NZQA registered unit standard
548 version 8
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of alcohol and other drugs
Level
1
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of alcohol and other drugs; and describe strategies
for the safe use of alcohol and other drugs.
Classification
Core Generic > Self-Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All concerned with the teaching/learning and assessment relating to this unit
standard need to be aware of, and respect, any issues of privacy and confidentiality.
Such issues must be treated with care, recognising that use of alcohol and other
drugs can be a sensitive issue.
2
Definition
Other drugs include depressants, stimulants, and hallucinogens.
3
The following legislation and subsequent amendments provide reference, where
needed, for this unit standard:
Misuse of Drugs Act 1975
Psychoactive Substances Act 2013
Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of alcohol and other drugs.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Alcohol and other drugs are described in terms of their physical, emotional, and
interpersonal effects in both the short and long term.
1.2
Alcohol and other drugs are described in terms of the legal implications of their
possession, distribution, and use.
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Outcome 2
Describe strategies for the safe use of alcohol and other drugs.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Signs and/or symptoms which would indicate unsafe use of alcohol and other
drugs are described in terms of health, work or study, and relationships.
2.2
Pressures to use alcohol and other drugs are described.
pressures may include but are not limited to – peer pressure, need
to escape, stress relief.
Range
2.3
Strategies that enable the setting of personal limits for safe use of alcohol and
other drugs are described.
Range
2.4
strategies described must relate to alcohol and the other drugs
described.
Three sources that assist with drug and/or alcohol advice are identified by
name, location, and services provided.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
21 June 1993
31 December 2015
Review
2
4 October 1995
31 December 2015
Revision
3
18 March 1998
31 December 2015
Revision
4
12 October 1999
31 December 2015
Review
5
26 September 2001
31 December 2015
Revision
6
12 September 2002
31 December 2015
Review
7
16 July 2010
31 December 2017
Review
8
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.
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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.
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