PsyAsia International Online Psychometric Testing & HRM Training Centre: Courses

*FREE WEBINAR*

Dr. Graham Tyler presented a webinar on Chinese Personality.

In this session we are pleased to present research on and answer questions about whether or not Chinese people are significantly different to other major groups and whether any potential differences are likely to impact upon the ability of personality tests to predict performance at work.

Some HR people in Asia believe that culture plays such a significant role in personality that indigenous personality attributes need to be assessed at recruitment/selection. To this end, personality tests have been developed "in Chinese for the Chinese by the Chinese".  A significant question to ask is: Do these tests add any prediction over and above that afforded by mainstream personality tests developed by world renowned experts in the field?

The above questions will be answered through discussion of the trait model of personality and its biological basis. Peer-reviewed and published research conducted by PsyAsia International's award-winning Psychologist, Dr. Graham Tyler;  award-winning Dr. Peter Newcombe of the University of Queensland; and world-renowned Professor Paul Barrett, formerly of the University of Auckland will be presented in an easy to understand format.

Questions from attendees along with the answers given by the presenter can be heard in this webinar recording.  Please watch free of charge here.

*FREE WEBINAR*

Jim Bowden, director of the Apollonean Institute, presented his second live webinar hosted by PsyAsia International.  This webinar briefly presented details about Apollo and then Jim presented case studies of Apollo in use in China and showed reports that can be generated within the online personality assessment system. Lots of questions were forthcoming from attendees and these and the answers can be heard in this webinar recording.  Please watch free of charge here.

***THIS COURSE IS FREE TO ANYBODY WHO HAS ENROLLED IN OUR BPS LEVEL A / LEVEL B PSYCHOMETRIC ASSESSMENT AT WORK COURSE - SIMPLY USE YOUR LEVEL A ENROLMENT KEY. ACCESS IS GRANTED FROM THE TIME OF PAYMENT UNTIL 1 MONTH FOLLOWING YOUR COURSE***

Introduction
In this course, students are taught the essentials of psychometric test administration over 3 sessions.  Each session lasts 65-90 minutes, meaning that in total there is approximately 4 hours of material to view.  The material is recorded from a recent series of LIVE training sessions in test administration.  Enrolled students will be able to view the slides and trainer presentation/narrative (in English).  Additionally you will hear from other students as their questions are asked and answered during the session either via voice or text chat were also recorded (except for session 3 for the current time).

Topics Covered

• Introduction to psychological testing
• What makes a test psychometric?
• History of testing
• Types of test
• Test samples
• Why use tests
• Requirements of a good test
• Reliability
• Validity
• Test administration
• Candidate questions and deviance
• Scoring
• Norming
• Fair testing, discrimination and ethics
  

Note: This course does not teach you how to interpret psychometric test reports or how to feedback to candidates and decision-makers.  For that, please consider our advanced Psychometric Assessment at Work Training. 

Contains
- Support materials in pdf format
- 2 embedded/streaming videos each of approximately 1+ hours each, plus a narrated presentation of approximately 90 minutes (i.e., 3.5-4 hours total)
-Quiz

Languages
-English

Estimated time to complete
-4 hours

Enrollment period
-30 days

Certificate
-At the current time, in order to receive a hard-copy certificate of competence from us, you must complete and pass an advanced quiz and then send us a video recording of you (a) running a test session (b) scoring at least 3 psychometric tests.  There is an examination fee of US$100 for this option.  Please contact us to request this option.
-Complimentary soft copy certificates of attendance will be emailed to those who watch each video and pass the basic quiz.

Who is the recorded session best for?
The recorded session is the solution for those who are not able to attend our live session or if a live session is not currently scheduled.  It is also advantageous for those wishing to save some money as it is cheaper than the live session.  On the other hand, you won't be able to ask questions of the trainer and will not benefit from the interactivity of a group of co-delegates logging in at the same time as you to learn, discuss and present to each other.

Other options:

- Attend a LIVE online training session.  Contact us to request details of the next session.

- Enrol in the interactive on-demand self-study course in psychometric test administration (coming soon).

- Attend our face-to-face psychometric test administration training in Singapore or Hong Kong.

Our director was the first to bring regular public training leading to the British Psychological Society's Level A and B Certificates of Competence in Occupational Testing to the Middle East (Dubai) in the 1990's. In the next decade he did the same for Asia by commencing regular public training in Singapore and Hong Kong.  In another first, PsyAsia International brings online training for the BPS Level A and B certification to Asia.

At the current time, the content is only available to those attending our Psychometric Assessment at Work course / BPS Level A and B Certification Training.  Enrolment is free to those who have paid their course fee and the material may be used for pre-course study as well as to aid in the accumulation of knowledge during the course.

Based on feedback from our current course delegates, we will be perfecting the course and then opening this course for full online learning (both self-study and live training sessions) during 2010.  Please stay tuned or join our mailing list to be kept informed.

Are you currently registered for our Psychometric Assessment at Work Course - Level B?
If so, once we receive your full payment you will receive an email from us with an enrolment code for this online training in Psychometric Testing.  Simply enrol for this course (no additional fee) using that code.  Please note that at this time we do not provide support for any questions you may have about the content.  Your facilitator will be happy to ensure that you understand everything once your public training in psychometrics commences.

Our director was the first to bring regular public training leading to the British Psychological Society's Level A and B Certificates of Competence in Occupational Testing to the Middle East (Dubai) in the 1990's. In the next decade he did the same for Asia by commencing regular public training in Singapore and Hong Kong.  In another first, PsyAsia International brings online training for the BPS Level A and B certification to Asia.

At the current time, the content is only available to those attending our Psychometric Assessment at Work course / BPS Level A and B Certification Training.  Enrolment is free to those who have paid their course fee and the material may be used for pre-course study as well as to aid in the accumulation of knowledge during the course.

Based on feedback from our current course delegates, we will be perfecting the course and then opening this course for full online learning (both self-study and live training sessions) during 2010.  Please stay tuned or join our mailing list to be kept informed.

Are you currently registered for our Psychometric Assessment at Work Course - Level A?
If so, once we receive your full payment you will receive an email from us with an enrolment code for this online training in Psychometric Testing.  Simply enrol for this course (no additional fee) using that code.  Please note that at this time we do not provide support for any questions you may have about the content.  Your facilitator will be happy to ensure that you understand everything once your public training in psychometrics commences.

*FREE TO ANYBODY WHO HAS ATTENDED OUR BPS LEVEL A OR BPS LEVEL B TRAINING WITHIN THE PAST 3 MONTHS*

Introduction
This course contains the files required to undertake the Apollo Profile Distance Learning Program.  Those who seek accreditation with the Apollonean Institute and thus a qualification to competently use the Apollo Profile must have a Certificate in Psychometric Test Administration or British Psychological Society Level A Certificate or a qualification in another substantive personality assessment before completing this course.  Anybody may choose to complete the course out of interest, however, we will not be able to accredit you to use the test unless you have the above pre-requisites.

For more information on the Apollo Profile and PsyAsia's training programs in Psychometric Assessment, please visit www.psyasia.com.

How this program works
Delegates enrol in the course and pay the course fee (note that if you have been given a special offer by way of attending other PsyAsia courses etc., you will be given and need to use an ENROLMENT KEY instead).  Once your payment is processed (usually immediately, but always within a day), you will have access to the material.  At this stage, you need to download and read various pdf files which include the Apollo Interpretation Manual and Technical Manual as well as sample Apollo reports.  Once you have read everything, you'll need to log back in (within one month) to access the online exam.  You need to get 80% of the questions correct to be accredited to use Apollo!

Contains
-Apollo Training Manuals in pdf
(technical manual, interpretation guide, sample reports)
-Online Accreditation Exam

Languages
-English

Estimated time to complete
-20 hours (includes offline self-paced reading and online exam)

Enrollment period
-30 days

Certificate
-soft copy certificate will be emailed to all who pass exam
-hard copy certificate can be ordered/paid for by following link inside course

*FREE WEBINAR*

Jim Bowden, director of the Apollonean Institute, presented a live webinar hosted by PsyAsia International.  The webinar introduced the Apollo Profile, reports and online psychometric assessment system.  The webinar was recorded and is available for download here.

*FREE WEBINAR*

Max Choi and Richard Ogden, Psychologists, test publishers and directors of Quest Partnership, presented a live webinar hosted by PsyAsia International.  The webinar introduced the Identity Self-Perception Questionnaire, reports and online psychometric assessment system.  The webinar was recorded and is available for download here.

*FREE FOR THOSE WHO HAVE ATTENDED OUR IN-HOUSE COURSE AND WHO HAVE OBTAINED THE ENROLLMENT KEY FROM THEIR INTERNAL LIAISON. NOT AVAILABLE TO OTHERS.*

Introduction
Slides and quizes for PsyAsia's Personality Assessment in-house course. It is only available to in-house course attendees.  To register for this course, you will need a code provided by your internal liaison with PsyAsia (i.e., the person who booked us!). Once you have this, registration is FREE although no support is offered.

Contains
-Slides
-Quizes

Languages
-English

Estimated time to complete
-4 hours if undertaken as a simple review of course material

Enrollment period
-15 days

*FREE SEMINAR*

Introduction
A free seminar which was presented in Hong Kong and Singapore in 2008. Covers the main points that people need to be aware of when choosing and using psychometric tests.

Contains
-Slides with narration
-Post-seminar quiz
-Glossary
-Discussion forum

Languages
-English
-Cantonese

Estimated time to complete
-60 minutes

Enrollment period
-2 days

*FREE SEMINAR*

Introduction
A free seminar which was presented in Hong Kong in June 2008 by Scott Ruhfus, MD Saville Consulting Asia Pacific.  Provides information about the development, validation and benefits of the Saville Consulting Wave.

Scott Rufhus, Director of Saville Consulting Asia Pacific, gave an exciting seminar presentation as part of PsyAsia’s themed seminar series. Attendees were introduced to the astounding research results which compare the Saville Consulting Wave and Focus assessments with other personality assessments. Scott demonstrated that both the Wave and the shorter (75 questions) Focus tools were superior predictors of job performance when compared with a range of tests including the OPQ32, 16PF, 15FQ+, HPI and DISC. Scott concluded that whilst the findings are groundbreaking, they are to be expected. The Saville Consulting range is new, developed by the world renowned authority in this field, with questions especially written for our global and IT age, yet based on proven models of personality. Competitor questionnaires developed often 20 or more years ago, whilst providing a level of comfort and familiarity to the user, can be compared with using a transistor radio rather than a flat screen TV, they may have been useful in the past, but may not provide the level and detail of information that is needed for assessment and prediction in the 21st century.

Contains
-Slides

Languages
-English

Estimated time to complete
-20 minutes

Enrollment period
-30 days

*2 FREE WEBINARS*

Scott Ruhfus and Leonie Murray, directors at Saville Consulting Asia Pacific presented a live webinar hosted by PsyAsia International.  Scott introduced the Saville Wave and the impressive research on its validity.  Leonie demonstrated the online psychometric testing system called Oasys.  The webinar was recorded and is available to watch here.

Subsequently, Derek Lui, an intern Psychologist with PsyAsia in Singapore, presented a webinar on the Saville Consulting Wave in late 2009.  This webinar is also available here.

Contains
-Slides, narration and demonstration of Saville Consulting Oasys (Online Psychometric Testing) System

Languages
-English

Estimated time to complete
-1 hour for each webinar = 2 hours

Enrollment period
-10 days