Qualification in Occupational Psychology (Stage 2)
Evaluation of Professional Competence (EPC) Form
Membership
Number:
Candidate’s Name:
Supervisor’s Name:
Society Membership
Number:
HPC Registration
Number:
This form is to be completed by the supervisor for any submission made by a candidate and is
required by the Occupational Psychology Qualifications Board. The supervisor should describe the
candidate’s performance in detail so as to provide a rounded view of his/her strengths and
weaknesses and, in addition, rate the candidate’s performance in each section as ‘competence not
yet demonstrated’ or ‘competence demonstrated’.
In making the rating for each section account should be taken of the comments in the various
sections. The following descriptions of the categories should be used to make the ratings:
Competence
Not Yet
Demonstrated:
This may reflect:
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some degree of concern over aspects of the candidate’s performance
failure to meet initial goals
minor difficulties in several areas or a major concern (not amounting to
unprofessional or unethical conduct).
However, it may
performance.
indicate
serious
concern
about
the
candidate’s
If major difficulties are described in more than one area specified by the
subheadings or if conduct is unethical then this rating should be used.
Competence
demonstrated:
The reasons for the rating should be obvious from the written comments in
the section.
This is at least as good as the general level of performance expected of the
competent psychologist. As a rule of thumb assessors will consider whether
the candidate could work un-supervised with one of their clients.
It reflects a good match between performance and the initial objectives.
(Where initial goals are not met this is due to unforeseen circumstances or
revision of the goals during their training).
The candidate will have undertaken a reasonable workload and
carried out the work competently
When rating the Process Skills and Consultancy Cycle Skills, note that these must be
demonstrated in each of the Breadth and Depth entries respectively, and therefore competence will
not be demonstrated to the expected level until the required number of entries have been
submitted. Unless AEC has been awarded, no Depth entries will be submitted in the first annual
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submission, and hence competence in the Consultancy Cycle Skills will not be demonstrated at
this time.
Section A - Generic Skills
Competence Not
Yet Demonstrated
Competence
Demonstrated
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Questionnaire or Survey Design
Interviewing
Report Writing
Presentation Skills
Statistical Skills or Qualitative Analyses
Evaluation Techniques
Supervisor’s Comments
Overall Rating for this section
Competence not yet demonstrated
Competence demonstrated
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Section B - Process Skills
Competence Not Yet
Demonstrated
Competence
Demonstrated
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Gathering Information
Testing or Analysing the Information
Evaluating the Information
Applying the Information
Supervisor’s Comments
Overall Rating for this section
Competence not yet demonstrated
Competence demonstrated
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Section C - Consultancy Cycle
Competence Not
Yet Demonstrated
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Competence
Demonstrated
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Establishing Agreements with Customer
Identifying Needs and Problems
Analysing Needs and Problems
Formulating Solutions
Implementing and Reviewing Solutions
Evaluating Outcomes
Reporting and Reflecting on Outcomes
Reflections
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Supervisor’s Comments
Overall Rating for this section
Competence not yet demonstrated
Competence demonstrated
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Section D - Occupational Standards
Key Role 1 - Develop, implement and maintain personal
and professional standards and ethical practice
Key Role 2 - Apply psychological and related methods,
concepts, models, theories and knowledge derived from
reproducible findings
Key Role 3 - Research and develop new and existing
psychological methods, concepts, models, theories and
instruments in occupational psychology
Key Role 4 - Communicate psychological knowledge,
principles, methods, needs and policy requirements
Supervisor’s Comments
Overall Rating for this section
Competence not yet demonstrated
Competence demonstrated
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GENERAL COMMENTS
General comments by the Supervisor
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Competence
Not Yet
Demonstrated
Competence
Demonstrated
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Specify any outstanding assets and any particular problems or limitations. Also, mention any
special aspect which is relevant to the candidate’s functioning and competence:
Candidate’s comments on the accuracy of the feedback:
Summary of overall section ratings:
SECTION A RATING:
Competence Demonstrated
Competence Not Yet Demonstrated
SECTION B RATING:
Competence Demonstrated
Competence Not Yet Demonstrated
SECTION C RATING:
Competence Demonstrated
Competence Not Yet Demonstrated
SECTION D RATING:
Competence Demonstrated
Competence Not Yet Demonstrated
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If any section has a rating of Competence Not Yet Demonstrated then the overall rating should
be Competence Not Yet Demonstrated.
Supervisor's overall evaluation:
Competence Demonstrated
Competence Not Yet Demonstrated
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Supervisor’s Signature :
Date :
Candidate’s Signature :
Date :
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