A sample gives your team a chance to see how a resource works before placing an order. Start by naming the exact product and asking what the sample represents. It may show a particular task or part of a document. Record which parts you can review directly and which questions still need to be answered about the full product. Choose a task your team can recognise Ask a trainer to select an activity the cohort will complete. Give the sample to someone familiar with that type of work and ask them to identify the learner instructions, the expected output and any information the trainer must supply. If a group would need a drawing, a case file or a piece of equipment, check how the sample introduces it. An assessment sample is especially useful when it includes the learner task and the matching assessor guidance. RTO Training Resources Assessment Kit listings describe a student assessment pack, trainer marking guide, unit mapping and assessment record tools. Ask which of those items the sample covers. The rest of the listing can help you identify documents you still need to ask about. Try the instructions without filling in the gaps Give the learner instructions to a colleague who has not seen the lesson. Ask them to explain what they are supposed to produce and where they would get the information to begin. Pay attention to the point where they stop and ask for clarification. A reviewer who knows the unit well may supply an explanation from memory that a new learner would need to see in writing. If the task uses several files, try locating them in the order the learner will see them. Check that the names and labels agree. Make a note of any reference your RTO would need to replace, such as a facility name or a practice form. Where the sample refers to a document that was not supplied, add it to your questions for the supplier. Give an assessor a practice response Prepare a fictional learner response with enough detail to test the marking guidance. Ask an assessor to review it and identify the evidence they used in reaching their decision. Have them show where they would record their judgement and what they would write if the evidence were incomplete. Check how the mapping refers to the sampled activity. A reviewer can pick one requirement and find the task intended to address it. They can also start with a task instruction and see what evidence it is designed to gather. This trial helps the assessor identify which documents they need to inspect before relying on the material. Record what you learned before buying Write down the training code, resource type and version shown in the sample. Note what your team could test, which local changes it expects and which inclusions remain to be confirmed. Ask the person who will prepare the materials to read those notes. If they would need more detail to decide whether the files can be used, send that question to the supplier before ordering. Retain the sample review with your purchasing notes. After the order arrives, compare the delivered files with the confirmed inclusions and try the same task again. That gives your trainers and assessors a practical way to check the documents they are about to issue. If your trial uses a local form, record who supplied it and whether it will be available to every group. You can request a sample for the product you are comparing and ask which parts of the full set it represents. Subject matter experts write these compliant and audit ready resources. The licence covers unlimited students within your RTO. Edit the supplied files to suit your delivery. It is backed by our Quality Assurance Guarantee. Browse assessment kit.
