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Online competence assessment dates

Assessment dates for the upcoming year will be listed on this page and updated if there are any changes.

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Overview

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Assessment dates

Assessments are scheduled to begin at 10:00am.

30 JanuaryOctober 2025 Level 1
26 FebruaryNovember 2025 Levellevel 1
27 FebruaryNovember 2025 Levellevel 2&3
2718 MarchDecember 2025 Levellevel 1
2429 January 2026level 1
26 February 2026level 2&3
26 March 2026level 1
30 April 20252026 Levellevel 1
2827 May 20252026 Levellevel 1
2928 May 20252026 Levellevel 2&3
2625 June 20252026 Levellevel 1
3130 July 20252026 Levellevel 1
2726 August 20252026 Levellevel 1
2827 August 20252026 Levellevel 2&3
2524 September 20252026 Levellevel 1
3029 October 20252026 Levellevel 1
2625 November 20252026 level 1
2726 November 20252026 level 2&3
1817 December 20252026 level 1

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Updates to this page

Published 11 June 2014
Last updated 201 MayOctober 2025 + show all updates
  1. Amended to reflect remaining assessment dates for 2025.

  2. Addition of assessment start times.

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Update history

2025-11-18 11:56
Level 1 assessment date for February 2026 has been added.

2025-10-01 10:39
Assessment dates for 2026 have been published.

2025-05-20 14:20
Amended to reflect remaining assessment dates for 2025.

2025-05-20 14:17
Addition of assessment start times.

2025-01-16 14:13
Assessment dates updated for 2025.

2024-10-30 09:21
Updated to include assessment dates for 2025.

2023-03-10 12:52
Assessment dates added up to 21 December 2023

2022-11-07 15:23
Dates for competence assessments added – now up to July 2023

2022-06-06 16:20
New dates have been confirmed for the OISC online competence assessments.