CMR for Clothing Manufacture, Footwear and Leather Trades, Industrial Machine Knitting, Apparel and Textiles Manufacture, and Cleaning and Caretaking [Ref: 0030]

Review of Competenz CMR

Competenz has completed the review of the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) above.

Date new version published                                                             April 2016

The next CMR review is planned to take place during 2020.

Summary of review

Over the last few years, Competenz has been involved in several mergers with other Industry Training Organisations (ITOs), which have resulted in an increased number of CMR documents internally.

For the clothing and textiles manufacturing sectors, CMR 0030 was selected as the ‘master’ CMR, incorporating its original scope as well as the Home and Life Sciences – Textile Technology domain originally covered by CMR 0134.  The standards from the Home and Life Sciences – Textile Technology domain, currently covered by CMR 0134, will be transferred to CMR 0030 when they are next reviewed or revised.

No significant changes have been made to moderation requirements.

Competenz will communicate any changes in a timely fashion and work with any organisation that needs more lead time to accommodate any change required.

Compliance with new requirements

Requirements for consent to assess will apply with effect from April 2016.

Moderation system requirements will apply with effect from April 2016.

Organisations with consent to assess will be expected to be able to demonstrate compliance with the CMR from October 2016 onwards.

Competenz has worked hard to retain the core requirements for consent to assess to ensure the least amount of change possible for industry.  Competenz will communicate any changes in a timely fashion and work with any organisation that needs more lead time to accommodate any change required.

Main changes

CMR for Clothing Manufacture, Footwear and Leather Trades, Industrial Machine Knitting, Apparel and Textiles Manufacture, and Cleaning and Caretaking [Ref: 0030]

Requirements for Consent to Assess (RCA)

· The terminology has been updated, but the intent remains the same.

Standard Setting Body involvement in process for granting consent to assess

· A requirement has been added for unit standards at Level 5 and above to emphasise the increased complexity of delivery and assessment of industry standards at this level.

· This addition will not impact TEOs that already hold consent to assess at this level.

Visit waiver conditions

· While some wording has changed, the conditions of a visit waiver remain the same.

Industry or sector-specific requirements for consent to assess

· Criterion 1: CMR 0134 required evidence of a historic connection to the specific industry in the consent to assess application. This would be a barrier to granting consent to assess for newly established TEOs so was modified in line with the requirement to have structured industry input.

· Criterion 6: Reflecting recent developments in this area, this criterion was rewritten to provide more clarity around the expectations Competenz has for off-site practical or work-based components.

· Criteria 7 and 8: these criteria were reformatted to reflect current practice.

Moderation Requirements (MR)

Moderation System

· The pre- and post-assessment moderation processes have been updated to conform to current practice and to add clarity.

Funding

· The fees schedule has been included, in line with NZQA recommendations, and will now also be available to view on the Competenz website, ensuring all industries are getting the same information.