To successfully assess a trainee in terms of their proficiency as a prospective CA (SA) or AGA (SA) under the CA2025 Competency Framework, there are 5 key role players that will have a part to play in a trainee’s professional development: 1. Trainee – Will take the lead in their own development, carrying out technical work and documenting evidence demonstrating their proficiency. 2. Reviewer – Who works most closely with a trainee on their day to day technical work assignments, and is therefore primed to be able to give feedback as the reviewer is often on hand to witness a trainee’s daily work activity. Reviewers give formative feedback in the Learning Outcome Review (LOR) document. 3. Evaluator – Who is less directly involved in a trainee’s day to day work activity but plays a mentorship role and is fundamentally concerned with a trainee’s longer-term development. Evaluators offer summative feedback in the Professional Development Summary (PDS) document. 4. Assessor – Similarly to an Evaluator, is less directly involved in a trainee’s day to day. An assessor signs off on the proficiency of trainees as recommended by an Evaluator and is therefore involved in the completion of the Professional Development Summary document. Assessors are qualified CAs (SA) or AGAs (SA) and are required to be registered as assessors. 5. Training Officer – Serves as an overseer for the training program of the training office and is empowered to handle assessment disputes but is typically not directly involved in assessment of a trainee. Training Officers are qualified CAs (SA) or AGAs (SA) and are required to be registered as assessors. A trainee is to keep tabs on their own demonstration of the competencies and provide the evidence which can later be reviewed, evaluated and assessed by the respective other role-players. A SAICA Reviewer plays a key role in on-the-job feedback as they usually provide live oversight to a trainee whilst the trainee carries out their daily work assignments, on which they are later reviewed. The Reviewer is the primary individual in determining whether evidence for learning outcomes can be accepted or not, and what ratings are deemed appropriate. Aside from the Reviewer, a SAICA Evaluator plays arguably the biggest role in a SAICA trainee’s progression to becoming a CA (SA) or AGA (SA) by tracking, understanding and correcting / remediating a trainee’s development with almost as much desire / interest as the trainee themselves.