Review of Compliance and Regulatory Control qualifications

FIELD LAW AND SECURITY

Review of Compliance and Regulatory Control qualifications

National Certificate in Compliance and Regulatory Control (Pest Plant Control) (Level 4) [Ref: 0529]

National Certificate in Compliance and Regulatory Control (Animal Control) (Level 4) with an optional strand in Animal Shelter [Ref: 0533]

The Local Government Industry Training Organisation (LGITO) has completed the review of the qualifications listed above.

Date new versions published March 2009

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

Summary of review and consultation process

The qualifications needed updating to account for name changes, increased credit values, and expired standards in the elective section of Q[Ref: 529].

Feedback from the industry indicated that the qualifications no longer met the needs of the industry and required updating.

LGITO has consulted with the following stakeholders:

for Animal Control - The New Zealand Institute Animal Control Conference, the New Zealand Institute of Animal Control Officers, and the Animal Control Advisory Group and Councils; Local Authorities

for Pest Plant Control - the Pest Plant Advisory Group, Pest Plant and Biosecurity personnel from Regional Councils, Councils, Biosecurity Magazine.

Main changes resulting from the review

In the National Certificate in Compliance and Regulatory Control (Pest Plant Control) (Level 4) [Ref: 0529], feedback from stakeholders indicated that standard 4244 was no longer suitable for the qualification and it was removed. New standards were included in the compulsory and the elective was removed.

Standards 11681 and 14377 in the National Certificate in Compliance and Regulatory Control (Animal Control) (Level 4) with an optional strand in Animal Shelter [Ref: 0533] were creating a barrier to obtaining the qualification as they were unobtainable as stand‑alone standards, so they were removed from the compulsory section and placed in the optional strand. Expired standard 5193 was replaced by standard 21380.

National Certificate in Compliance and Regulatory Control (Pest Plant Control) (Level 4) [Ref: 0529]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Changes to structure and content

· The credit requirement increased from 72 to 81.

· Standard 4244 was removed.

· Standards 21563, 21564, and 21770 were added to the compulsory.

· The elective section, containing standards 6243, 6244, 10898, and 14376, was removed as the standards have been designated expiring.

Transition

· People currently enrolled in programmes leading to the award of version 3 of this qualification may either complete that version or transfer to version 4.

· The last date of assessment for previous versions is December 2010.

· All new learners will be enrolled in the latest version of the qualification.

National Certificate in Compliance and Regulatory Control (Animal Control) (Level 4) with an optional strand in Animal Shelter [Ref: 0533]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Changes to structure and content

· The credit requirement decreased from 69 to 65.

· Standards 11681 and 14377 were moved from the compulsory to the optional Animal Shelter strand.

· Standard 21380 replaced standard 5193.

Transition

· People currently enrolled in a programme leading to the award of version 2 of this qualification may either complete that version or transfer to version 3.

· The last date for assessment of versions 1 and 2 is December 2009.

· All new learners will be enrolled in the latest version of the qualification.

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
1302	9678
1309	9692
1307	9692
5193	21380

It is intended that no existing candidates are disadvantaged by this revision. Anyone who thinks that they have been disadvantaged by the transition process should contact

Local Government Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 1214

Wellington 6140

Telephone 04 978 1240

Email kwafer@lgito.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