FIELD                 BUSINESS

 

Revision of Public Sector Core Skills unit standard

 

Subfield	Domain	Id
Public Sector Services	Public Sector Core Skills	23271

 

Learning State (trading name of the Public Sector Training Organisation) has revised the unit standard listed above.

 

Date new version published                                              September 2007

 

Planned review date                                                             December 2011 (unchanged)

 

Reason for the revision

 

The target group for this unit standard were not able achieve the requirements of the unit standard as they were not involved in developing and implementing processes and procedures for resolving privacy, security or confidentiality issues or for resolving the impacts on respondents relating to the collection and use of data.  However, they did require knowledge of those processes and procedures when carrying out statistical analysis.  The changes were made following consultation with key stakeholders including Statistics New Zealand and Auckland University of Technology.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

·      The unit standard has been amended to reflect the outcomes required by the sector, ie knowledge of how to resolve privacy, security, confidentiality issues, and issues relating to the impact on respondents of the collection and use of data in a State sector context.

·      The Level of the unit standard has been reduced from 5 to 4.

·      The title has been amended.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

Affected	The qualification lists a revised classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits
Not materially affected	The qualification lists a standard that has a new title The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

 

The following Learning State qualification is affected by the changes.  It will be updated when it is next reviewed.

 

Qualification title	Standard in the qualification
National Certificate in Public Sector Services (Official Statistics) [Ref: 1283]	23271

 

Summary of main changes

 

Subfield         Public Sector Services

Domain         Public Sector Core Skills

Id	Title	Level	Credit
23271	Resolve ethical and legal issues in the collection and use of data in a state sector context Describe ethical and legal issues in the collection and use of data in a State sector context	5   4	4