AMAP for
Motor
Industry, Industrial Textile Fabrication, and Outdoor Fabric
Products
Review of NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated) AMAP 0014
The NZ
Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (
Date new version published
September 2007
The next
AMAP review is planned to take place during 2012.
Summary of review and consultation
process
The AMAP review
began in 2004 and, after industry consultation, was put on hold until 2006. This was to give
The
review was made through ongoing discussion with providers including Institutes
of Technology and Polytechnics Quality (ITPQ), and with members of MITO's
qualifications, assessment and moderation teams. MITO's Senior Management team have also
reviewed and approved the changes.
As a result
accreditation requirements have been added, existing ones have been clarified,
and those covered by the general requirements for accreditation have been
removed. The moderation system has
been altered so that, rather than a single MITO annual moderation plan covering
all accredited organisations, each organisation will have an individualised
annual moderation plan developed by
Industry
feedback indicated that, for unit standard 21080, accreditation requirements
were necessary in relation to assessment policy and procedures and that, where
an accredited organisation developed its own assessment material, 100%
pre-assessment moderation was necessary. This was because of its significant contribution to
the industry credibility of the National Certificate in Motor Industry (Advanced
Technical) (Level 5) with strands in Automotive Electrical and Mechanical,
and Collision Repair [Ref: 1143] as a qualification.
Compliance with
new requirements
Accreditation requirements will apply with effect from October 2007.
It is expected that organisations already
accredited for unit standard 21080 will immediately begin any process needed to
comply with the industry specific accreditation requirements of accreditation
criteria 6 and 7. It is expected that organisations
already accredited for unit standard 21080 will have policy and procedures in
place to be compliant with the requirements for 21080 set out in accreditation
criteria 6 and 7 by January 2008.
It is expected that accredited
organisations will begin any process needed to comply with the changed
requirements of criteria 1-4 and 6 with the view to being fully compliant with
the requirements set out in accreditation:
·
criteria 1, 2, 4 and 6 before or by June
2008; and
·
criterion 3 before or by January
2009.
If there is a reason that this is not possible, the organisation concerned is asked to please contact the MITO Quality Assurance Manager for further advice.
Moderation system requirements will apply with effect from October 2007.
Accredited organisations will be audited for
compliance with AMAP requirements from January 2008 in accordance with the
above transition arrangements.
Main changes resulting from the
review
·
Contact
details changed.
ACCREDITATION INFORMATION
(AI)
Visit waiver
conditions
·
Conditions changed to provide circumstances
under which the visit will be waived, and to allow for a visit waiver when the
application is for a level higher than Level 3.
Industry-specific requirements for
accreditation
·
Criterion 1 requirements added in relation
to teaching programmes, and their outcomes and annual evaluation; requirements
regarding formal advisory links expanded to require greater use of industry
expertise and guidance about current industry practice.
·
Criterion 2 reworked for
clarity.
·
Criterion 3 requirement for teaching staff
to hold unit standard 7114 or an alternative appropriate qualification, and for
assessing staff to hold unit standard 4098, or have equivalent skills and
knowledge, added; requirements for staff teaching/assessing up to Level 2
altered so registration in a relevant trade is no longer required and a relevant
Level 3 (rather than a Level 4) national certificate is required; requirements
specifically for staff teaching/assessing at Level 3 added; and requirements for
staff teaching/assessing at Level 4 or above reworked for clarity, and the
National Certificate in Motor Industry (Advanced Technical) (Level 5) [Ref:
1143] with the Automotive Electrical and Mechanical strand or the Collision
Repair strand added; requirement for policy and procedure in relation to contact
with industry and keeping up to date with technological advances, industry
practice, and legislative changes added.
·
Criterion 4 requirement removed and
requirements added in relation to ensuring that: entry requirements for
standards and qualifications are met; promulgation of such information to
students occurs; and student entry records are maintained.
·
Criterion 6 requirements added in relation
to programme integration, and access to equipment, resources, and workplace
environments; requirements in relation to the accredited organisation's
responsibility for workplace training reworked and expanded; requirement added
specific to policy and procedure for training and assessment for unit standard
21080.
·
Criterion 7 requirements removed because
covered by the general criteria for accreditation, and requirements added
specific to policy and procedure for assessment against unit standard
21080.
·
Criterion 8 requirements removed because
covered by the general criteria for accreditation.
MODERATION INFORMATION
(MI)
Moderation System
·
Use of moderators and a National Moderation
Panel (made up of
-
pre- and post-assessment moderation through
postal submission, and site visit moderation, carried out by National
Moderator(s)
-
post-assessment moderation through National
Moderator facilitation of regional cluster group moderation
meetings.
·
Use of a MITO Annual Moderation Plan
published on the
·
100% pre-assessment moderation of
self-developed assessment material changed to pre-assessment moderation of
samples of self-developed assessment material as per the organisation's annual
moderation plan. 100%
pre-assessment moderation of self-developed assessment material for unit
standard 21080 added accompanied by an explanation.
·
Ambiguity in relation to post-assessment
moderation of assessment against Level 1 standards removed. Assessment against Level 1
standards will be selected for moderation in accordance with the selection
criteria for focus standards and the organisation's moderation
history.
·
Site visit moderation occurrence changed
from 'time to time' to a three year cycle.
Site visit moderation is also specified as a follow-up action if
·
RPL/RCC assessment moderation statement
removed. RPL/RCC assessment will be
moderated as an assessment material sample similarly to other assessment
material.
Reporting
·
Added to and
clarified.
Funding
·
Added to and
clarified.
·
An hourly charge has been introduced for
pre-assessment moderation where a third or subsequent submission is
required.
Non-compliance with moderation
requirements
·
Added to and
clarified.
Appeals
·
Added to and
clarified.