NZQA registered unit standard
4249 version 7
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Title
Describe care and timeliness as an employee
Level
1
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
care and timeliness as an employee.
Classification
Core Generic > Work and Study Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Assessment can occur in a workplace or in a training or educational establishment.
There are no requirements for simulated workplace conditions.
2
Definitions
Workplace refers to a place of paid or voluntary employment.
Workplace requirements refer to documented policies and procedures or established
protocols for workplace performance.
3
The following legislation and any subsequent amendments provide reference, where
needed, for this unit standard:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 (HSE)
Employment Relations Act 2000
Holidays Act 2003.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe care and timeliness as an employee.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Personal presentation is described in terms of meeting workplace requirements
including those for safety.
Range
1.2
requirements may include – clothing, footwear, hair, make-up,
jewellery, personal hygiene, personal protective equipment;
evidence of at least five.
Behaviours that may lead to disciplinary action are described in accordance
with workplace requirements.
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NZQA registered unit standard
Range
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at least three are required.
1.3
Minimum personal obligations under the HSE are described in terms of health
and safety in accordance with workplace requirements.
1.4
Workplace practices as an employee are described in accordance with
workplace requirements.
Range
time management and punctuality, use of electronic devices,
breaks, personal appointments, absences, task/production
deadlines, care of equipment.
Planned review date
31 December 2018
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 May 1995
31 December 2014
Revision
2
20 March 1998
31 December 2014
Review
3
26 September 2001
31 December 2014
Review
4
16 July 2010
31 December 2014
Revision
5
15 March 2012
31 December 2017
Review
6
17 July 2014
N/A
Rollover and
Revision
7
18 June 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0023
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
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SSB Code 130301
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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