Review of Seafood Vessel Operations qualification

FIELD AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Review of Seafood Vessel Operations qualification

National Certificate in Seafood Vessel Operations (Factory Trawler Technician) [Ref: 0842]

The Seafood Industry Training Organisation (SITO) has completed the review of the qualification listed above.

Date new version published December 2008

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2013.

Summary of review and consultation process

SITO's advisory review group consisting of industry representatives, industry assessors, and moderators has completed a review of the Factory Trawler Technician standards (17935-17954, 17958), and related qualifications.

The review took place in Nelson from 24-26 September 2007. The advisory review group met to ensure the Factory Trawler Technician standards and qualifications continue to meet industry requirements, are current and fit for purpose.

The review of Seafood Processing standards that are within this qualification has necessitated a change to the structure to ensure relevant knowledge and skills continue to be covered.

Main changes resulting from the review

National Certificate in Seafood Vessel Operations (Factory Trawler Technician) [Ref: 0842]

National Certificate in Seafood Vessel Operations (Factory Trawler Technician) (Level 4) [Ref: 0842]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Changes to structure and content

· Title changed to incorporate the level of the qualification

· Credit total has increased from 128 to 152

· Compulsory standard 15677 has been replaced by standard 20168

· Compulsory standard 16707 and Elective 2 standards 16706 and 16708 have been replaced with standards 25184, 25183, and 25185 respectively

· The structure of Elective 2 has been changed to allow candidates to choose a pair of standards related to either fish skinning (Set A) or fish mincing (Set B)

· Standard 23901 has been added to the compulsory section and standards 23900 and 23902 have been added to Elective 2 to cover knowledge and skills required for seafood processing equipment

· Titles, levels, and credits have been updated to reflect the results of standard reviews.

Transition

People currently working towards version 1 of this qualification must transfer their results to this version of the qualification unless they gained credit for standard 15677 before it expired in December 2004. Candidates with credit for standard 15677 may either complete the requirements for version 1 or transfer their results to this version of the qualification.

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 listed standards – see table below.

Credit for	Exempt from
15677	20168
16706	25183, 23900
16707	25184, 23901
16708	25185, 23902

It is the intention of SITO that no existing candidate is disadvantaged by these transition arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged is requested to contact:

Seafood Industry Training Organisation

Private Bag 24901

Manners Street

Wellington 6142

Telephone 04 385 4005

Email admin@seafood.co.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