FIELD                 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

Review of Seafood Processing qualification

National Certificate in Seafood Processing (Level 2) [Ref: 0563]

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

Date new version published                                                             May 2008

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2012.

Summary of review and consultation process

This review was undertaken because it was overdue and changes to the standards in the qualification altered its structure.  The qualification was endorsed by the Processing Advisory group at a hui held at SITO in January 2008.  There is an ongoing demand for this qualification so it was important to update it.  The elective section has been amended to allow for credit changes in the future.

Main changes resulting from the review

National Certificate in Seafood Processing (Level 2) [Ref: 0563]

Review category

B

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Changes to structure and content

· standard titles and credits have been updated to reflect their review

· minimum credits required for the elective section has been reduced from 45 to 40

· there are now only three groups within the elective section

· Group C has been removed, however the standards are included in the domain within Group A, and Group D has been renamed accordingly

· the minimum credits for Group A has increased from 19 to 20, Group B requires a minimum of 1 standard, and the new Group C requires a balance of credits to achieve the minimum of 40 required

· the credit total remains the same.

Transition

People currently enrolled in a programme leading to version 2 of this qualification may either complete that version or transfer to version 3.  The last date for assessment for version 2 is 2009.

SITO does not intend that any existing candidate be disadvantaged by this review.  However, any candidate who feels that they have been disadvantaged by the transition should contact SITO at the address below.

Seafood Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 24-901

WELLINGTON

Telephone              04 385 4005

Email                       sitoadmin@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