FIELD BUSINESS
Review of Border Management qualifications
The Skills Organisation (Skills) has revised the qualifications listed above.
Date new versions published August 2018
Summary of review and consultation process
These qualifications are no longer required by industry. Current users of the qualification were consulted to confirm there was no intended future use of the qualifications.
Main changes resulting from the review
The qualifications will be discontinued at the end of December 2020.
National Certificate in Border Management (Customs) (Level 3) [Ref: 1591]
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Review category |
D |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
National Certificate in Border Management (Customs) (Level 4) with strands in Customs General, Trade Assurance, and Investigations and Response [Ref: 1592]
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Review category |
D |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Transition
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualifications is 31 December 2018.
The last date for assessments to take place to meet the requirements of the qualifications is 31 December 2020.
People currently working towards one of these reviewed qualifications may either complete the requirements by 31 December 2020 or transfer their results to one of the New Zealand qualifications listed in June 2015.
It is not intended that any existing candidate be disadvantaged by these transition arrangements; however, anyone who feels they have been disadvantaged can appeal to Skills at:
The Skills Organisation
FREEPOST 5164
PO Box 24-469
Royal Oak
Auckland 1345
Telephone 09 525 2590
Email reviewcomments@skills.org.nz.
Key to Qualification Review Categories
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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 |
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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 NZQF 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 NZQF 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 |