Field          Sciences

 

Revision and rollover of Science unit standards

 

Subfield	Domain	ID
Science	Biochemistry	8043, 8044, 8046, 8049, 8058, 8059, 26486 - 91
	Biology	8092, 8094, 8097, 8098, 8102, 9226, 9227, 12812, 12813, 26420, 26509, 26510, 26511
	Chemistry	8436, 8439, 8443, 8444, 8445, 8446, 8448, 8449 – 8452, 8453, 8455 – 57, 8459, 8470,  9242, 12363, 16565, 16566,  16567, 26341, 26342, 26345
	Immunology	26492
	Microbiology	8022 – 8025, 8027 – 8028, 8030, 8032, 8033, 8035, 8036 – 8038, 8040, 8042, 12366, 12367, 12369, 12370, 12460, 26109, 26110, 26111, 26112, 26113 - 26116
	Molecular Biology	8050, 8065, 8067, 8070, 26493, 26494
	Science - Core	8029, 8091, 8096, 8440, 8441, 8466, 8467, 12368, 20885, 20886, 26117, 26344, 26346, 26347, 27388

 

NZQA National Qualifications Services (NQS) has completed the rollover of the unit standards listed above.  Unit standards in bold have been revised and rolled over.

 

Date new versions published                                                          January 2015

 

Planned review dates

 

Domains   Biology and Chemistry                                                      December 2017

 

Domains   Biochemistry, Immunology, Microbiology,                     December 2018

                   Molecular Biology, Science – Core                                

                                                                                                                 

Summary

 

In 2014, NQS initiated the revision and rollover of unit standards from the subfield Science.  These unit standards were due for review by December 2015, but due to the mandatory review of qualifications, it was decided to rollover the unit standards until the review of science qualifications is completed.

 

Providers who had reported results against these unit standards were asked to identify unit standards requiring revision before the rollover process commenced.

 

National consultation on the revised standards was conducted in August 2014 through NZQA’s website.  No objections to the changes were received.

 

Main changes

 

·      Unit standards 8033, 8444, 26112, 26347, 26509, and 26510 were revised, and purpose, explanatory notes, and/or evidence requirements were amended.

·      The remaining unit standards were changed to a new template without any changes to content.