What constitutes an assessment mechanism? I want to confirm what the JTA committee must do (and document) to fulfill 8.4.d below. The Job Task Analysis shall: …confirm the assessment mechanisms and examination content; 8.4 The certification body shall have documents to demonstrate that, in the development and review of the certification scheme, the following are included: d. the identification and alignment of the assessment mechanisms with the competence requirements;

Your ‘assessment mechanism’ is performance testing, as opposed to essay questions or multiple choice.

Other certification bodies might have an ‘assessment mechanism’ of multiple choice, essay questions, or structured interview, etc.