FIELD MANUFACTURING
Review of Butchery qualification
Competenz has reviewed the qualification listed above.
Date new version published November 2017
The next qualification review is planned to take place during 2022.
Reason for the review
Review of the Retail Meat unit standards with an Industry Technical Advisory Group has resulted in the indicative credit values for a number of the Graduate Profile Outcomes needing to be revised.
New Zealand Certificate in Trade Butchery (Level 4) with optional strands in Carcass Breaking and Boning, Curing and Smoking, and Handcrafted Small Goods [Ref: 2972]
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Main changes resulting from the revision
Version 2 of this qualification includes the following changes:
· Indicative credits for graduate profile outcomes 2, 3 and 6 have increased.
· Indicative credits for graduate profile outcome 5, 7 and 8 have decreased.
· The total credit value for this qualification has increased from 160 (185-215 with optional strands) to 180 (200-235 with optional strands).
Transition
As there are no existing enrolments or registered programmes, the last date of enrolment and assessment for version 1 of this qualification is 31 December 2017.
The original transition rules apply to the replaced national certificates.
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 |