FIELD                 SERVICE SECTOR

 

Review of Commercial Road Transport qualification

 

National Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Ground Spreading) [Ref: 1018]

 

Tranzqual ITO has completed the review of the qualification above.

 

Date new version published                                                             February 2011

 

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2015.

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

The review was carried out by an Industry Advisory Group (IAG) comprising Tranzqual field staff, ground spreading company representatives and members of the New Zealand Groundspread Fertilisers Association Inc, (NZGFA).

 

Tranzqual developed the qualification with the ground spread industry in 2003, to promote and maintain an industry endorsed training programme that meets the requirements set out in the Spreadmark Code of Practice.  The qualification has been delivered in two stages with the first stage packaged into a Limited Credit Programme (LCP).  The LCP has to date been accepted as the minimum industry standard rather than the full national certificate.  To meet on-going demand for the programme, and encourage full certification, the IAG restructured the qualification requirements to focus on the essential skills required by employers and simplify the qualification.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

The 18 credit elective requirement has been removed and replaced by a small range of optional standards.  The compulsory section has been refined and the total credit requirements reduced from 80 to 55.

 

National Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Ground Spreading) [Ref: 1018]

 

Review category

B

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

Changes to structure and content

 

·         Standards 19371 and 19372 moved from the elective to the compulsory section.

·         Standards 6401 and 6402 replaced by 26551 and 26552 and moved from the compulsory to the optional section.

·         Standard 16701 moved from the compulsory to the optional section.

·         Standards 3483 and 3490 removed from the qualification.

·         Standards 3462, 6257 and 18079 moved from the elective to the optional section.

·         Elective section removed and replaced by a smaller set of optional standards.

·         Qualification credits reduced from 80 to 55.

·         Reverse transition was added to version 2 of the qualification.

 

Transition

 

The last date for candidates to complete version 2 or version 3 is 31 December 2013.

 

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
6401	26552
6402	26551
15164	24089

 

While the exemption for standard 15164 is valid for the purpose of completing this qualification, it should be noted that if a candidate does not already hold a Class 2 to 5 driver licence they will need to complete standard 24089 in order to satisfy current NZTA requirements.

 

It is not intended that anyone is disadvantaged by this review, and the above arrangements have been designed for a smooth transition.  However, anyone who feels they have been disadvantaged should contact Tranzqual ITO at the address below.

 

Tranzqual ITO

PO Box 923

Wellington 6140

 

Telephone              04 917 3369

Email                       office@tranzqual.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