FIELD                 CORE GENERIC

 

Review of Supported Learning unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

Id

Supported Learning

Supported Learning - Interpersonal and Social Skills

11909, 11914, 11915, 11918

Supported Learning - Work and Community Skills

11863-11885, 11888-11900

 

NZQA National Qualifications Services (NQS) has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          November 2009

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2015

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

The review was prompted by the unit standards passing their planned review date.  The review of the domain Supported Learning - Work and Community Skills was separated from the review of the other domains in Supported Learning due to the high usage of these unit standards.

 

This review was announced widely to stakeholder organisations (including Industry Training Organisations), and included an invitation to take part in the review.  An expert panel was convened to conduct the review of the unit standards.  Panel members consisted of representation from Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics, Secondary Schools, Private Training Establishments and the NZ Council of Trade Unions.

 

The review involved two panel meetings held in June and August of 2008.  Recommendations were made and new drafts of the standards were developed and circulated to the wider network for consultation and endorsement.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

·           Specific context has been added to all unit standard titles to avoid any potential for duplication with existing unit standards.

·           Titles were amended to better reflect their outcome and provide context.

·           Purpose statements and elements were amended to more accurately and clearly reflect the intended outcomes.

·           Ranges were included or amended to clearly distinguish the items which need to be considered.

·           Credits of some unit standards were amended to more accurately reflect actual time required for competence.

·           Content of some unit standards was updated to reflect the use of new technology and the redundancy of old technology.

·           Unit standards 11909, 11914, 11915, and 11918 were reclassified from the Supported Learning - Interpersonal and Social Skills domain to the Support Learning - Work and Community Skills domain.  The outcomes these unit standards recognise are communication skills necessary for the workplace.

·           A special note was included, where appropriate, to recommend that these unit standards be assessed in conjunction with other Supported Learning unit standards for integrated assessment.

·           Unit standards 11863, 11868, 11870, and 11872 were designated expiring and will not be replaced.  These were unit standards where the technology had changed, duplication had occurred, or the level of skill required was beyond level 1.

 

Unit standards categorised as category D expire at the end of December 2011.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

Current Accreditation for

Accreditation extended to

Nature of accreditation

Classification

Level

Nature of accreditation

Id

Level

Domain

Supported Learning - Interpersonal and Social Skills

1

Standard

11909, 11914, 11915, 11918

1

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

AMAP 0142 has been updated to reflect the changes made to the standards.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

None.

 

Review Categories and changes to classification, title, level, and credits

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category

 

A

Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number

B

Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number

C

Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new Id

D

Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Subfield         Supported Learning

Domain          Supported Learning - Interpersonal and Social Skills

                        Supported Learning - Work and Community Skills

Id

Title

Level

Credit

Review category

11909

Use a facsimile machine to communicate

Fax a document, in a supported learning context

1

2

1

B

11914

Receive, record, and deliver a message

Receive, record, and deliver messages, in a supported learning context

1

1

2

B

11915

Seek information and respond

Seek and respond to information, in a supported learning context

1

1

2

B

11918

Receive, interpret, and follow instructions

Clarify and follow received instructions, in a supported learning context

1

1

2

B

 

Domain          Supported Learning - Work and Community Skills

Id

Title

Level

Credit

Review category

11863

Use pre Braille reading skills

1

3

D

11864

Use physical aids to assist own mobility, movement, or communication

Use physical aids to assist own mobility, movement, or communication, in a supported learning context

1

2

B

11865

Cross roads safely

Cross roads safely, in a supported learning context

1

4

B

11866

Travel on a bus or train

Travel on public transport, in a supported learning context

1

4

3

B

11867

Answer a telephone and refer a telephone call

Answer a phone call and refer a phone call, in a supported learning context

1

1

2

B

11868

Make a telephone call from a public telephone

1

1

D

11869

Make a telephone call

Make phone calls, in a supported learning context

1

1

B

11870

Relay a message

1

1

D

11871

Identify effective work practice

Identify effective work relationships and practices, in a supported learning context

1

4

B

11872

Seek support for financial entitlement or benefits or grants

1

1

D

11873

Identify the need for and availability of financial support

Identify the need for and availability of financial support, in a supported learning context

1

1

 

2

B

11874

Set goals, and identify and explore pathways to achieve them

Set goals, and identify and explore pathways to achieve them, in a supported learning context

1

2

 

1

B

11875

Seek support from people or services in the community

Seek support from people or services in the community, in a supported learning context

1

2

B

11876

Purchase goods in a shop

Purchase goods in a shop, in a supported learning context

1

1

B

11877

Make decisions about dress

Select and wear clothes for different occasions and identify need to care for clothes, in a supported learning context

1

2

1

B

11878

Perform household tasks

Perform domestic tasks, in a supported learning context

1

3

B

11879

Grow and care for plants

Grow and care for plants, in a supported learning context

1

3

2

B

11880

Use safe hygiene practices with food

Use safe hygiene practices with food, in a supported learning context

1

2

3

B

11881

Eat out at a public food outlet

Eat out at a public food outlet, in a supported learning context

1

3

B

11882

Prepare and serve a light meal and clean up afterwards

Prepare and serve a light meal, in a supported learning context

1

4

B

11883

Participate in the preparation and serving of a light meal, and in cleaning up afterwards

Participate in the preparation and serving of food, in a supported learning context

1

2

 

3

B

11884

Identify potentially hazardous situations and action to be taken

Identify potentially hazardous situations, and actions to be taken, in a supported learning context

1

1

 

2

B

11885

Make choices

Make a choice, and seek support to action that choice, in a supported learning context

1

1

B

11888

Handle money

Handle money, in a supported learning context

1

3

B

11889

Deposit and withdraw money in/from own bank account

Make deposits into and withdrawals from own bank account, in a supported learning context

1

1

 

2

B

11890

Use a calculator to assist with functional numeracy

Use a calculator to assist with functional numeracy, in a supported learning context

1

3

 

2

B

11891

Demonstrate functional knowledge of measuring length

Demonstrate functional knowledge of measuring length, in a supported learning context

1

3

B

11892

Demonstrate functional knowledge of measuring volume

Demonstrate functional knowledge of measuring volume, in a supported learning context

1

3

B

11893

Demonstrate functional knowledge of measuring weight

Demonstrate functional knowledge of measuring weight, in a supported learning context

1

3

B

11894

Demonstrate functional knowledge of measuring time

Demonstrate functional knowledge of measuring time, in a supported learning context

1

4

B

11895

Identify the significance of keeping time

Identify the importance of time management and plan the schedule for an occasion, in a supported learning context

1

2

3

B

11896

Demonstrate knowledge of a calendar

Use a calendar, in a supported learning context

1

2

B

11897

Identify and use numbers 1-10 in everyday life

Identify and use numbers one to ten in everyday life, in a supported learning context

1

2

B

11898

Identify and use numbers 10-100 in everyday life

Identify and use numbers ten to one hundred in everyday life, in a supported learning context

1

3

B

11899

Use leisure time

Participate in a leisure activity, in a supported learning context

1

2

3

B

11900

Retrieve, produce, save, and print text on a computer

Produce, save, and print a text document on a computer, in a supported learning context

1

4

B