IPSQA’s CorePass® provides Accredited Testing Centres a simple quality assured assessment system for elementary general and public safety competencies aimed at a range of industries. 

CorePass® is not certified pursuant to ISO17024:2012 and with less compliance requirements, it is even easier to implement with assessments being able to be carried out by the instructor and a lower requirement for quality assurance by comparison. 

Assessments are carried out against CorePass® standards and by IPSQA Registered Assessors. Quality Assurance is simplified within CorePass® with Accredited Testing Centre’s responsible for determining the scope of their assessors (unless otherwise specified by IPSQA) and the moderation of their assessment tools and assessment activities. IPSQA then conducts periodic external audits to ensure assessments are meeting quality system requirements. 

ATC’s can chose to offer CorePass® as a stand-alone assessment, or integrate it with their existing training offerings as end-point testing. 

CorePass® is available for a wide range of basic skills such as first aid, fire extinguishers, water safety, tactical communication, community disaster response and more.

In 2024, CorePass® was made available for DEFRA Module 1: Water & Flood Awareness. Subsequent modules are tested under the DefraPass® scheme (water and flood first responder and above).  

CorePass® syllabus may contain theory and/or skill requirements.