NZQA Expiring unit standard
16315 version 5
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Title
Develop and implement recruitment and selection plans in the dairy
industry
Level
4
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to develop and
implement recruitment and selection plans in the dairy industry.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy People Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
1
Organisational requirements refers to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo or manual format and are available in the workplace.
These requirements include but are not limited to – company human resource policy
and procedures manuals, company quality management requirements, employment
contracts, application documentation, recruitment interviewing methods and
techniques, selection methodology, maintenance and review mechanisms, objectives
met within budgets, deadlines achieved within resource allocation, rapport building,
interview management, documentation and legislative requirements.
2
Legislative requirements in this unit standard include but are not limited to
compliance with the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Employment
Relations Act 2000, Privacy Act 1993, Human Rights Act 1993, Equal Pay Act 1972,
and subsequent amendments.
3
Recruitment, selection, and appointment refers to both internal and external
recruitment and selection.
4
Plans refer to the programmed steps which an organisation intends to take to
implement its strategies.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Develop recruitment and selection plans in the dairy industry.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Plans are developed in accordance with organisational requirements.
Range
1.2
requirements include but are not limited to – legal requirements,
employment contracts, application documentation, recruitment
interviewing methods and techniques, selection methodology,
maintenance and review mechanisms.
Plans are supported by documentation in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Outcome 2
Implement recruitment and selection plans in the dairy industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Recruitment plans are implemented in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Range
2.2
Selection plans are implemented in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Range
2.3
plans include but are not limited to – job analysis, job description,
person specifications;
requirements include but are not limited to – objectives met within
budgets, deadlines achieved within resource allocation.
plans include but are not limited to – application review, short
listing, individual and/or panel interviews;
requirements include but are not limited to – objectives met within
budgets, deadlines achieved within resource allocation.
Selection interview is conducted in accordance with organisational
requirements.
Range
requirements include but are not limited to – rapport building,
interview management, documentation.
2.4
Appointment plans are implemented in accordance with organisational
requirements.
2.5
Recruitment and selection records are maintained in accordance with
organisational requirements.
2.6
Selection and appointment decisions relate closely to the job description and
person specifications on which they are based.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
16315 version 5
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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
5 July 1999
31 December 2017
Revision
2
14 November 2000
31 December 2017
Revision
3
13 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover
4
26 January 2007
31 December 2017
Review
5
15 October 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016