Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) on behalf of the 16 Education and Training Boards (ETBs) have established a new national directory of External Authenticators (EAs) for Further Education and Training programmes.
The External Authenticator provides independent confirmation of fair and consistent assessment of learners in accordance with QQI requirements and reports on consistency of assessment results with national standards.
Previous External Authentication experience is desirable but not essential. Interested individuals should have experience of delivering or assessing programmes leading to QQI awards, or associated industry expertise (5 years).
This EA Directory will serve those services in Education and Training Boards providing programmes leading to QQI awards.
Interested?
Updated information on upcoming External Authentication training
Please note that the ETBI National Directory for External Authenticators is currently on hold for recruitment until 2026. Training opportunities will be offered in Q1 and Q4 of 2026 and updates will be posted in this space. We would like to thank you for your interest and hope that you will revisit the site at a future date. For any queries please contact us directly at externalauthentication@etbi.ie