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Supporting People & Culture with Test User Training: Elevating HR with Psychometric Insights

In today’s evolving business landscape, the Human Resources function is undergoing a transformation. Increasingly, organisations are rebranding HR as People & Culture — a term that reflects a more holistic, human-centric approach to talent, workplace wellbeing, and organisational development. This shift places greater emphasis on understanding people as individuals, shaping inclusive cultures, and aligning talent strategy with business values.

At the heart of this transformation is the need for deeper insight — and that’s where Test User Training plays a vital role.

What is Test User Training?

Test User Training is a structured, professional development pathway that equips People & Culture professionals with the skills and qualifications to administer, interpret, and ethically use psychometric assessments. These assessments are powerful tools for exploring individuals’ workplace preferences, behavioural traits, motivations, and role suitability — all of which are key to building strong teams and healthy organisational cultures.

Test User qualifications, recognised by professional bodies such as the British Psychological Society (BPS), ensure that practitioners are trained to high standards and able to make evidence-based decisions in recruitment, development, coaching, and talent management.

Why It Matters for People & Culture

As People & Culture teams take on a more strategic and human-focused remit, their role expands beyond traditional HR tasks. They are now expected to drive initiatives around inclusion, engagement, performance, leadership, and culture — often needing data-driven insight to do so effectively.

Psychometric tools, used correctly, support this by:

    • Mapping candidates to organisational competencies during recruitment

    • Identifying leadership potential and areas for development

    • Understanding team dynamics and improving collaboration

    • Supporting career pathways aligned with employee strengths and values

    • Enhancing employee experience through personalised development strategies

Test User Training empowers professionals to interpret assessment data with confidence, ensuring insights are applied thoughtfully and responsibly in line with ethical best practices.

Embedding Test User Skills in Your People & Culture Strategy

Whether your team is new to psychometric tools or looking to deepen their capability, investing in Test User Training creates lasting value. It builds internal expertise, reduces reliance on external consultants, and embeds a culture of informed, people-first decision-making.

As the People & Culture function continues to evolve, the ability to truly understand your people — not just their skills, but their behaviours, motivations, and potential — becomes a competitive advantage. Test User Training provides the foundation for this, aligning psychological insight with your organisation’s goals and values.

 

BPS Test User Qualifications - formerly Level A & B

The full Test User: Occupational, Ability & Personality TUOA & TUOP are made up of these three modules followed by module four the practical session. We can also provide these courses separately.

  • Module 1 – Assistant Test User: Test Administration.
  • Module 2 – Test User : Occupational, Ability.
  • Module 3 – Test User: Occupational, Personality.
  • Module 4 – Practical Session for all 3 modules.

Continuing Professional Development - Psychometric Course

Established in 1996, The CPD Certification Service is the world’s leading and largest CPD accreditation service. This course provides a Certificate awarding 35 hours of CPD.

See CDP Course listing [CPD Website Listing is Here