Guides for SAICA trainees

Short answers to the questions trainees ask about their learning outcome reviews and summaries under CA2025. Each one ends with a way to try it on your own work.

• How to write an acumen your reviewer can rate SAICA trainees: your reviewer rates an acumen by asking four questions of what you wrote. Answer all four in every entry, with an example and a checklist.
• What the rating paths in SAICA's assessment tool mean How an acumen on an LOR is rated: the yes or no questions behind each path letter, which level each path gives, and how the PDS trees for acumens and values differ.
• LOR or PDS: what is the difference? SAICA's learning outcome review (LOR) and professional development summary (PDS) compared: how often each is due, who signs it, what gets rated and what you write.
• Examples of evidence for each PVAA area Example evidence for each of the seven SAICA CA2025 PVAA areas: ethics, citizenship, lifelong learning, and business, decision-making, relational and digital acumen.
• How to write the technical context of an LOR The "Task(s) performed" box on a SAICA LOR: one box, 5 000 characters, and how to fit a month of engagements into it so every technical outcome is earned.