CS30/31 Woes

[samthornton1990]

Hi all,

 

I am panicking a bit about next week, I start on Monday.

 

I have read and re-read the assessment criteria and it's sinking in. But is it enough?

 

I've got a mate who said he did a bit of reading before it and he was fine but I am a bit uncertain?

 

Also is any of the assessment a written test? I ask this because I am crap when it comes to putting brain to paper.. always have been better when it's practical assessments.

 

Cheers

[harvey b davison]

Please dont panic. i've just done my cs31. As long as you take your time and listen to your instructor, you will be fine. Your assessment is practical with questions along the way. Good luck.

[samthornton1990]

Ah, I will keep doing what I am doing then! Just a lot of money and I really really don't want it to be wasted! Hate tests of any sort...

[shendy]

The key is to take your time. Do not rush anything on your assessment.

[geoff]

If you are doing your reading, have a grip on the practical side of it, you will be fine, just take your time & enjoy it. The whole assessment is fairly straight forward really.

[Python]

Tbh if your examiner is of a decent calibre then they'll help and encourage along the way their job isn't to find fault it's to asses competence and if seen lads majorly screw up on felling cuts etc but as long as they could explain how/why they buggered it up that's usually ok

 

 

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[slack ma girdle]

You are allowed to make a few mistakes on your assessment, so long as you are working in a safe mannor. Your assessor will ask you about it, and what you have done wrong. So long as you can correct your mistakes you will be fine.

Treat the whole thing as another lesson. Remember that everybody makes mistakes on there assessment, and your assessor will be aware of this. Just ask him or her how many mistakes they made.

[landrover 101]

The bit that you won't get told when training is that the assessment is just that not a black/white pass or fail test and the assessor if they are any hood will be able to coax the answers out of you

 

When I did mine 2 of us where assessed together and the things we where asked came from both of us with help from the assessor

They should be able to test your knowledge even if your nervous with questions that help lead you to the answer without spelling it out for you

 

And as others have said even if you make a mistake as long as you know what it was and can explain what should have happened etc you should be ok

 

The main thing is dont rush, keep calm and be safe

 

 

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[Yorkshireman]

remember its an assessment of your competence not excellence, no written aspects,

 

but there is quite a bit to memorise surrounding your underpinning knowledge of what your doing, why you work the way you do & the checks you should make prior too and during any process along with a correct method & safe working practices...

[samthornton1990]

Ah thanks, i am generally okay with stuff like that. I'll keep doing my reading. Thanks