FIELD Service Sector
Review of Commercial Road Transport qualifications
New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Level 2) [Ref: 3088]
New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Heavy Vehicle Operator) (Level 3) [Ref: 3089]
MITO New Zealand Incorporated has reviewed the qualifications listed above.
Date new version published September 2018
The next qualification review is planned to take place during September 2023.
Summary of review and consultation process
Feedback from industry triggered an early review of these qualifications.
MITO commenced an early review of these qualifications with industry stakeholders to ensure they accurately reflected the needs of the commercial road transport industry. Recommendations were made by industry stakeholders to ensure these qualifications accurately reflect the skills and knowledge required of graduates.
Conditions on graduate profile outcomes which placed unnecessary restrictions on learners’ ability to complete the qualifications were removed.
The New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Level 2) [Ref: 3088] was increased to a Level 3 qualification to align with NZQA level descriptors.
Main changes resulting from the review
New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Level 2) [Ref: 3088-1]
re-versioned as
New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport Skills (Level 3) [Ref: 3088-2]
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B |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Version 2 of this qualification includes the following changes:
New Zealand Certificate in Commercial Road Transport (Heavy Vehicle Operator) (Level 3) [Ref: 3089-1]
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Review category |
B |
See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report |
Version 2 of this qualification includes the following changes:
Transition
The last date for assessment to take place for programmes leading to version 1 of these qualifications is 31 December 2020. People working towards version 1 of these qualifications may either complete the requirements by 31 December 2020 or transfer their results to the replacement version.
It is anticipated that no existing candidates will be disadvantaged by these transition arrangements. However, anyone who feels that they have been disadvantaged may appeal to MITO New Zealand Incorporated at the address below. Appeals will be considered on a case-by-case basis.
MITO New Zealand Incorporated
Level 10, 79 Boulcott Street
Wellington 6143
Telephone 0800 88 21 21
Email info@mito.org.nz
Website www.mito.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 |