NZQA registered unit standard
64 version 7
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Title
Perform calculations for the workplace
Level
1
Purpose
Credits
2
This unit standard is intended for people that require basic
calculation skills for use in the workplace.
People credited with this unit standard are able to perform
calculations for the workplace.
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,
provided that calculations are realistic for a given scenario, relevant to a specified
workplace and meet workplace requirements for accuracy and timeliness.
Calculators and/or any other resources may be used if their use is realistic for the
given scenario and meets specified workplace requirements.
2
Definitions
Workplace refers to a place of paid or voluntary employment.
Workplace requirements can be documented policies and procedures or established
protocols for workplace performance.
3
In this unit standard calculators may be used to assist in calculations.
4
The following legislation and subsequent amendments provide reference, where
needed, for this unit standard:
Privacy Act 1993
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Human Rights Act 1993.
5
An assessment resource to support this unit standard can be found on the NZQA
website at: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/for-providers/resources/index.html.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 9999
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
64 version 7
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Perform calculations for the workplace.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Money calculations are completed in accordance with workplace requirements.
requirements include but are not limited to – accuracy, timeliness;
money calculations may include but are not limited to – mark-ups,
mark-downs, discounts, Goods and Services Tax, currency
conversion;
Evidence is required of five different types of money calculations.
Range
1.2
Non-money calculations are completed in accordance with workplace
requirements.
requirements include but are not limited to – accuracy, timeliness;
non-money calculations may include but are not limited to – metric
to imperial conversion, measurements, ratios, proportions,
weights, 24-hour clock;
Evidence is required of five different types of non-money
calculations.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
16 June 1993
31 December 2014
Review
2
25 October 1995
31 December 2014
Review
3
24 March 1998
31 December 2014
Revision
4
12 September 2002
31 December 2014
Review
5
16 July 2010
31 December 2015
Revision
6
17 July 2014
31 December 2017
Review
7
17 September 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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 9999
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
64 version 7
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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.
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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 9999
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016