- Valid: Competency standards assessments are valid when they assess what they claim to assess;
- Fair: It does not disadvantage particular learners;
- Flexible: Range of delivery modes, sites of delivery and needs of learners. There is no single approach or set of approaches to the assessment of performance in a competency-based system;
- Reliable: Use of methods and procedures which engender confidence that the competency standards and their levels are interpreted and applied consistently from learner to learner and context to context;





