An important part of my guidance work involves the careful use of psychometric assessment to support students in understanding themselves and their options more clearly.

I have completed additional specialist training with the British Psychological Society and I am listed on the BPS Register of Qualifications in Test Use as both a Test User for Ability and a Test User for Occupational Personality. These registrations reflect formal training and assessment in the appropriate use, interpretation, and ethical application of psychometric tests.

This level of psychometric qualification is not included as standard within initial guidance counselling training and represents an additional area of professional competence. It allows me to access and use a range of well-established, standardised assessment tools that require specific accreditation and ongoing professional responsibility.

In practice, psychometric assessments are never used in isolation or as a way of categorising or limiting students. Instead, they are integrated into the wider guidance process and used to support reflection, discussion, and informed decision-making. The emphasis is always on helping students make sense of the results in the context of their own experiences, interests, and aspirations.

For parents, this provides reassurance that any psychometric testing used as part of guidance is delivered by a practitioner with recognised specialist training and a strong commitment to ethical, evidence-based practice.

Professional Qualifications and Psychometric Assessment