Review of Electricity Supply qualifications

FIELD ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

Review of Electricity Supply qualifications

National Certificate in Electricity Supply (Front Line Manager) (Level 4) [Ref: 0856]

National Certificate in Electricity Supply (Electrical Fitter Hydro) (Level 5) [Ref: 0920]

The Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation (ESITO) has completed the review of the qualification listed above.

Date new versions published August 2009

Summary of review and consultation process

A review was undertaken of the above qualifications to ascertain their continued relevance to industry. Consultation determined that the qualifications were surplus to requirements.

Potential candidates for the National Certificate in Electricity Supply (Front Line Manager) (Level 4) [Ref: 0856] elect to take the more popular First Line Manager qualification because it is more generic and is recognised across a broad range of occupations. Consequently there has been no interest in the Front Line Manager qualification and it was determined that it should be expired.

The National Certificate in Electricity Supply (Electrical Fitter Hydro) (Level 5) [Ref: 0920] covered skills which were rarely required in the electricity supply industry, or had been superseded and were no longer in use. This lack of continued relevance to industry is further evidenced by the low number of enrolments on to this qualification. Therefore, it was agreed that there was no longer a demand for the Electrical Fitter Hydro qualification and it should be expired.

Main changes resulting from the review

· The National Certificate in Electricity Supply (Front Line Manager) (Level 4) [Ref: 0856] was designated expiring and will not be replaced.

· The National Certificate in Electricity Supply (Electrical Fitter Hydro) (Level 5) [Ref: 0920] was designated expiring and will not be replaced.

National Certificate in Electricity Supply (Front Line Manager) (Level 4) [Ref: 0856]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

There were no changes to the structure and content. The last date for assessment for this qualification is 31 December 2010.

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
1984	18336
1984	18337

This qualification contains an expired standard (9674) and a standard that will expire in December 2009 (17498). However, ESITO is not aware of any candidates currently enrolled in this qualification that have not completed the expired and/or expiring standards.

National Certificate in Electricity Supply (Electrical Fitter Hydro) (Level 5) [Ref: 0920]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

There were no changes to the structure and content. ESITO is not aware of any trainees currently enrolled in this qualification. As a result of this, the last date for assessment for this qualification is 31 December 2010.

It is not intended that anyone be disadvantaged by the review and expiry of these qualifications. However, anyone who feels that they have been disadvantaged may appeal to:

Electricity Supply Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 1245

Waikato Mail Centre

Hamilton 3240

Telephone 07 834 3038

Facsimile 07 834 8160

Email info@esito.org.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