QA News August 2000 [ NZQA ]

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August 2000 ISSUE 34

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•	Editorial	•	What is the NCEA?
•	531,816 New Zealanders registered on the NQF	•	The Framework now plays a significant role in NZ
•	40,227 learners have completed National Certificates or National Diplomas	•	What about the registered learners who have not completed Framework qualifications?
•	What is the National Qualifications Framework?	•	National Certificates most frequently gained to 1999
•	Māori and the Framework	•	The Framework and Industry
•	National Certificates in the News	•	Quality Assurers Meet
•	The Framework in Schools	•	At last - Framework Credits from Prior Learning
NQF Statistics:		�	�
•	Unit Standards Registered to 30 June 2000	•	NQF credits gained by field by year
•	Qualifications awarded by field and level to 30 June 2000	•	NQF qualifications achieved by sector by level to 30 June 2000
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National Certificates most frequently gained to the end of 1999

7,000 plus	Computing
2,000 plus	Business Administration and Computing Food Handling Travel
1,000 plus	Carpentry Motor Industry Support of the Older Person
500 plus	Business Administration Employment Skills Hairdressing Horticulture Tourism
300 plus	Agriculture Cleaning & Caretaking Commercial Road Transport Dairy Manufacturing Drainlaying Seafood Processing Security
200 plus	Ambulance Animal Care Educational Achievement Electrical Supply Engineering Food Safety Human Services Mechanical Engineering Plastics Processing Plumbing Real Estate Retail & Wholesale Scaffolding Veterinary Nursing
100 plus	Food Processing Aeronautical Engineering Architectural Technology Civil Construction Works Early Childhood Education & Care Electrical Engineering Electronics Equine Furniture Gasfitting Hospitality (Food, Beverage & Cooking) Manufacturing & Mechanical Engineering Mental Health (Support Work) Painting & Decorating Printing Science Seafood Vessels Operations Social Services Solid Wood Processing Sport

Other areas with significant numbers include Design, Film & Electronic, Extractive Industries, Fencing, Fire & Rescue, Joinery, Journalism, Meat Retailing, Motor Industry, Reo Māori , Quantity Surveying, Pulp & Paper and Telecommunications.

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