Revision of Petrochemical Industry qualification
National Certificate in Petrochemical Industry (Production) (Level 3) [Ref: 0980]
The NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation (EXITO) has revised the qualification above that was registered in December 2002.
Date new version published August 2006
Reason for the revision
Unit standards 14898 and 3051 have been identified as barriers to achievement of the qualification and have been removed from the compulsory section. The qualification has been revised and issued as version 3 to allow candidates currently working towards version 1 or 2 of the qualification to complete.
In June 2005 a review of Monitoring of Energy and Chemical Plant, Operation of Energyand Chemical Plant, and Safety and Legislation for Energy and Chemical Plant unit standards was carried out, which had a significant impact on this qualification. The revision of this qualification also takes account of the changes arising from that unit standard review (see review report).
Please note
The qualification is currently under review. Version 3 is being issued only to enable candidates to transfer from version 1 and version 2 and complete the qualification.
Review of Petrochemical Industry qualifications
The following qualifications are under review
· National Certificate in Petrochemical Industry (Core) (Level 2) [Ref: 0977]
· National Certificate in Petrochemical Industry (Production) (Level 3) [Ref: 0980]
· National Certificate in Petrochemical Industry (Production) (Level 4) with strands in Control Room Operations; Field Operations; Steam Generation; Storage, Transmission and Transfer; and Supervision and Quality [Ref: 0981]
For information about this review please contact EXITO (see contact details below).
Main changes resulting from the revision
· Unit standards 14898 and 3051 have been removed from the compulsory section.
· Unit standard 3051 has been included in the elective section.
· Expiring unit standards 3056, 3059, and 3067 have been replaced with unit standards 21453, 21452, and 21469 (see table below).
· Expiring unit standards 3055, 3057, 3061, and 3068 have been removed from the compulsory section.
· Expiring unit standards 4554 and 4557 have been removed from the elective section.
· Expiring unit standards 4555, 4558 and 5869 have been replaced by unit standards 21462, 21463, 21458 and 21454 (see table below).
· Titles, levels, credits, and classification of reviewed unit standards updated
· Total credits for the qualification have decreased from 113 to 94.
Transition
For the purposes of this qualification people who have gained credit for the expiring standards are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standards.
|
Credit for |
Exempt from |
|
3056 |
21453 |
|
3059 |
21452 |
|
3067 |
21469 |
|
4555 |
21462 and 21463 |
|
4558 |
21458 |
|
5869 |
21454 |
The last date to complete version 1 or version 2 is December 2007. However, it is not anticipated that people currently working towards version 1 or version 2 of this qualification will be able to complete the requirements of that version. All existing candidates may transfer to version 3 without having to meet additional training requirements.
Appeals
It is the intention of the EXITO that no existing candidate is disadvantaged by these arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged is requested to contact the EXITO.
Contact details
NZ Extractive Industries Training Organisation
PO Box 2623
CHRISTCHURCH
Facsimile 03 377 8479
Email info@exito.org.nz
Website http://www.exito.org.nz/