Field          Service Sector

 

Reinstatement and extension of expiry date of Beauty Services unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Beauty Services

Beauty Therapy

19599

Salon Skills

20929

 

NZ Hair and Beauty Industry Training Organisation Inc (HITO) has reinstated and extended the expiry dates of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          March 2017

 

Summary

 

These unit standards were designated to expire on 31 December 2016 and 31 December 2018.

 

The Targeted Review of Qualifications (TRoQ) in the Beauty sector is still ongoing, and will result in a full review of unit standards and development of training and assessment resources.  In addition, these unit standards are contained within the National Certificate in Beauty Services (Beautician) (Level 4) [Ref: 1046], the National Certificate in Beauty Services (Nail Technology) (Level 3) [Ref: 1047], the National Certificate in Beauty Services (Electrology) (Level 5) [Ref: 1048], and the National Certificate in Beauty Services (Body Therapy) (Level 5) [Ref: 1049] which are set to expire on 31 December 2020.

 

It is expected that these processes will take some time and therefore, it is necessary to extend the availability of the unit standards listed above to allow time for qualification candidates to complete the requirements of their programmes.

 

As the designated expiry date for standard 20929 had already passed and the standard had expired, this standard has been reinstated on the Directory of Assessment Standards.

 

Main changes

 

Standard 20929 was reinstated on the Directory of Assessment Standards, and the expiry dates for both standards were extended to 31 December 2020.