Field          Sciences

Rollover and revision of Science unit standards

Subfield	Domain	ID
Science	Biology	6314, 6315, 8092, 8094, 8097, 8098, 8102, 9226, 9227, 12812, 12813, 26420, 26509, 26510, 26511
	Chemistry	6345, 6347, 8436, 8439, 8443, 8444, 8445, 8446, 8448-8453, 8455-8457, 8459, 8470, 8949, 9242, 12363, 16565-16567, 26341, 26342, 26345

NZQA National Qualifications Services has completed the rollover and revision of the unit standards listed above.

Date new versions published                                                          June 2017

Planned review date                                                                           December 2020

Summary

As these standards are approaching their planned review date, stakeholders were invited to contribute to their renewal.  The consensus was that the standards should be rolled over and revised to facilitate transferring programmes from National to New Zealand qualifications.  A full review of the standards is planned for 2020.

Main changes

· The planned review date was changed to December 2020.

· The standards were reformatted onto the new template.

· Minor changes to Guidance Information to update legislation and references.