FIELD                 ENGINERING and TECHNOLOGY

 

Review of Infrastructure Civil Engineering qualification

 

New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Civil Engineering Procurement Procedures (Level 6) [Ref: 1785].

 

The Infrastructure ITO, operating as Connexis, has completed the review of the qualification listed above.

 

Replacement qualification

 

New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Procurement Procedures (Level 6) [Ref: 3179]

 

Date new versions published                                                          February 2016

 

The next qualification review is planned to take place during December 2020

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

The review of the above qualification formed part of the wider Infrastructure Works Targeted Review of Qualifications which was triggered in April 2012, and completed in August 2015. The Infrastructure ITO started with the wider industry consultation process where all stakeholders were invited to participate in the review. From this consultation, a Governance Group and two Working Groups were formed to carry out the qualification and unit standards reviews for Infrastructure Asset Management.

 

The Working Group for Infrastructure Procurement Procedures reviewed the New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Civil Engineering (Procurement Procedures) (Level 6) [Ref: 1785]. The review process confirmed that while on the whole, the current certificate for procurement procedures was meeting the needs of industry, there was still a need to engage with the wider procurement sector and provide a clear career pathway from entry to management level and from one industry sector to another. Industry identified the need for an integrated qualification that will meet the growing demand for expertise in procurement procedures.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

Changes to structure and content

·      Title of the qualification changed from the New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Civil Engineering (Procurement Procedures) (Level 6) to the New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Procurement Procedures (Level 6).

·      Qualification credit total increased from 51 to 80

·      All the Graduate Profile Outcomes have been revised


 

New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Civil Engineering (Procurement Procedures) (Level 6) [Ref: 1785]

Replaced by

New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Procurement Procedures (Level 6) [Ref: 3179]

Review category

C

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

 

Transition

 

The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2017.

 

The last date for assessment against the replaced qualification is 31 December 2019, at which time it will be discontinued.

 

People currently enrolled in the replaced qualification may choose to complete that qualification by 31 December 2019 or transfer their results to the New Zealand Certificate in Infrastructure Procurement Procedures (Level 6) [Ref: 3179].

 

It is the intention of the Infrastructure ITO that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the qualification developer – Infrastructure ITO (Connexis) at the address below.

Infrastructure ITO (Connexis)

PO Box 2759

Wellington 6140

Telephone     0800 486 626

Email              qualifications@connexis.org.nz

Website          http://connexis.org.nz/

 

Key to Qualification Review Categories

 

Category A

The qualification is published as a new version with the same NZQF 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 NZQF 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 NZQF 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