The cumulative assessment record (CAR) is normally included in the candidate’s portfolio:
This is the candidate’s record of the evidence that has been assessed and accepted as proof of competence by the internal assessor.
It is the responsibility of the candidate and the centre to complete the CAR and should be regularly updated.
It may be viewed by the centre’s internal quality assurance personnel and OCR External Quality Assurer (EQA) for sampling purposes as part of the quality assurance process.
Templates are available for the recording documents to be used in a CAR from the relevant qualification page and centres will need to customise these for the qualification the candidate is taking.
You may also design your own forms which must be approved during the approval visit or by our EQA as part of the quality assurance process. Any amendments must also be approved by the OCR EQA. You must keep a record of when and by whom the document was approved for future reference.