NZQA registered unit standard 16678 version 4 Page 1 of 2 Title Key in text at 25 words per minute (wpm) Level 2 Credits 1 Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to key in text at 25 wpm. Classification Business Administration > Business Information Processing Available grade Achieved Explanatory notes 1 All activities associated with this unit standard must comply with occupational health and safety guidelines and recommendations in relation to working environment and work practices. Reference for this unit standard includes How to use your visual display unit safely. Worksafe New Zealand, available at http://www.business.govt.nz/worksafe/information-guidance/all-guidanceitems/visual-display-unit-safely-how-to-use-your/howtousevdu.pdf. 2 Accuracy calculation – five keystrokes represents an average word. Keystrokes include punctuation and spacing. One error only is counted in each word. A 98% accuracy level allows two errors per 100 words. 3 Numeric text, keyboard symbols and special characters must comprise at least 5% of the total text. 4 The following legislation and subsequent amendments provide reference, where needed, for this unit standard: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992. Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Key in text at 25 wpm. Evidence requirements 1.1 Alphabetic text, containing a minimum of 125 words (625 keystrokes), is keyed in within five minutes, with at least 98% accuracy, and output produced is consistent with information provided and output required. NZQA National Qualifications Services SSB Code 130301 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016 NZQA registered unit standard 1.2 16678 version 4 Page 2 of 2 Text containing alpha and numeric text, keyboard symbols and/or special characters, requiring a minimum of 625 keystrokes, is keyed in within seven minutes, with at least 98% accuracy, and output produced is consistent with information provided and output required. Planned review date 31 December 2019 Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 28 June 1999 31 December 2011 Review 2 26 September 2005 31 December 2012 Review 3 17 December 2010 31 December 2017 Rollover and Revision 4 16 April 2015 N/A Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0113 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. 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 130301 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016