a Test User. Once a trainee is qualified in both Test User: Occupational, Ability and Test User: Occupational Personality they are additionally eligible for the EFPA European Test User Certificate, Level 2. Full instructions on BPS and EFPA registration are provided during Occupational Test User training courses.

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Upcoming Test User: Occupational, Personality Course Dates

November 12 – 13, 2024

1:00 pm – 5:30 pm GMT  

Location: Online

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Cost: €1150

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Topics covered in training for Test User: Occupational, Personality:

  • Personality assessment
  • Influences on personality
  • Issues associated with interpretation
  • Providing oral feedback
  • Providing written feedback
  • Each trainee receives their own in-depth, computerised 16pf (6th ed.) personality trait Comprehensive Insights report and emotional intelligence report.

SxD’s Test User: Occupational, Personality training is accredited and verified by the British Psychological Society (BPS) and meets the standards of competence defined by the European Federation of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA). Your Assessor will record your qualification with the BPS once you have been judged competent in all areas related to the Test User Occupational, Personality qualification. The BPS will then contact you to progress registration as a Test User. Trainees who have demonstrated competence in both Test User: Occupational Ability and Personality are also qualified to apply for the EFPA European Test User Certificate, Level 2. Full instructions on BPS and EFPA registration are provided during Occupational Test User training courses.


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Upcoming Test User: Forensic Course Dates

November 19 – 21, 2024

1:00 pm – 5:30 pm GMT

Location: Remote – Online Delivery

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Our Forensic Test User training provides the critical knowledge and practical skills needed to use psychometric measures of personality disorders, mental health and risk. You’ll learn to interpret and use assessments within Forensic contexts, base feedback discussion on results, and prepare test reports for client organizations.

Test User training: Forensic (including Assistant Test User: Forensic) topics include:

  • Administering Forensic tests
  • Ensuring data confidentiality and protection
  • Ability and aptitude assessment
  • Measuring personality and personality disorders
  • Mental health and risk assessment
  • Basic principles of scaling and standardization
  • Norm-referenced score interpretation
  • Test theory and reliability
  • Validity and utility
  • Deciding whether or not to use Forensic tests
  • Interpreting and using test results
  • Developing feedback discussions
  • Preparing results reports

Upon completion of the course, you will receive a Certificate of Competence from the BPS for the Test User; Forensic and Assistant Test User: Forensic Test Administration qualifications. For an annually renewable entry fee, you may elect to register on the BPS Register of Qualifications in Test Use (RQTU). At this point you may refer to yourself as a ‘Registered Test User.’