FIELD                 MANUFACTURING

 

Review of Joinery qualification

 

National Certificate in Joinery (Laminate Fabrication) [Ref: 0390]

 

The Joinery Industry Training Organisation has completed the review of the qualification listed above.

 

Date new version published                                                             March 2009

 

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2014.

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

In December 2008 the Laminate Fabrication Advisory Group met to review the Laminate Fabrication standards and qualification.  As a result of changes to the standards, the qualification was also looked at to determine whether it was still fit for purpose.  The development of one new standard and the changes to the existing standards required the qualification to be updated.  The changes were endorsed by stakeholders in December 2008.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

·         Changes to credit total.

·         Changes to standard classifications, titles, levels and credits due to review.

·         Inclusion of new standards.

 

National Certificate in Joinery (Laminate Fabrication) [Ref: 0390]

 

Review category

B

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

Changes to structure and content

·         Credit total has increased from 111 to 133.

·         Standards 8609, 17125, 17126, 17128, 17135, 17137, and 25606 have been added to the qualification.

·         Standard 98 has been removed from the qualification.

·         Classifications, titles, levels and credits have been updated following the standards review.

 

Transition

 

People currently working towards version 4 of this qualification may either complete the requirements of that version or transfer their results to this version of the qualification.

 

The last date for assessment of version 4 is 31 December 2011.

 

Any candidate who feels that they have been disadvantaged by these transition arrangements should contact the Joinery Industry Training Organisation at the address given below.

 

Joinery Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 11435

Manners Street

Wellington 6142

 

Telephone       04 385 8814

Email                info@jito.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