How are quality assurance and quality control different?
Use the unit to compare planned processes with checks on outputs.
What should you understand?
Quality assurance focuses on the processes used to support a sound result, while quality control checks the outputs. The quality unit gives students a way to examine both, using the project’s actual requirements rather than an assumed universal standard.
What should you ask or practise?
In a practice case, an agreed review process could support quality assurance, while checking a completed document against acceptance criteria illustrates quality control. No particular industry standard is prescribed by this example. Ask which criteria and records apply to the provider’s assessment scenario.
What should you compare?
- Exact unit requirements
- Assessed occasions and resources
- Access to practical activities
What remains unconfirmed?
The national evidence requirement is checked; the provider task design, participants, tools and accepted evidence are not known.
What can you do next?
Ask which standards apply to the course scenario.