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Review of Adult Education and Training and Generic Education and Training unit standards

Closed 31 May 2017

NZQA National Qualifications Services invites feedback on 27 reviewed unit standards in the Adult Education and Training (AET) and Generic Education and Training (GET) subfields.

This review follows the earlier development of standards for the Adult and Tertiary Teaching qualifications and is happening alongside the development of standards for the Assessment qualifications.

Comment is invited on any aspect of this review, especially on the nine standards which have been significantly amended (but without materially affecting the outcome). These standards are shown in the table below with their ID number highlighted.

Please note that the unit standard template has changed. Explanatory notes are now referred to as Guidance information (GI) and Evidence requirements are now called Performance criteria (PCs).

Important note: These draft standards are for consultation purposes only. No assessment can occur against these standards until the listed versions are published.

Delivery of Adult Education and Training
ID	Level	Credits	Title	Change and justification
7091 (PDF, 67KB)	4	4	Establish a culturally safe and inclusive learning environment for adults in New Zealand’s cultural setting	Minor change to GI to update legislation.
7096 (PDF, 51KB)	4	8	Deliver learning presentations for adult learners	Changes to GI and PCs to update unit standard titles and for clarity.
7108 (PDF, 59KB)	4	8	Deliver on-job training for adult trainees	Changes to GI and PCs to clarify what is meant by ‘on-job’.
7115 (PDF, 51KB)	4	6	Create and maintain a positive learning environment for adult learners	Changes to GI to update unit standard titles and for clarity.
26009 (PDF, 48KB)	4	3 4	Establish a culturally safe and inclusive multicultural learning environment for adults	Credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard and for consistency with 7091.
21981	5	6	Proposed to expire without replacement
21982 (PDF, 50KB)	5	6	Facilitate the transfer of existing competence into new contexts for adult trainees	Changes to GI for clarity and simplicity.
7097 (PDF, 58KB)	5 6	10 12	Facilitate learner-led interactive learning sessions for adult learners	Level and credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Changes to GI and PCs for clarity.

Design and Development of Adult Education and Training
ID	Level	Credits	Title	Change and justification
7103 (PDF, 48KB)	4	5	Determine the training requirements of individual adults for a specified job	Minor change to GI for consistency with other standards.
7105 (PDF, 50KB)	5	10	Conduct a training needs analysis for an adult group	Minor change to GI to update legislation.
20470 (PDF, 49KB)	5	10 15	Design, draft, and trial a training manual for adults	Credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Minor change to GI to update legislation.
7094 (PDF, 50KB)	6	10 15	Design a course for adult education and training	Credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Minor changes to GI and a PC for clarity.
7104 (PDF, 49KB)	6	12 20	Conduct a training needs analysis for adults in an organisation	Credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Minor change to GI to update legislation and to PCs for clarity.

Evaluation in Adult Education and Training
ID	Level	Credits	Title	Change and justification
20469 (PDF, 49KB)	5	5 8	Evaluate adult learning sessions	Credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Minor changes to GI and PCs for clarity.
7098 (PDF, 57KB)	6	10	Evaluate adult training course(s)	Minor changes to GI and PCs for clarity.
7113 (PDF, 49KB)	6	10	Trial and evaluate an innovation for adult education and training within an organisation	Minor change to GI to update legislation and for clarity.
7099 (PDF, 58KB)	7	15	Evaluate strategic aspects of adult education and training provision	Minor changes to entry requirements to update titles and to a range for clarity.

Management of Adult Education and Training
ID	Level	Credits	Title	Change and justification
7100 (PDF, 49KB)	5	8 10	Plan, organise, and review learning events for adult education and training	Credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Minor change to GI for clarity.
7092 (PDF, 49KB)	5 6	9 15	Formulate a proposal for adult education and training	Level and credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Changes to GI for clarity.
7112 (PDF, 48KB)	5 6	6 10	Support and promote the adult training and development function within an organisation	Level and credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Changes to GI and PCs for clarity.

Open, Flexible, and Networked Learning
ID	Level	Credits	Title	Change and justification
10472 (PDF, 49KB)	4	5	Demonstrate knowledge of support systems required for the provision of open, flexible, and networked learning (OFNL)	Minor update to terminology in GI.
25779 (PDF, 49KB)	5	10	Develop materials for open, flexible, and networked learning (OFNL)	Minor update to terminology in GI. Expansion of outcome 2 to include trialing and reviewing.
25780 (PDF, 58KB)	6	15 20	Manage the provision of open, flexible, and networked learning (OFNL)	Minor update to terminology in GI. Changes to a PCs for clarity. Addition of a new outcome about monitor and managing delivery.
25781 (PDF, 50KB)	5	9 10	Facilitate learning in an open, flexible, and networked learning (OFNL) environment	Credits increased to better reflect demands of the standard. Minor update to terminology in GI.

Research in Education
ID	Level	Credits	Title	Change and justification
9186 (PDF, 50KB)	7	20	Conduct a research project in education	Minor change to GI to update legislation.
9188 (PDF, 58KB)	7	20	Demonstrate knowledge of approaches to research in education	No change
9189 (PDF, 50KB)	7	8	Evaluate and interpret research reports in education	No change
9192 (PDF, 48KB)	7	10	Demonstrate knowledge of ethics in research in education	Minor change to GI to update legislation.

Feedback

We invite comment on any aspect of these reviewed standards. Please send your responses to nqs@nzqa.govt.nz by the closing date.

Further information

Updates will be posted at Review of Adult Education and Training & Generic Education and Training unit standards.

Thank you in advance for your help. We look forward to hearing from you.