Field: Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies
Reviewed qualifications
[Ref] |
Version |
Qualification title |
Level |
Credits |
2680 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production |
3 |
50 |
2681 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production (Crop Production, and Livestock Production) |
4 |
60 |
2682 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production (Crop Production, and Livestock Production) |
5 |
60 |
Review information
Qualification Developer |
Primary Industry Training Organisation |
Reason for the review |
Five-year Qualification Review Cycle |
Review Date |
April 2020 |
Outcome date |
{To be completed by NZQA when review outcome is published on NZQA website}} |
Next review date |
August 2025 |
Summary of review and consultation process |
An initial consultation meeting to review these qualifications occurred in January 2020 with the External Working Group (EWG), to ensure that the reviewed qualifications met all current and future needs. EWG members had the responsibility of contributing their expertise to qualification updates as well as liaising with their networks on qualification changes over the duration of the review.
Throughout the course of the review there were follow-up discussions via Skype meetings and emails. Qualifications were updated and agreed, and the final drafts were sent out in March for EWG sign off.
Updated versions of the qualifications were endorsed through attestation sign off in April for submission to NZQA. |
Main changes resulting from the review |
All qualifications: · Minor wording changes were made to Strategic Purpose Statements. · Graduate Profile Outcome statements were updated for clarity and currency. · General conditions were updated to reflect current legislative and organic production requirements. · Conditions were removed from the Graduate Profile Outcomes. · The Employment Pathways in each qualification were updated to include relevant employment outcomes. · The Crop Production and Livestock Production contexts were removed from the Level 4 and Level 5 qualification titles, and context controlled by programme conditions. |
Review outcome
[Ref:] |
Version |
Reviewed Qualification |
Outcome category |
New qualification ID/version |
2680 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production |
B |
2680-3 |
2681 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production (Crop Production, and Livestock Production) |
B |
2681-3 |
2682 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production (Crop Production, and Livestock Production) |
B |
2682-3 |
Qualification review outcome categories
Outcome |
Result |
Category |
No changes are identified to the qualification |
Qualification version number and NZQF ID remain the same. New review date is required. |
A |
Minor changes are identified to the qualification |
New version of qualification is required (NZQF ID remains the same). New review date is required. |
B |
Significant changes are required to the qualification |
New replacement qualification is required with a new NZQF ID. The existing qualification will expire. |
C |
The qualification is no longer required by industry |
The qualification will expire with no replacement. |
D |
Transition information
Reference |
Version |
Qualification title |
Last date of entry* |
Last date of assessment |
2680 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production |
N/A |
31 December 2022 |
2681 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production (Crop Production, and Livestock Production) |
N/A |
31 December 2022 |
2682 |
2 |
New Zealand Certificate in Organic Primary Production (Crop Production, and Livestock Production) |
N/A |
31 December 2022 |
*only required for outcome category C or D
Any additional information
Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged by these transition arrangements may appeal to Primary ITO at the address below. Appeals will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Primary ITO PO Box 10-383 The Terrace Wellington 6143 standards@primaryito.ac.nz |