Tools
The tools have been designed with different audiences in mind:
- Standard for general purpose use in a range of contexts
- Workplace for standard workplace usage (i.e. non sector-specific workplace)
- Contextualised for specific workplace usage (i.e. sector-specific workplace)
Asset Skills working with the Cleaning Industry
This tool has been designed for people working in the cleaning sector and should be used with learners currently working in the sector or who have had recent experience of working in the sector.
Road Passenger Transport Industries
This tool has been designed for people working in road passenger transport and should be used with learners currently working in the sector or who have had recent experience of working in the sector.
Skills for Health
This tool has been designed specifically for Health Care Assistants working in a variety of health care settings. It should only be used with learners currently or very recently working as HCAs.
Skillsmart Retail
This tool has been designed for people working in the retail sector and should be used with learners currently working in the sector or who have had recent experience of working in the sector.
Smart Move Skills Check Tools
The Skills Check tools are designed to assess whether an individual has a literacy or numeracy need, and to identify learners who would benefit from a more in-depth initial assessment. The Skills Check Tools help to determine a potential need; they are not designed to indicate the specific level of the learner.
Initial Assessment Tools (literacy and numeracy)
The Initial Assessment tools are designed to help learners and their teachers ascertain the approximate general literacy or numeracy skills level at which the learner is working and, therefore, if further diagnostic assessment or skills support might be appropriate. However, it should be stressed that the tool is not designed to be a diagnostic tool. The outcome will tell the learner whether he/she is working at one of five adult core curriculum levels from Entry 1 to Level 2 and will feed into the diagnostic assessment process.
The Skills Check tools and Initial Assessment tools for literacy and numeracy are available in both paper-based and computer-based format.
Paper-Based
The paper-based versions of the tools are simple to use and administer. A learner answer booklet is provided and is accompanied by an Assessor Guide, with answers and curriculum references. The literacy tools also incorporate listening questions on an audio cassette or CD.
Computer-Based
The computer-based versions are adaptive so that the learners are steered to questions within their capabilities (although they will be unaware of this). Full use is made of colour and sound. Scoring is automatic and results are immediate and can be printed off at the end of the assessment.
How to get the tools
Order Printed Versions
Please refer to the Order Tools page for details on how to order printed versions of the tools. For further assistance please refer to the FAQs page or contact the support team. The contact details can be found within the Support and Contact page.
Download the tools now
All of the tools are available to download from the links on the right of this page. Select the tool which you would like to download and then follow the instructions on the page. For further assistance please refer to the FAQs page or contact the support team. The contact details can be found within the Support and Contact page.