Become A Trusted Skills Reviewer 

You Are The Subject Matter Expert

Your role is as a certified subject matter expert. You’re appointed to assess whether a candidate has met the minimum certification criteria. Therefore, you must understand the explicit detail associated with each certification criteria and interpret the evidence submitted by a candidate. Based on your overall assessment of the certification criteria and the associated evidence, you will make a recommendation to the Certification Oversight Board on one of three-levels of certification standard achieved.

For each completed review during the pilot phase, expert reviewers will be compensated $300.

How to Apply

Trusted Skills is built on trust and legitimacy. This trust and legitimacy are anchored in the trust and legitimacy of the certified Trusted Skills reviewer. Therefore, the Trusted Skills professional certification program incorporates a rigorous nine-step process for the selection, training, and certification of our reviewers. This includes reviewers successfully completing two certification workshops. Upon successful completion of the second workshop, reviewers will become certified reviewers. This certification must be renewed every 24 months.

Step 1: Download the Reviewer Guide and Tools

Reviewer Guide

The Reviewer Guide provides the information required to complete a comprehensive review - Download Here

Reviewer Tools

Become familiar with the following certification materials:

  1. The concise certification criteria for the four Trusted Skills professional certificates

  2. The skill level required to meet the minimum standard for the defined professional certification

  3. The acceptable forms of evidence for each skill

  4. Reviewer documentation

Step 2: Complete Reviewer Application

Click here to complete the reviewer application form.

Step 3: Candidate Interviews

The Certifying Oversight Board will interview all short-listed candidates.

Step 4: Candidate Selection

Success candidates will be notified they have been selected.

Step 5: Certification Workshop 1 – Introduction to Reviewing

All candidates must complete two reviewer certification workshops. This first workshop will focus on the fundamental process of conducting an objective, rigorous, and evidence-based skills assessment.

Step 6: Candidate Provided Preliminary Certification

Upon successful completion of certification workshop 1, a candidate is certified to conduct a pilot review in collaboration with an experienced certified reviewer.

Step 7: Complete Pilot Review

All reviewers will conduct their review with the support of an experienced certified reviewer. This reviewer will act as a mentor and be available to support the reviewer throughout this pilot assessment.

Step 8: Certification Workshop 2 – Reviewer Calibration

Consistency is a critical dimension of Trusted Skills. Therefore, this second reviewer certification workshop focuses on the calibration of evidence and processes from across the review team. This process will identify areas of refinement and improvement.

Step 9: Certified as Full Trusted Skills Reviewer

Upon successful completion of workshop 2, candidates are certified as a full Trusted Skills reviewer. Reviewer certification must be renewed every 24 months.