Assessment
 
Both the assessment and the certification system make up the innovative nucleus of the European qualification programme. It is a tool with which the user’s technical theory, technical practice and cross-skills may be assessed and evaluated.

Thanks to the assessment procedure, an exact estimation of individual qualification requirements may be carried out. The trainees must only complete the relevant modules needed to achieve the qualification aim. Qualitative evaluation of previously acquired skills can be also documented with the assessment.

The assessment is therefore a tool with which skills for the European labour market in the construction sector can be proven in a transparent manner. It involves the following areas:

- Execution of practical tasks and their evaluation (under supervision)
- Proof of skills in technical theory through practice-based checklists and tests
- Evaluation of personal skills in the framework of the assessment


European Qualification Passport BASICON
 
The recognition and certification of a module (or a module part) may be achieved in different ways: the skills required for a certain module are proven by issuing the relevant certificates (in the Qualification Passport, the certificates are documented with all necessary individual unit certificates).

If the trainee already possesses the skills for a certain module, but cannot prove them with a certificate, he/she has the possibility to directly run through the practical assessment procedure without having participated in the corresponding modular qualification. The successful completion of the assessment is certified by the operating company with reference to the BASICON Qualification Programme:

- The certificates for each module are put together with the corresponding unit certificates in the European Qualification Passport.
- The qualification aims and topics are made transparent with the European Qualification Passport.
- The qualification passport may be used as a tool for both: planning and documenting qualification needs and results.

In order to increase the transparency of the certificates for employers and employees within the European labour market, the procedure of certification, the certified qualifications and skills and the relevant unit certificates will be published through an internet-portal in seven language versions.