SHL Training Academy

Personality and Ability

Assessment
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BPS Level 2 Test user (Level A and B)
8-10 hours e-learning
and 3 + 1 days face-to-
face training
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This course is ideal for HR professionals, recruiters, training and management
development specialists who wish to use ability tests and personality questionnaires
to help in the selection, management and development of employees. It is a required
course for those looking to become BPS certied Test Users.
Why should I attend?
Enables objective and efcient selection, matching the right person to the right
role
Enables your registration as an Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ)
user, one of the worlds most widely used personality questionnaires
Become eligible to register with the BPS as an Ability Test User and after the
follow up day an Test User: Personality
Overview
Psychometric testing is widely recognised as one of the most effective ways to
ensure the right individuals are matched to the right job. This time-efcient course
uses a blend of e-learning and face-to-face training to enable eligibility for BPS Level
2 registration.
At the end of the course, delegates will be able to condently:
Evaluate and select appropriate ability tests for use in their organisation
Administer, score, interpret and feedback ability tests
Administer, interpret and feedback OPQ32 personality assessments
Understand how to apply OPQ in selection, development and team building
Link OPQ to the competencies key to business success
Integrate results from a variety of assessment methods to support decision-
making.
*Course content and qualication may vary with local requirements.
Please contact your local ofce for the latest information.
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Course content
Psychometric assessments bring greater objectivity and transparency to any
recruitment or development process. This course provides full training in how to
evaluate and select, interpret and feedback ability tests and personality questionnaires.
We provide comprehensive training in the theory and practical application of the
Occupational Personality Questionnaire (OPQ) and the Motivation Questionnaire (MQ).
Selection, development, leadership identication and team building are all covered in
the many practical case studies.
The course includes 8-10 hours e-learning and 3 days classroom based learning. An additional
1 day follow-up workshop required to receive the Level B certication from the BPS.
The course uses a combination of individual and group practical exercises as well as
formally assessed elements. This ensures delegates are given a strong theoretical
grounding in psychometric testing and the practical skills to condently use assessment
in the workplace.
Course Programme
E-LEARNING
Introduction to Psychometrics
Ability and intelligence tests
Personality theory
Identifying job requirements
Choose the right tools
Reliability and validity
Administration of psychometric assessments
Scoring and norming assessments
Statistics used in psychometric assessment
DAY ONE
How to select appropriate assessments
Administration scoring of testsand interpreting ability tests
Interpreting the OPQ prole chart, linking the OPQ and competencies
DAY TWO
Interpreting the OPQ and feeding back
Practical Exercise Feeding back the prole
Practical Exercise Using OPQ to support team building
Practical Exercise Test administration exercise
Practical Exercise Feeding back ability test results
DAY THREE
Assessed practical OPQ feedback
Response distortion
Group differences - and the legal implications
Ethics of tests use and fair selection
How to calculate return on investment
Using assessment for predicting future performance
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