Accredited education organisations can award and issue New Zealand certificates listed at levels 1 to 6 and New Zealand diplomas at levels 5 to 7 on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (NZQCF).
Providers must be accredited to deliver study or arrange training for these qualifications and credentials.
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Printing qualification and micro-credential achievement certificates
Education organisations can print their own qualification and micro-credential certificates using the following specifications:
Printing specifications for New Zealand certificates and diplomas [DOCX, 88 KB]
Award options for education organisations
NZQA encourages education organisations to exercise their rights and responsibilities. However, some will not have the capacity to award qualifications or issue qualification documents.
This may include some receiving organisations that offer work-based learning programmes leading to New Zealand qualifications where assessment occurs wholly against assessment standards on the Directory of Assessment and Skill Standards (DASS).
In these cases, following a request NZQA can:
- undertake a QualCheck
- record qualification or micro-credential completion on the New Zealand Record of Achievement (NZRoA)
- print a qualification document, if required.
This option keeps the education organisation's preference and programme assessment occurs wholly against assessment standards on the Directory of Assessment Standards.
Recording New Zealand qualifications on a learner’s NZRoA
Education organisations can report the award of New Zealand qualifications to NZQA through the tertiary login so that learners benefit from having the achievement appear promptly on their record of achievement.
Under the heading ‘Submit Data’ there is a link titled ‘Report Qualification or Micro-credential Completion’.
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Submitting results and awarding qualifications and micro-credentials