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Adult Education and Training and Generic Education and Training unit standards
Upcoming review
NZQA National Qualifications Services (NQS) will review these unit standards in Subfields Adult Education and Training and Generic Education and Training in 2023.
| Subfield | Domain | ID |
| Adult Education and Training | Design and Development of Adult Education and Training | 7094, 7104 |
| Evaluation in Adult Education and Training | 7098, 7099, 7113 | |
| Management of Adult Education and Training | 7092, 7109, 7112, 30427 | |
| Generic Education and Training | Assessment of Learning | 4098, 11280, 26171, 26172, 30424, 30425, 30426 |
| Open, Flexible, and Networked Learning | 10472, 25779, 25780, 25781 | |
| Research in Education | 9186, 9188, 9189, 9192 |
Stakeholders are invited to be involved in this review by contacting nqs@nzqa.govt.nz.
The next review of the Adult and Generic Education and Training unit standards is scheduled for 2027.
Resources and links
The Adult Education and Training, and the Generic Education and Training subfields contain the following listed domains which can be searched for individual unit standards:
- Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education
- Delivery of Adult Education and Training
- Design and Development of Adult Education and Training
- Evaluation in Adult Education and Training
- Management of Adult Education and Training
- Assessment of Learning
- Open, Flexible, and Networked Learning
- Research in Education
Standards in both subfields can provide pathways for the following qualifications:
- New Zealand Certificate in Assessment Practice (Level 4) [Ref: 2752]
- New Zealand Certificate in Assessment (Advanced Practitioner) (Level 6) [Ref: 2753]
- New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 4) [Ref: 2746]
- New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5) [Ref: 2993]
- New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) (Level 5) [Ref: 2754]
- New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Educator) (Level 5) [Ref: 2755]
The following landscape documents for version 1 of these qualifications show how the listed standards align with their respective graduate profile outcomes:
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Assessment Practice (Level 4) (PDF, 353KB)
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Assessment (Advanced Practitioner) (Level 6) (PDF, 345KB)
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 4) (PDF, 50KB)
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Adult and Tertiary Teaching (Level 5) (PDF, 80KB)
- Landscape: New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) (Level 5) and New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Educator) (PDF, 39KB).
Assessment support material and resources are available for selected standards in the following domains:
- Design and Development of Adult Education and Training
- Delivery of Adult Education and Training
- Assessment of Learning
Completed reviews
June 2022 – Review of Adult Education and Training, and Generic Education and Training unit standards
Details are available in the Review of Adult Education and Training, and Generic Education and Training unit standards change report.
August 2018 – Revision and Rollover of Assessment of Learning unit standard 4098
Details are available in the Revision and Rollover of Assessment of Learning unit standard 4098 change report.
June 2018 – Review and rollover of Assessment of Learning unit standards
Details are available in the Review and rollover of Assessment of Learning unit standards change report.
Review of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education, Adult Education and Training and Generic education and Training unit standards
Details are available in the January 2017 Review and development of Adult Education and Training and Generic Education and Training unit standards and the earlier but related September 2016 Review of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education unit standards change reports.
Contact
For more information and/or comments regarding these unit standards, please email: nqs@nzqa.govt.nz.