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Theme 1

The evidence you include in your portfolio must meet these
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requirements for it to be considered in judging your competence.
Keep this table with the notes you have started collecting for your
portfolio. As you select evidence, use the table as a checklist to
make sure that the evidence you include in your portfolio is valid,
sufficient, authentic and current.

The South African Qualifications Authority describes the difference
between three main types of evidence as listed in Table 1.2 below:

TABLE 1.2: THREE MAIN TYPES OF EVIDENCE (SAQA Oct
2001: 38 - 39)

Direct evidence Indirect Evidence Historical Evidence

• This is actual • This is evidence • It is vidence of
evidence produced produced about the what the candidate
by the candidate. candidate by a was capable of
third party, other doing in the past.
• This is the most than the assessor.
valid and authentic • It is the least
evidence and • It can be used to reliable, because it
should be the verify the does not guarantee
primary source of authenticity of other or prove current
evidence. forms of evidence. competence.

• This is particularly • Witnesses must be • It usually needs to
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valuable if the familiar with the be checked for
assessor works standards required authenticity and
with the candidate and able to supplemented by
on a daily basis. comment an assessment of
authoritatively on current
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