Qualifications for test users

All books and most test manuals sold by Hogrefe are set at level 1. No special qualifications are needed in order to purchase these materials.

The majority of the clinical and educational assessment materials sold by Hogrefe are set at level 2. In order to purchase these materials, you are required to provide qualification details when registering or ordering. There is no one perfect combination of training and experience, but in order to be qualified at level 2 you must have:

• certified training and experience in a relevant discipline (e.g. clinical psychology, counselling psychology or speech and language therapy);
• membership of a professional organisation appropriate to the focus of the test; and/or
• evidence of competence in the use of psychological tests e.g. registration to the British Psychological Society’s RQTU, an Assessment Practicing Certificate, or CCET Level 7 certification.

If you are listed on registers such as those of the Health and Care Professions Council, the General Medical Council, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, or the Nursing and Midwifery Council, please include these details when registering. If you work in education assessment, details of any psychometrics training undertaken are required.

This level requires:

• Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner Psychologist and/or is a Chartered Psychologist with the British Psychological Society. Individuals must also have the protected titles of Clinical Psychologist, Forensic Psychologist, Counselling Psychologist or Educational Psychologist.
• For access to ADOS-2, ADI-R, the Rorschach, or Griffiths III, users will be asked to provide the relevant training certificate or will be checked against a database of qualified users.

Any customer qualified at level 3 is automatically qualified at levels 1 and 2.

Hogrefe upholds standards set by the British Psychological Society. Details are laid out on each product page, or you can call us for guidance. Our customer service staff and psychologists are always happy to discuss your background and experience and if needed, suggest options for training and purchasing.

In the United Kingdom, if you hold a Test User Occupational: Ability (TUOA) or Test User Occupational: Personality qualification (TUOP) you will be able to purchase our occupational assessments, except NEO, which requires an additional extension. A master’s degree in psychology that includes training in personality assessments and/or psychometrics could also be acceptable. In the rest of the world, additional local requirements may apply and there could be restrictions depending on your location.

You can call our customer service. If you meet the educational criteria set out above, you will be asked to provide evidence. You will be required to purchase the assessment manual so that you understand the psychometric properties: concepts, construction, scale meanings, normative basis, and how the test can be applied appropriately and professionally.