FIELD                 Concrete Construction

 

Review of Concrete qualifications

 

National Certificate in Concrete Construction (Level 3) [Ref: 1633]

National Certificate in Concrete Construction, Placing and Finishing (Level 4) [Ref: 1634]

 

The Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO) has completed the review of the qualifications listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          January 2019

 

These qualifications have been reviewed. The last date for assessment is 31 December 2020.

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

These qualifications were reviewed to assign a last date of entry and assessment, and to 

include a unit standard exemption.

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

BCITO has changed the status of the qualifications to reviewed, with the intention of replacing these with New Zealand Certificates before 2020. 

 

Trainees with credit for unit standard 24378 will be exempt from unit standard 26627. Unit standard 24378 is considered more relevant for learners to achieve in the context of the building sector and the level reflects the complexity of the calculation undertaken by learners.

Credit for

Exempt from

24378

26627

 

National Certificate in Concrete Construction, Placing and Finishing (Level 4) [Ref: 1634] and National Certificate in Concrete Construction (Level 3) [Ref: 1633]

 

Review category

B

See Key to Qualification Review Categories at the end of report

 

Changes to structure and content

·      Exemption table updated 

·      Last date of entry and last date of assessment assigned.

 

 

Transition

 

The last date for entry into programmes leading to the qualifications is 31 December 2019. The last date for assessment is 31 December 2020, when the qualifications will be discontinued.

 

It is not intended that anyone be disadvantaged by this review.  However, anyone who feels they have been disadvantaged can appeal to BCITO at the contact details below:

 

 

Building and Construction Industry Training Organisation (BCITO)

PO Box 2615

Wellington 6140

 

Telephone    64 04 381 6430

Email            national.office@bcito.org.nz

Website        www.bcito.org.nz

 

 

 

Key to Qualification Review Categories

 

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

No change is made to title, rules or components of the qualification

No transition arrangements are required

Category B

The qualification is published as a new version with the same NQF ID

Changes are made to title, rules or components

The new version of the qualification recognises a similar skill set to that recognised by the previous version

The SSB is confident that people awarded the new or previous version are comparable in terms of competence

Transition arrangements are required if candidates must gain additional/different credits for the new version

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

The SSB views people with the replacement qualification as being significantly different in terms of competence from those with the replaced qualification

Transition arrangements are required

Transition may be limited to phase-out dates

Category D

Qualification will expire.

There is no replacement qualification

Qualification is no longer required by industry

The qualification is designated as expiring and a last date for meeting the qualification requirements is set