NZQA registered unit standard
25983 version 2
Page 1 of 4
Title
Coordinate volunteers in a recreation organisation
Level
4
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is for people coordinating volunteers to
assist with specific recreation tasks and projects including oneoff events.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
volunteering in the context of a recreation organisation; allocate
roles to volunteers within a recreation organisation; prepare
volunteers for a recreation activity; and support and
acknowledge volunteers within a recreation activity.
Classification
Recreation and Sport > Recreation and Sport - Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Recreation is an activity through which leisure may be experienced and enjoyed.
Recreation involves freely chosen activities engaged in for wellbeing. Recreation
activities include: sport, fitness and health, art and crafts, outdoor pursuits, hobbies,
continuing education, ngā mahi a te rēhia, and activities with a service orientation.
Participation in recreation has individual, community, and social benefits.
2
Organisations may include recreation and sport clubs, societies, and organisations;
territorial local authorities, and government agencies such as the Department of
Conservation.
3
Definition
Organisational requirements refer to the organisation’s policies and procedures and
include compliance with any applicable legislation, standards, and codes.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe volunteering in the context of a recreation organisation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The role of volunteering is defined in relation to the organisation.
1.2
Benefits of volunteering are described in relation to the individual.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
1.3
Recruitment and selection of volunteers are described in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Range
1.4
25983 version 2
Page 2 of 4
three of – volunteer strategies, identification of human resource
needs, position descriptions, recruitment procedure, selection
criteria, target areas for recruitment.
Volunteer compliance requirements are described in accordance with
organisational requirements.
Range
health and safety, self-disclosure of relevant information,
employment relations, police check.
Outcome 2
Allocate roles to volunteers within a recreation organisation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Volunteer requirements for a specified recreation activity are identified.
2.2
Requests for volunteer assistance are made in accordance with organisational
requirements and needs of the activity.
2.3
Potential volunteers are assessed against volunteer requirements and in
accordance with organisational requirements.
2.4
Volunteers are allocated to appropriate roles in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Outcome 3
Prepare volunteers for a recreation activity.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Information relating to the volunteer roles is communicated to volunteers in a
timely manner and in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
information may include but is not limited to – communication
pathways, support networks, administration procedures, legal
requirements of the organisation and implications for individuals,
safety procedures, organisation’s culture, access to resources,
facilities, break times.
3.2
Volunteers are introduced to support people within the organisation and to any
fellow volunteers, and the roles of the support are explained, in accordance with
organisational requirements.
3.3
Activity details and requirements for the volunteer position are explained to
volunteers in accordance with organisational requirements.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
25983 version 2
Page 3 of 4
3.4
The training needs of volunteers are assessed in relation to roles within the
recreation activity and in accordance with organisational requirements.
3.5
Training is organised to meet the volunteers' assessed needs and in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 4
Support and acknowledge volunteers within a recreation activity.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Volunteers are supervised according to activity details and requirements and in
accordance with organisational requirements.
4.2
Volunteers are supported and encouraged during their contribution to the
recreation activity.
4.3
Volunteers are acknowledged for their contribution to the recreation activity in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
12 February 2010
31 December 2012
Rollover and
Revision
2
20 May 2011
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0099
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, or
an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, 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.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
25983 version 2
Page 4 of 4
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 (CMRs). 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 Skills Active Aotearoa Limited info@skillsactive.org.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Skills Active Aotearoa Limited
SSB Code 101576
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016