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 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.