FIELD COMMUNITY AND SOCIAL SERVICES
Review of Community Recreation and Sport qualifications
National Certificate in Sport (Level 2) [Ref: 0493]
National Certificate in Sport (Level 3) with strands in Event Management, Sport Administration, and Team Management [Ref: 0446]
National Certificate in Community Recreation (Level 3) [Ref: 1289]
National Certificate in Community Recreation (Programme and Event Management) (Level 4) [Ref: 0939]
National Certificate in Community Recreation (Programme and Event Management) (Level 5) [Ref: 0940]
National Diploma in Community Recreation (Programme and Event Management) (Level 6) [Ref: 0941]
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited has completed the review of the qualifications listed above.
Replacement qualifications
National Certificate in Recreation and Sport (Core Skills) [Ref: 1710]
National Certificate in Recreation and Sport (Level 3) [Ref: 1711]
National Certificate in Recreation and Sport (Level 4) [Ref: 1712]
Date new versions published September 2011
The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2016.
Summary of review and consultation process
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited completed a major review of the Community Recreation and Sport subfields in 2010. The review involved a rationalisation of existing classification categories to enable better overview and management of SSB responsibilities and resulted in the creation of a new subfield, Recreation and Sport.
As a part of this rationalisation process a series of advisory group meetings involving representatives from the Recreation and Sports industry were held to review qualifications from the Community Recreation and Sport subfields. The advisory groups included representatives from local authorities, providers, Regional Sports Trusts, community operators, the New Zealand Recreation Association and the New Zealand Secondary Schools Sports Coordinators Association. The review set out to provide more efficient qualification pathways, by developing fewer qualifications that better reflected industry needs.
Main changes resulting from the review
The level 5 and 6 Community Recreation qualifications ([Ref: 0940] and [Ref: 0941]) were designated expiring without replacement because of low usage.
The other four qualifications were replaced by three newly developed qualifications.
National Certificate in Sport (Level 2) [Ref: 0493]
National Certificate in Recreation and Sport (Core Skills) [Ref: 1710]
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Review category |
C |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Transition
Candidates currently enrolled in programmes or courses leading to the award of versions 3 or 4 of the replaced qualification may either complete the requirements for those versions by 31 December 2012 or transfer to this replacement qualification. Candidates that wish to complete versions 3 or 4 of the replaced qualification must gain credit for standard 4879 before it expires in December 2011. However, the content of the two qualifications is significantly different and the only standard that they share in common is standard 1304.
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.
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Credit for |
Exempt from |
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503 |
12349 |
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1300 |
9677 |
National Certificate in Sport (Level 3) with strands in Event Management, Sport Administration, and Team Management [Ref: 0446]
National Certificate in Community Recreation (Level 3) [Ref: 1289]
National Certificate in Recreation and Sport (Level 3) [Ref: 1711]
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Review category |
C |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Transition
Candidates currently enrolled in programmes or courses leading to the award of versions 1 or 2 of the National Certificate in Community Recreation (Level 3) [Ref: 1289], or version 4 of the National Certificate in Sport (Level 3) with strands in Event Management, Sport Administration, and Team Management [Ref: 0446] may either complete the requirements for those versions of the qualifications by 31 December 2012 or transfer to this replacement qualification. However, the content of this replacement qualification and the two replaced qualifications is significantly different.
The replaced National Certificate in Community Recreation (Level 3) [Ref: 1289] shares the following standards in common with this replacement qualification: 376, 1304, 4864, 6896, 9681, 10791, 11097, and 13377.
The replaced National Certificate in Sport (Level 3) with strands in Event Management, Sport Administration, and Team Management [Ref: 0446] shares the following standards in common with this replacement qualification: 376, 1304, 3491, 4864, 9681, 10791 and 13377.
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.
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Credit for |
Exempt from |
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3502 |
11097 |
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17497 |
21335 |
National Certificate in Community Recreation (Programme and Event Management) (Level 4) [Ref: 0939]
National Certificate in Recreation and Sport (Level 4) [Ref: 1712]
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Review category |
C |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Transition
Candidates currently enrolled in programmes or courses leading to the award of versions 2, or 3 of the National Certificate in Community Recreation (Level 4) [Ref: 0939] may either complete the requirements for those versions of the qualification by 31 December 2012 or transfer to this replacement qualification. Candidates that wish to complete versions 2 or 3 of the replaced qualification must gain credit for standards 4866 and 18764 before they expire in December 2011. However, the content of the two qualifications is significantly different and they only share the following standards in common: 4863, 9701, 15189, 18664, and 25984.
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.
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Credit for |
Exempt from |
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4865, 4866 |
25984 |
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6893, 6895 |
26361 |
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17497 |
21335 |
National Certificate in Community Recreation (Programme and Event Management) (Level 5) [Ref: 0940]
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Review category |
D |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Candidates currently enrolled in programmes or courses leading to the award of version 1 of this qualification have until 31 December 2012 to complete the requirements.
National Diploma in Community Recreation (Programme and Event Management) (Level 6) [Ref: 0941]
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Review category |
D |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Candidates currently enrolled in programmes or courses leading to the award of version 1 of this qualification have until 31 December 2012 to complete the requirements.
Candidates that wish to complete must gain credit for standards 4865, 4866, 4871, 4889, 6893, 6895 and 18764 before they expire in December 2011.
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 may appeal to Skills Active Aotearoa at the address below.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
PO Box 2183
Wellington 6140
Telephone 04 385 9047
Email info@skillsactive.org.nz
Key to Qualification Review Categories
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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 |
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No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification | |
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No transition arrangements are required | |
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Category B The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID |
Changes are made to title, rules or components |
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The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version | |
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The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence | |
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Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version | |
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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 |
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The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification | |
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Transition arrangements are required | |
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Transition may be limited to phase-out dates | |
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Category D Qualification will expire. There is no replacement qualification |
Qualification is no longer required by industry |
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The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set |