FIELD                        MANUFACTURING

 

Review of Boatbuilding qualification

 

National Certificate in Boatbuilding with strands in Marine Cabinetmaking, Composite Sparmaking, Alloy Boatbuilding, Marine Rigging, Marine Painting, Composite Boatbuilding, Steel Boatbuilding, Wooden Boatbuilding, Marine Systems Engineering, and Metal Sparmaking [Ref: 0877]

 

New title

National Certificate in Boatbuilding (Level 4) with strands in Marine Cabinetmaking, Composite Sparmaking, Alloy Boatbuilding, Marine Rigging, Marine Painting, Composite Boatbuilding, Steel Boatbuilding, Wooden Boatbuilding, Marine Systems Engineering, Metal Sparmaking, Composite Production Trailer Boats, and Alloy Production Trailer Boats [Ref: 0877]

 

The Boating Industry Training Organisation (BITO) has completed the review of the qualification listed above.

 

Date new version published                        February 2007

 

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2010.

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

The production trailer boat sector of the boatbuilding industry has identified the pressing need for training pathways that more specifically meet their requirements.  The existing boatbuilding strands of the National Certificate in Boatbuilding (Composite and Alloy Boatbuilding) include some unit standards that are not entirely relevant to production trailer boats and some skill areas are not presently covered.  Several large production trailer boat companies have been directly involved in the development of new unit standards and two new qualification strands.  An industry consultation process allowed an opportunity for every employer to provide feedback on the content and the structure of the revised qualification and this feedback has been incorporated into this qualification review application.

 

This qualification review incorporates two new strands (Composite Production Trailer Boats and Alloy Production Trailer Boats) for inclusion in this qualification.

 

The introduction of training in the production trailer boat sector is regarded as a top priority by the BITO. As the BITO requires more time, the review of all other boatbuilding strands will be accommodated in a separate qualification review.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

Review category

B

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

Changes to structure and content

·        Two new strands - Composite Production Trailer Boats and Alloy Production Trailer Boats - and thirteen new unit standards included for the production trailer boat sector.

·        Unit standards 9917 and 18165 moved from core compulsory into the strand requirements, except for Composite Production Trailer Boats and Alloy Production Trailer Boats strand requirements.

·        Unit standard 23243 replaced unit standards 9915 and 9916 and the domain changed from Marine Sales and Services to Boatbuilding.

·        Unit standard 23241 replaced 10837, 10838 and 10842.

·        Unit standard 23242 replaced 10839 and 10840.

·        Unit standard 23244 included and 497 removed.

·        Unit standard 21913 replaced 12299.

·        Unit standards 21677 and 21692 replaced 241.

·        Unit standard 3162 added to core elective.

 

This qualification contains standards that replace earlier standards.  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 units.

 

Credit for

Exempt from

241

21677 and 21692

497

23244

9915, 9916

23243

10837, 10838, 10842

23241

10839, 10840

23242

12299

21913

 

Transition

 

People currently working towards version 3 of this qualification may either complete the requirements for that version or transfer their results to this new version of the qualification (version 4).  The last date for people to complete version 3 is 31 December 2010.

 

It is not intended that anyone is disadvantaged by this review.  However, anyone who feels they have been disadvantaged may appeal to:

 

Boating Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 90 448

AUCKLAND MAIL CENTRE

Auckland

 

Telephone                        0800 600 242

Email                        training@bia.org.nz

 

Key to Qualification Review Categories

 

Category A

The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID

Changes are made to SSB name, contact details or purpose statement

No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification

No transition arrangements are required

Category B

The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID

Changes are made to title, rules or components

The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version

The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence

Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version

Category C

A new (replacement) qualification is published with new NQF ID

Significant changes are made to the qualification in terms of components, structure, type or level

The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification

Transition arrangements are required

Transition may be limited to phase-out dates

Category D

Qualification will expire.

There is no replacement qualification

Qualification is no longer required by industry

The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set