FIELD       MANUFACTURING

 

Review of Printing Administration unit standards

 

Subfield	Domain	Id
Printing	Printing Administration	21141-21143

 

PrintNZ Training has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          March 2008

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2013

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

These unit standards were reviewed as they were due for review in December 2007.

 

The review was conducted through consultation with representatives from GS1 and PrintNZ Training.  On 7 November 2007 an assessor from GS1, a course graduate, and a representative from PrintNZ met to discuss the changes required to the unit standards.

 

The group considered the following:

·           The currency of the unit standards.

·           The accuracy and appropriateness of their content.

·           Whether the level and credits correspond to performance outcomes.

·           Any gaps in skills and/or knowledge that could be captured by the development of new unit standards.

 

A change in international terminology, in particular the EAN.UCC system changing to the GS1 system.

 

It was acknowledged that credits and levels of the unit standards needed to be adjusted to reflect the work involved and the level of complexity.  A new Management in Print domain was registered to provide a better fit with industry.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

·         The unit standards have been reclassified in the new Management in Print domain.

·         Titles of all unit standards have changed to incorporate a change in international terminology.

·         Special notes in all unit standards have changed.

·         Credits of unit standard 21141 have increased from 2 to 3.

·         Level and credits of unit standard 21142 have increased from 3 to 4 and 5 to 7 respectively.

·         Credits of unit standard 21143 have increased from 5 to 6.

·         Minor changes have been made to elements, performance criteria, and range statements to reflect terminology changes and for improved clarity.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

None.

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

None.

 

Review categories and changes to classification, title, level and credits

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category
A	Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
B	Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
C	Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new Id
D	Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Subfield         Printing

Domain          Printing Administration

                        Print Industry Management

Id	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
21141	Demonstrate knowledge of the EAN.UCC bar coding system Demonstrate knowledge of the GS1 bar coding system	3	10   3	B
21142	Develop EAN.UCC bar codes and prepare a bar code quality programme Develop GS1 bar codes and prepare a bar code quality programme	3   4	5   7	B
21143	Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements for printing EAN.UCC bar codes Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements for printing GS1 bar codes	3	5	B