What evidence should I collect?

Keep it simple: collect evidence from real work, at the time the work is happening, and make sure it actually shows what you did.

My approach: observation anchors the evidence, then work products, photos, witness support and reflective explanation help cover the job properly.

The main evidence types

Observation (OB)

This is direct evidence of you carrying out work. It is one of the strongest evidence types because it shows the work happening in real time.

Work Product (WP)

This is evidence produced by the job, such as drawings, job sheets, test records, certificates, photographs, schedules or other relevant company documents.

Witness Testimony (WT)

A competent witness can confirm genuine work they saw you do. This can help support work that I did not personally observe.

Professional Discussion (PD)

This allows me to explore how you planned the work, what decisions you made and how you understood the job.

Reflective Account (RA)

This is your own explanation of a genuine job or stage of work. In my process, it is especially useful for the stage of the job I did not observe directly.

If you mainly do smaller jobs

Smaller jobs are not a problem. I may give you specific evidence targets based on the gaps in your own portfolio. When one of those activities occurs naturally, capture it properly and let me know.

You may end up with more individual evidence pieces than a learner working on one broad-range project, but each genuine job can chip away at the remaining criteria and range.

OPEN TARGETED EVIDENCE ROUTE

What should I keep taking photos of?

What about company documents?

RAMS, method statements, programmes of work and similar paperwork are often company-generated. That is fine. You can still use them as evidence if they are relevant to the job and you can explain how you used them in your role.

What not to do