CMR for Commercial Road Transport, Driving, and Logistics [Ref: 0092];

CMR for Blaster Coating, Drilling Industry, Extractive Industries, Gas Industry, Hot Dip Galvanizing, Metalliferous Mining, Petrochemical Industry, Resource Recovery, and Solid Waste [Ref: 0114];

CMR for Motor Industry, Industrial Textile Fabrication, and Outdoor Fabric Products [Ref: 0014];

CMR for Stevedoring and Ports Industry [Ref: 0145]

Review of MITO New Zealand Incorporated (MITO) CMRs

MITO has completed the review of the above CMRs.

Date new versions published                                                          September 2015

The next CMR review is planned to take place during 2017.

Summary of Review

MITO has reviewed the requirements for consent to assess and moderation requirements for all sectors within its gazetted coverage.  The intention of the review was to compare the requirements across sectors with a view to integrating four existing CMRs into into one CMR.

After an analysis the four CMRs were integrated, based on core similarities in requirements across sectors.  CMR 0014 was selected as the base document as it covers MITO’s largest sector.

The reviewed CMR 0014 incorporates feedback from industry, providers and assessors and is aligned with MITO current practice, and industry best practice. 

Compliance with new requirements

Requirements for consent to assess will apply with effect from October 2015. 

Moderation system requirements will apply with effect from October 2015.

Organisations with consent to assess will be expected to be able to demonstrate compliance with the CMR from April 2016 onwards.

Main changes

CMR for Commercial Road Transport, Driving, and Logistics [Ref: 0092];

CMR for Blaster Coating, Drilling Industry, Extractive Industries, Gas Industry, Hot Dip Galvanizing, Metalliferous Mining, Petrochemical Industry, Resource Recovery, and Solid Waste [Ref: 0114];

CMR for Stevedoring and Ports Industry [Ref: 0145]

replaced by

CMR for Commercial Road Transport, Drilling Industry, Driving, Extractive Industries, Gas Industry, Industrial Coatings, Industrial Textile Fabrication, Logistics, Motor Industry, Petrochemical Industry, Resource Recovery, and Stevedoring and Ports Industry [Ref: 0014]

Industry specific criteria from the replaced CMRs were incorporated into the reviewed CMR 0014, and re-worded for clarity where necessary.  The Moderation Requirements in the reviewed CMR reflect MITO current policy.  As the reviewed CMR incorporates extended sectors, requirements appropriate to all sectors have been included which were previously in one or more of the replaced CMRs.  For this reason it is recommended that organisations with consent to assess review the CMR for requirements that are not included in the main changes listed below, but which may require changes to the organisation’s policies and/or procedures.

Requirements for Consent to Assess (RCA)

Standard Setting Body involvement in process for granting consent to assess

• The involvement of the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) is only invited when applicants are applying to assess against driver licensing and endorsement unit standards for the purposes of issuing licences and endorsements.  CMR 0092 required NZTA to be invited to participate in the evaluation of documentation for the following unit standards:

Levels 1 and 2: 1753, 1769, 3469-3471, 15157, 16605-16610, 17579, 17580, 17677;

Level 3 and above: 1737-1739, 1748-1752, 1756, 1757, 1759-1765, 1776, 1778-1780, 3466, 3468, 14521, 14523-14527, 15159-15163, 15165, 15166, 15947, 16701-16703, 16718, 17574-17577, 17579, 17580, 17678, 17680, 18931, 18492, 18496, 19499, 20181, 24089, 25985, 25986.

This change in the level of involvement required by NZTA for non-driver license and endorsement unit standards was agreed with NZTA and this is reflected in the change.

Industry or sector-specific requirements for consent to assess

• A requirement was added to encourage the use of all unit standards within an organisation’s consent to assess scope.  ‘Applicant organisations must intend to assess all the unit standards included in an application for consent to assess, and this intention must be documented when seeking support from MITO for the application.’
• Criterion 3

For the Heavy Haulage domain, New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association endorsement is required, and NZTA endorsement may also be required.

CMR 0092 required either New Zealand Heavy Haulage Association endorsement or Transit New Zealand endorsement.

A change was made to the qualification requirements for training and assessing in the Drilling, Extractives and Metalliferous Mining industries. Trainers and assessors must:

o hold the unit standards they are training and assessing against on their NZQA Record of Achievement (ROA), or hold MITO-approved equivalent standards (e.g. Australian units of competency)

o have currency of experience relevant to the unit standards they are training and assessing against.

• Criterion 7

A reference to Appendix 1, which details the requirements for joint assessment for high risk standards was added.  Joint assessment is required for specified high risk unit standards.  Currently CMR 0114 refers to the requirement for joint assessment but the specific requirements are not detailed.  It was considered that the conditions around the assessment of high risk unit standards required clarity and definition, and were appropriate for inclusion in the CMR.

Moderation Requirements (MR)

Moderation System

• Reference to a charge for pre-assessment moderation of self-developed assessment material was added to reflect MITO’s decision to charge organisations with consent to assess for pre-assessment moderation.

Appeals

• The appeals process was changed from the requirement for two formal written appeals to a discussion of the issue in the first instance with the National Moderator before a formal appeal is lodged.  This change more readily allows for an early resolution of the issue.