FIELD ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
Change of responsibility for Process and Materials Engineering qualification and unit standards, rollover, and revision of the unit standards, maintenance of the qualification, change to Accreditation and Moderation Action Plans
National Diploma in Engineering (Process and Materials Engineering) (Level 6) [Ref: 0592]
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Subfield |
Domain |
Id |
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Engineering |
Process and Materials Engineering |
11336-11340, 11341, 11342, 11343, 11344, 11345-11350, 11351, 11352, 11353, 11354, 11355, 11356, 11357-11360, 11361-11370, 11371, 11372, 11373, 11374, 11375, 11376-11379 |
The unit standards in bold have been revised to correct grammatical errors and provide more complete reference details.
Responsibility for the levels 5, 6 and 7 unit standards referred to above, which were registered in February 1998, and for the qualification, which was registered in February 1999, has been transferred from NZQA – National Qualifications Services to InfraTrain New Zealand Ltd. The rationale for the transfer was that these unit standards aligned with the upper level Technology unit standards for which InfraTrain New Zealand Ltd was already responsible.
The review of the unit standards is planned to take place during 2005.
Date new versions published April 2004
New comments by date December 2004
Expiry date of new versions of the unit standards December 2005
Outline of main changes
Unit Standards
The accreditation and moderation options on the unit standards have been amended and the standards have been published as new versions. A number have been revised as indicated above, and all unit standards have been rolled over until December 2005.
National Diploma in Engineering (Process and Materials Engineering) (Level 6) [Ref: 0592]
This qualification was updated and issued as version 2 in April 2004 to reflect the change in responsibility from NZQA - National Qualifications Services to InfraTrain New Zealand Ltd. It was also maintained to reflect the following changes.
· Purpose statement amended to reflect current situation.
· Titles of unit standards 7125 and 9685 updated.
People currently working towards version 1 of this qualification may complete that version or transfer their results to version 2. People choosing to complete version 1 must do so by December 2004.
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plans Ref: 0101 and 0154
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan [Ref: 0101] has been amended to include the Process and Materials Engineering domain unit standards as a result of the change in Standards Setting Body responsibility.
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan [Ref: 0154], which formerly covered these unit standards has been de-registered.