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Title
Describe how workplace learning operates in New Zealand and the
role of unions in the process
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is designed to assist Workplace
Representatives to advise co-workers about workplace learning
opportunities and assist in the learning process.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the
role of Industry Training Organisations (ITOs) under the
Industry Training Act 1992, and the specific functions of one
ITO; the roles of the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and
the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) in workplace
learning; the process of setting national assessment standards
and qualifications for industry; the role of ITOs in making
arrangements for the delivery of industry training; the role of
unions in workplace learning; the structure and purpose of an
assessment standard; and the role a Workplace
Representative can play as a verifier of workplace learning in
the assessment process.
Classification
Business Operations and Development > Workplace Relations
Available grade
Achieved
This unit standard is
Unit 22133, Define the roles of trade union representatives in
Recommended skills
expiring
the workplace,
or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
and knowledge
Entry information
Explanatory notes
1
Unit standards in the Workplace Relations domain are about influences on
employment and workplace expectations and practices, arising from the legal
framework of employment.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Industry Training Act 1992 and
the Education Act 1989.
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Definitions
Workplace learning is also known as industry training and can be provided on-job,
off-job by a registered training provider, or a combination of both. It enables people
to learn whilst in employment and to achieve unit standards listed on the Directory of
Assessment Standards (DAS) and qualifications listed on the New Zealand
Qualifications Framework (NZQF).
Workplace Representative in this context refers to an employee who undertakes the
role of advocate and guide with regard to industry training and literacy programmes
available through the workplace.
Literacy refers to reading, writing, listening, speaking, numeracy, problem solving,
creative and critical thinking, and the ability to use computers and voicemail.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the role of ITOs under the Industry Training Act 1992, and the specific functions
of one ITO.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description identifies the statutory functions and obligations of ITOs.
1.2
Description identifies the industry, industries, or sector of a selected ITO.
1.3
Description identifies how a selected ITO manages and arranges workplace
learning.
Range
1.4
on-job, off-job, combination of both.
Description identifies how the selected ITO monitors the quality of workplace
learning and assessment for their industry.
This unit standard is
Describe the roles of TEC and NZQA
in workplace learning.
expiring
Outcome 2
Evidence requirements
2.1
Description identifies the role of TEC in relation to recognition and gazetted
coverage of ITOs.
Range
includes – rerecognition, extension of coverage.
2.2
Description identifies the role of TEC in funding workplace learning.
2.3
Description identifies the role of NZQA in relation to listing assessment
standards on the DAS and approving industry qualifications for listing on the
NZQF.
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Description identifies the role of NZQA in maintaining individual records of
learning.
Outcome 3
Describe the process of setting national assessment standards and qualifications for
industry.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Description identifies differences between the types of national assessment
standards listed on the DAS in terms of their function and purpose.
Range
3.2
Description identifies the standard setting and qualification development
processes used by a selected ITO for at least one sector of its gazetted
coverage.
Range
3.3
generic standards, industry-specific standards.
identification of the skills required for the industry, identification of
stakeholders, participation of employees, consultation and
endorsement.
Description identifies a selected ITO’s role in accreditation, managing
moderation and reviewing its unit standards and qualifications.
Outcome 4
Describe the role of ITOs in making arrangements for the delivery of industry training.
Evidence requirements
4.1
4.2
4.3
This unit standard is
Description compares differences in the delivery of training for on-job and offjob workplace learning. expiring
Description identifies the arrangements made by a specific ITO.
Description compares differences in assessment opportunities for on-job and
off-job workplace learning.
Outcome 5
Describe the role of unions in workplace learning.
Evidence requirements
5.1
Description identifies union initiatives to promote workplace learning.
Range
union representation on ITO boards, learning related bargaining
achievements, participation in standard-setting committees,
political lobbying, the Learning Representatives programme;
evidence is required for three initiatives.
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Description identifies role of the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te
Kauae Kaimahi in promoting skill development programmes and co-ordinating
union participation in ITOs.
Outcome 6
Describe the structure and purpose of an assessment standard.
Evidence requirements
6.1
The way an assessment standard is used to recognise achievement of a
specific learning outcome or competency required for a job role is described in
terms of classification, title, level, and credit value.
6.2
Description identifies the meaning of Recognition of Current Competence and
its use in workplace learning.
6.3
The differences between mandatory and optional conditions, and the strands, of
a qualification listed on the NZQF are identified.
Outcome 7
Describe the role a Workplace Representative can play as a verifier of workplace learning
in the assessment process.
Evidence requirements
7.1
The assessment guide set by an industry training organisation (ITO) or other
standard setting body for one assessment standard is described.
This unit standard is
The requirement for assessment to be conducted according to a plan agreed
with the trainee is described.
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Range
7.2
7.3
includes requirements for observation, checking work,
documentation.
Minimum verification requirements set by one ITO are described.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 February 2007
31 December 2014
Review
2
17 November 2011
31 December 2018
Review
3
15 October 2015
31 December 2018
Republished
3
11 March 2016
31 December 2018
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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