Psychometrist Duties & Responsibilities

The role and function of a Psychometrist includes the following duties and responsibilities:

  • Scheduling consultations and securing testing environments that are free from extraneous variables.
  • Ensuring that you have all the requisite tools before testing begins.
  • Apprising clients of the purpose of each session before commencement.
  • Administering and re-administering instruments in the standardized manner.
  • Performing slight modifications to or translating items, if permitted.
  • Debriefing clients upon completion of testing, if necessary.
  • Scoring raw data and using appropriate norms.
  • Contextualizing data to detect whether clients fall within the normal or disordered range of functioning.
  • Compiling reports in which you will outline the results obtained, and the implications thereof.
  • Ensuring that you use the most updated version of each test, unless otherwise specified.

Note that this is not an exhaustive list of Psychometrist duties and responsibilities. Job functions for specific Psychometrist roles may vary, depending on the industry and type of employer.