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Title
Develop a plan for improving productivity in a workplace as a union
representative
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to develop a
plan for improving productivity in a workplace as a union
representative.
Classification
Business Operations and Development > Workplace Relations
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 22133, Define the roles of trade union representatives in
the workplace, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
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
This unit standard is
Definitions
Productivity in the context of this
unit standard refers to any measure that compares
expiring
labour input against consequent product output.
3
Assessment against this unit standard will be in a specific organisational context,
either one real to the candidate or a realistically simulated one.
The seven drivers of productivity are those established in the report of the Workplace
Productivity Working Group – The Workplace Productivity Challenge, accessible at
the Department of Labour website: http://www.dol.govt.nz/PDFs/WPWGSummary.pdf.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Develop a plan for improving productivity in a workplace as a union representative.
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SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
27508 version 2
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Low productivity is described in terms of its impact on the workplace, industry
and/or sector, and the nation.
1.2
The benefits for employees from improving productivity are described in terms
of job stability, job satisfaction, income, and workplace relations.
1.3
The seven drivers of productivity are identified and described in terms of their
potential contribution to productive workplaces.
1.4
An action plan is developed for productivity improvement in a workplace.
plan includes – ways to work with management, an action timeline,
key areas for improvement, a systematic approach.
Range
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
17 November 2011
31 December 2018
Review
2
15 October 2015
31 December 2018
Republished
2
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016