Job Aim

To invigilate exams to British Council and Exam Board standards

Qualifications:

GCE Ordinary Level examinations with a Credit pass in English - Essential

Skills, Experience required

Previous teaching experience - Desirable

Previous invigilating experience - Desirable

Computer Literacy - Desirable

The Invigilator should:

·  Attend General Invigilator training session

·  Thereafter, attend one refresher training session per annum, you may required to complete online training annually (product specific trainings will be conducted at different time of the year)

·  Complete and sign his/her mandatory declaration form, police report may be required

·  Be familiar with all relevant exam notices, instructions and requirements relating to the specific examination

·  Be smartly dressed

·  Be impartially friendly to candidates

·  Be punctual

·  Adhere to all instructions issued by the supervisor

·  Place signs and notices outside / inside the exam room as per supervisor’s instructions

·  Check each candidate’s ID and statement of entry before and during the exam

·  Issue correct exam stationary promptly and efficiently

·  Patrol his/her allocated sector

·  Ensure that only permitted materials are on each candidate’s desk

(i.e. pen, pencil eraser, test paper)

·  Ensure that candidates do not communicate with each other

·  Check that all candidates in his/her sector transfer their answers to mark sheets wherever relevant

·  Return all papers, sorted according to instructions, to the supervisor

·  Refer candidates’ enquiries to examinations supervisors or co-ordinators where appropriate

·  Ensure that no unauthorised persons enter the examination room

·  Invigilators should visit the British Council website: www.britishcouncil.lk to familiarise themselves with the services offered by the British Council in Sri Lanka.

The Invigilator should NOT:

·  Read candidates’ scripts

·  Read books, magazines, newspapers during the examination

·  Answer candidates’ questions concerning the examination content

·  Talk to other invigilators during the exam

·  Smoke in the examination room

·  Leave the examination room during the exam without permission from the supervisor

·  No mobiles are allowed once duties commence.

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