Primary ITO has completed the revision of the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) above.
The next CMR review is planned to take place during 2019.
Since the completion of the merger between NZITO and Primary ITO in February 2014, substantial work has been undertaken to consolidate the quality systems across all Primary ITO sectors. As a result, the CMRs were revised in order to bring consistency in quality assurance and moderation, while retaining the requirements that are specific to the individual sectors.
In order to better manage the process of making these requirements consistent across the board, it was decided to minimise the total number of CMRs by merging similar sectors into ‘Growing’, ‘Processing’, and ‘Animal Care’ CMRs.
There are a number of sections that have been standardised across these three merged CMRs. These include clarification of Primary ITOs involvement in the process for granting consent to assess, and consolidating the Moderation Requirements for consistency across all sectors.
For the ‘Processing’ sectors, CMR 0033 was selected as the ‘master’ CMR, incorporating the standardised information, and the industry or sector-specific requirements for the Seafood and Seafood Māori sector (Appendix 1), the Dairy Processing sector (Appendix 2), and the Meat Processing sector (Appendix 3). CMRs 0022 and 0123 were updated to mirror the appropriate sections of CMR 0033, and the standards on these CMRs will be transferred to CMR 0033 when they are next reviewed or revised.
Requirements for consent to assess will apply with effect from October 2015. Moderation system requirements will apply with effect from October 2015.
Organisations with consent to assess will be expected to be able to demonstrate compliance with the CMR from April 2016.
CMR for New Zealand Industry Training Organisation – Meat Processing Advisory Group [Ref: 0033]
CMR for Baking Yeasts and Dairy Manufacturing [Ref: 0022]
CMR for Seafood and Seafood Māori [Ref: 0123]
CMR 0033 has been renamed to incorporate the additional scope of CMRs 0022 and 0123.
CMRs 0022 and 0123 have been updated to mirror the appropriate sections of CMR 0033. Requirements for Consent to Assess (RCA)
Standard Setting Body involvement in process for granting consent to assess
This section has been amended for consistency with current Primary ITO systems and applied to all three merged CMRs.
Information has been incorporated on Primary ITO reserving the right to visit organisations seeking consent to assess, and the fees for consent to assess evaluations and/or visits. There are also only two criteria for this process: Levels 1 and 2 Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Levels 3 and above Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Industry or sector-specific requirements for consent to assess
Appendix 1 was added for the Seafood and Seafood Māori subfields to reflect industry requirements.
The introduction was amended to remove duplication of consent to assess information.
Criterion 1 was amended for accuracy and currency. The information regarding Seafood Risk Management unit standards was removed as it is redundant and part of the consent to assess process. The details for access for the Aquaculture Industry Diving Best Practice Guidelines were updated.
Criterion 2 was removed as it is part of the consent to assess process.
Criterion 3 was amended for accuracy and currency. The information that Primary ITO offers regular courses was removed.
Criterion 4 was amended for accuracy and currency.
Criterion 6 was amended for accuracy and currency. The Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 was changed to the Food Act 2014.
Criterion 7 was amended for accuracy and currency. The assessment material information was removed as it is already contained in the main content of the CMR. The details for access for the Aquaculture Industry Diving Best Practice Guidelines were updated. The information regarding assessment against specific Seafood Vessel Operations and Seafood Risk Management unit standards was removed as it is already part of the consent to assess process.
Appendix 2 was added for the Dairy Processing and Bakers Yeasts sectors to reflect industry requirements.
Criterion 7 was removed as the requirements are included in the main content of the CMR.
Appendix 3 was added for the Meat Processing, Leather and Fellmongery sectors to reflect industry requirements.
No changes were made to these requirements.
Moderation Requirements
Moderation System
This section has been amended to include a more comprehensive description of the moderation system as a whole and standardised across the merged CMRs:
Information has been included on planning and on all of the post-assessment moderation activities at Primary ITO’s disposal (i.e. cluster workshops, moderation panel, site visits, annual moderation report and assessment plan, and postal moderation).
Pre-assessment moderation information has been revised to reinforce the message that assessment materials are available. If assessment materials are developed by organisations with consent to assess, pre-assessment moderation is required and there are fees for this process.
Information has been specifically added to the ‘Processing’ CMR in regard to assessment material for recently registered unit standard 28265. The assessment material has been developed in conjunction with, and endorsed by, the Ministry for Primary Industries to sufficiently cover all requirements of the standard. This detail has been added to ensure that all organisations with consent to assess are informed that this assessment material must be used. It is available free of charge.
Funding
A fees schedule table has been added for consistency with current Primary ITO systems.