FIELD SERVICE SECTOR
Revision of Commercial Road Transport qualification
National Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Introductory Skills) [Ref: 0189]
Date new version published November 2008
The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2010.
Reason for the revision
This qualification is designed for young people interested in entering the commercial road transport industry. Programmes leading to the qualification are suitable for training opportunities students or 'second chance' learners; the qualification recognises their achievement in key skills for the workplace such as basic mathematics, communication skills, and light motor vehicle driving.
The revision of this qualification is designed to maintain its currency until a full review is carried out in 2010. The listings of reviewed standards have been updated and the elective has been expanded as feedback indicated that a wider range of communication skills electives would be useful.
The planned review is timed to allow the Tranzqual ITO to carry out further research on attracting new entrants to commercial road transport sectors, and to gather feedback from new qualification providers starting programmes in 2008 and 2009.
Main changes resulting from the revision
Changes to structure and content
· standards 1273 and 1279 moved from the Compulsory section to a new Elective 1 that covers basic writing skills
· standards 3483, 3490, 3492, and 10792 added to Elective 1
· compulsory standard 3461, and elective standards 524 and 12353 replaced by standards 20969, 24709, and 24704 (see table below)
· levels and credits of Core Driving Knowledge and Skills standards updated
· classifications of Core Generic standards updated
· the previous elective section has been renamed Elective 2
· total elective credits increased from 11 to 16
· total credit for the qualification increased from 56 to 60 credits.
Transition
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 replacement standards - see table below.
|
Credit for |
Exempt from |
|
524 |
24709 |
|
3461 |
20969 |
|
12353 |
24704 |
Candidates who are part way through version 3 of the qualification may complete that version or transfer to version 4.
It is not intended that anyone be disadvantaged by this review. However, anyone who feels that they have been disadvantaged should appeal to:
PO Box 923
WELLINGTON 6140
Telephone 04 917 3369
Email office@tranzqual.org.nz