FIELD COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Review of Fire and Rescue Services qualifications
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 2) [Ref: 0539]
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 3) [Ref: 0540]
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 4) [Ref: 1183]
National Diploma in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation Fire Fighting – Management) (Level 5) [Ref: 0780]
The Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation (FRSITO) has completed the review of the qualifications listed above.
Date new versions published February 2008
The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2013.
Summary of review and consultation process
The review of these qualifications is a result of the review of standards in the Workplace Emergency Risk Management domain, which resulted in the change of credit allocation for standard 17279 and the replacement of standard 17280 with standard 22445. This review therefore aligns the qualifications with the new standards. It also takes account of changes to standards resulting from reviews conducted by other Standard Setting Bodies, particularly standard 497.
FRSITO consulted with representatives from the vegetation fire fighting sector and obtained endorsement from the Training Advisory Group.
Main changes resulting from the review
The main changes are as a consequence of standard 17279 reducing by 2 credits, and standard 497 increasing by 2 credits.
Standard 17280 has expired and been replaced by standard 22445, resulting in a decrease of 2 credits for the compulsory section of the National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 4) [Ref: 1183], and an increase of 2 credits in the elective section of the qualification. This also applies to the National Diploma in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation Fire Fighting – Management) (Level 5) [Ref: 0780].
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 2) [Ref: 0539]
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Review category |
B |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Changes to structure and content
· standard 17279 has decreased from 4 to 2 credits
· standard 497 has increased from 1 to 3 credits.
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 3) [Ref: 0540]
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Review category |
B |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Changes to structure and content
· standard 17279 has decreased from 4 to 2 credits
· standard 497 has increased from 1 to 3 credits.
National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 4) [Ref: 1183]
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Review category |
B |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Changes to structure and content
· standard 17280 has expired and been replaced with standard 22445
· the compulsory section has decreased from 28 to 26 credits
· the elective section has increased from 19 to 21 credits.
The National Certificate in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation) (Level 4) contains a standard that replaces an earlier standard. For the purposes of this qualification people who have gained credit for the expiring standard are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standard.
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Credit for |
Exempt from |
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17280 |
22445 |
National Diploma in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation Fire Fighting – Management) (Level 5) [Ref: 0780]
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Review category |
B |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Changes to structure and content
· standard 17280 has expired and been replaced with standard 22445
· the compulsory section has decreased from 13 to 11 credits
· the elective section has increased from 40 to 42 credits.
The National Diploma in Fire and Rescue Services (Vegetation Fire Fighting - Management) (Level 5) contains a standard that replaces an earlier standard. For the purposes of this qualification people who have gained credit for the expiring standard are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standard.
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Credit for |
Exempt from |
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17280 |
22445 |
Transition
Candidates working towards any of the previous versions of a qualification may complete the requirements for that version or transfer their results to this version of the respective qualification. The last date for the completion of the previous version of the qualifications is 2009.
It is not intended that anyone be disadvantaged by this review. FRSITO will address requests for transition after December 2009 on a case by case basis. People who wish to seek advice or feel disadvantaged by the transition arrangements are advised to contact FRSITO at the address below.
Fire and Rescue Services Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 11 988
WELLINGTON
Telephone 04 801 9469
Fax 04 801 9476
Email info@frsito.org.nz
Key to Qualification Review Categories
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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 |
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No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification | |
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No transition arrangements are required | |
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Category B The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID |
Changes are made to title, rules or components |
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The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version | |
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The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence | |
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Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version | |
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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 |
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The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification | |
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Transition arrangements are required | |
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Transition may be limited to phase-out dates | |
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Category D Qualification will expire. There is no replacement qualification |
Qualification is no longer required by industry |
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The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set |