This document discusses some of the problems and solutions that should be addressed if further education teachers and their training counterparts are to cope with the requirements of Great Britain's new National Council for Vocational Qualifications (NCVQ). It is both a handbook to guide practitioners through some of the assessment implications of Review of Vocational Qualifications (RVQ) and an issues paper for those who will be involved in negotiating the rules and principles to be adopted by the NCVQ. Seven sections describe the new structure of vocational qualifications, rehearse the RVQ objectives, address the quality of the standards, and discuss the nature and assessment of competence. Three appendixes reproduce the summary, recommendations, and glossary of the final RVQ report and provide an overview of how the major further education examining bodies and others maintain quality and comparability of standards. (YLB)