BPS Test User: Combined Ability and Personality
Presenter(s): Lucy Sharp, Angus McDonald
Completing this BPS Verified course will enable you to use all major UK ability and aptitude tests, plus Pearson TalentLens’ personality traits & values tools, saving you money and allowing you to undertake recruitment and development campaigns on your own terms.
We have adapted our BPS Verified course to meet the needs of our clients at this time. Our Level A course is now available as remote training and dates for our Level B course are now available as a 2-day virtual classroom.
Our BPS Verified course has been designed to provide training leading to the fulfillment for the British Psychological Society’s Certificate of Competence in the use of ability and personality tests. This course is relevant to anyone wishing to use Ability/Aptitude tests for recruitment, selection or development purposes, such as: HR managers, recruiters, occupational psychologists, training managers and team leaders. After attending, delegates will:
- Gain an industry standard qualification, required by many consultancies and organisations.
- Be able to purchase and administer ability tests from ALL reputable test publishers.
- Be able to add personality instruments from other test publishers, subject to completion of relevant conversion courses.
- Reduce the cost of hiring external consultants, assessors and recruiters who are often used to carry out test administration.

Days 1 & 2 – Ability
- Reliability (theory and application)
- Statistics
- Validity (theory and application)
- Observed feedback
- Fairness and bias and legal aspects of testing
Days 3 & 4 – Personality
- Foundations of personality assessment (as set by the BPS)
- Scales. Reliability and validity
- Introduction to interpretation and feedback
- Feedback of a course delegate’s personality profile
- Administering SOSIE & writing reports
There are 3-4 hours of pre-coursework.
Within 3 months of attending, delegates are required to complete some post coursework.
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BPS Verified qualification
Level A: Remote, online training course
Level B: Two day virtual classroom training course
Dates for 2025
- 12th & 13th February
- 14th & 15th May
- 17th & 18th September
- 3rd & 4th December
Price: Contact our team for details.
Multiple bookings: Contact our team to discuss a discount.