Review of Dairy Manufacturing qualifications

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Review of Dairy Manufacturing qualifications

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 4) with strands in Food Safety, Process Improvement, Process Testing and Product Skills [Ref: 0001]

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 3) with an optional strand in Process Improvement [Ref: 0027]

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Workplace Safety) (Level 3) [Ref: 0740]

The New Zealand Industry Training Organisation has completed the review of the qualifications listed above.

Date new versions published November 2009

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

Summary of review and consultation process

These qualifications have been reviewed by dairy companies and providers to reflect new priorities for industry, changes to unit standards following a review, and the establishment of the National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Process Skills) (Level 3) with strands in Processing and Supply Chain, and with optional strands in Performance Improvement, and Product Safety [Ref: 1043], which will be used as a platform for all training in the dairy industry.

As a consequence of these changes the National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 3) [Ref: 0027] has been designated as expiring and the National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Workplace Safety) (Level 3) [Ref: 0740] has been replaced with a new qualification. These changes were endorsed by the industry in June 2009.

Main changes resulting from the review

· The National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 3) with an optional strand in Process Improvement [Ref: 0027] has been designated expiring.

· The strands have been removed from the National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 4) [Ref: 0001].

· The National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Workplace Safety) (Level 3) [Ref: 0740] has been replaced with a new qualification, the National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Risk Management) (Level 3) [Ref: 1517].

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 4) with strands in Food Safety, Process Improvement, Process Testing and Product Skills [Ref: 0001]

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 4) [Ref: 0001]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Changes to structure and content

· Credit total was decreased from 46-64 (depending on strand) to 44.

· The core elective and qualification strands were removed, and the qualification structure now consists of two electives - Elective A and Elective B.

· Standards 764, 765, 766, 768, 769, 770, 8959, 8960, 16304, 17619, 17621, 17622, 19329, 19330, 19739, 21801, and 21802 (from the Product Skills strand) were moved, and standard 17621 was added, to Elective A.

· Standards 758, 760, 16301, 16311, 17621, 19331, 19334, 19336, 21114, 21126, and 22347 (from the Core Elective), and standards 16667 and 18407 (from the Food Safety strand) were moved, and standard 25676 was added, to Elective B.

· Standards 761, 762, 4826, 4829, 19332, 19333, 19527, and 19529 were removed from the qualification.

Transition

People currently working towards version 6 of this qualification may either complete the requirements for that version by 31 December 2011, or transfer their results to this version of the qualification.

The last date for entry to training programmes or courses for version 6 is 31 December 2010.

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.

Credit for	Exempt from
767	21801, 21802
19527	25676

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Technology) (Level 3) with an optional strand in Process Improvement [Ref: 0027]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Transition

There were no changes to the structure and content. The last date for assessment against unit standards towards this qualification is 31 December 2011.

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Compliance and Workplace Safety) (Level 3) [Ref: 0740]

National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Risk Management) (Level 3) [Ref: 1517]

Review category

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

Transition

There are substantial differences between the new and replaced qualification. Differences include:

· The qualification structure consists of a compulsory unit standard (19989) and two elective sections - Elective A and Elective B (as opposed to Elective 1 and Elective 2).

· Standards specified in the replaced qualification were not included in this qualification, but some may be used to satisfy the requirements of the elective sections.

· The Dairy Workplace Health and Safety domain (from Elective 1 of the replaced qualification) was included in Elective A.

· The Occupational Health and Safety Practice, Non Specialist Security Functions, and Security Staff Services domains (from Elective 1 of the replaced qualification) were included in Elective B.

People currently working towards the replaced qualification may either complete its requirements by 31 December 2011, or transfer their results to this qualification. The replaced qualification will continue to be recognised by industry and there is no requirement for existing holders to complete the new qualification.

The last date for entry to training programmes or courses for version 6 of the National Certificate in Dairy Manufacturing (Workplace Safety) (Level 3) [Ref: 0740] is 31 December 2010.

Anyone who feels disadvantaged by these transition arrangements should contact the New Zealand Industry Training Organisation at the address below.

New Zealand Industry Training Organisation

PO Box 488

Waikato Mail Centre

Hamilton 3240

Telephone 07 839 7370

Email mail@nzito.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