FIELD                 PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

 

Review of Flooring qualification

 

National Certificate in Flooring (Level 4) with strands in Carpet Installation; Fine Sand and Finishes; Flooring Planning and Design; Resilient Flooring Installation; Substrate Preparation; and Wood Overlay Installation [Ref: 0756]

 

The NZ Flooring Industry Training Organisation Inc has completed the review of the qualification above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          March 2011

 

The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2016.

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

In May 2010, the Resin Flooring Advisory Group met to discuss the development of new standards that were required to fill identified gaps for their sector.  As a result of these discussions, six new standards were developed specifically for the resin flooring sector and a new strand for resin flooring application was developed for this qualification.

 

As part of the consultation, feedback was also received from the timber flooring sector of the industry, which resulted in changes to the existing standards and strand within the qualification for the timber sector.  Amendments to terminology were made in the standards and qualification to replace references to 'wood' flooring with 'timber' flooring.

 

All changes made to the qualification were endorsed by the relevant sector advisory groups in August 2010.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

Changes to structure and content

·      An additional strand for resin flooring application was added to the qualification.

·      The Wood Overlay Installation strand was renamed to the Timber Overlay Installation strand to reflect changes in industry terminology.

·      A standard was replaced in the Substrate Preparation strand.

 

National Certificate in Flooring (Level 4) with strands in Carpet Installation; Fine Sand and Finishes; Flooring Planning and Design; Resilient Flooring Installation; Substrate Preparation; and Wood Overlay Installation [Ref: 0756]

National Certificate in Flooring (Level 4) with strands in Carpet Installation, Fine Sand and Finishes, Flooring Planning and Design, Resilient Flooring Installation, Substrate Preparation, Timber Overlay Installation, and Resin Flooring Application [Ref: 0756]

 

Review category

B

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

Changes to structure and content

·                Credit total increased from 119-181 to 124-200.

·                Standard 16995 was replaced in the Substrate Preparation strand by standard 26882.

·                A Resin Flooring Application strand was added.

·                Standard titles and credits were updated to reflect changes made following their review.

 

Transition

 

People currently working towards version 2 of this qualification may either complete the requirements of that version by 31 December 2013 or transfer their results to version 3 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
16995	26882

 

It is not intended that any candidate be disadvantaged by these transition arrangements.  However, any candidate who feels that they have been disadvantaged should contact the NZ Flooring Industry Training Organisation Inc at the address given below:

 

NZ Flooring Industry Training Organisation Inc

PO Box 55

Ashhurst 4847

 

Telephone              06 326 8770

Email                       info@floornz.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