Field           Health

Development of Occupational Health and Safety Practice unit standards

Subfield	Domain	ID
Occupational Health and Safety	Occupational Health and Safety Practice	32327, 32328

The Skills Organisation has completed the development of the new unit standards listed above.

Date new versions published                                                               January 2021

Planned review date                                                                              December 2023

Summary

In 2019, The Skills Organisation conducted a face-to-face meeting with industry representatives from the drug screening industry.  The Working Group consisted of stakeholders that were widely representative of the industry.  They unanimously agreed there was a need to develop the above unit standards to meet current and future requirements of the drug screening industry.

The unit standards were developed to ensure they are fit for purpose, relevant, and meet industry best practice.  Industry representatives involved in the development of unit standards provided feedback from their own networks in 2019 and, once new technology and processes were available in New Zealand, the Working Group endorsed the drafts for listing.

Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits

Health > Occupational Health and Safety > Occupational Health and Safety Practice

ID	Title	Level	Credit
32327	Perform oral fluid specimen collection in the workplace for drug testing	3	2
32328	Perform oral fluid drug screening in the workplace	4	4