NZQA Expiring unit standard
7489 version 8
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Title
Identify design problems and carry out investigation
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
design problems and their requirements from the brief; develop
and carry out an investigation plan to solve the identified
problems; and present the results of the investigation.
Classification
Design > Generic Design
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
This unit standard may be used to award credit for the achievement of learning outcomes
consistent with Technology in the New Zealand Curriculum (Learning Media Wellington,
1995).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify design problems and their requirements from the brief.
Evidence requirements
1.1
1.2
This unit standard is
Requirements of the design problems identified include restraints, resources,
expiring
outcome requirements, and
deadlines.
Design problems contained in the design brief are identified.
Outcome 2
Develop and carry out an investigation plan to solve the identified problems.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Information sources relevant to the brief are identified.
2.2
Investigation plan produced is relevant to the problems to be solved and
includes sequence, timeframe, personnel, and organisations.
2.3
Investigation is carried out according to the plan and plan adjusted where
required.
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NZQA Expiring unit standard
7489 version 8
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Outcome 3
Present results of investigation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Results of investigation presented contribute to design solutions for the brief.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
31 August 1996
31 December 2016
Revision
2
8 October 1998
31 December 2016
Review
3
26 February 2002
31 December 2016
Revision
4
15 January 2004
31 December 2016
Review
5
17 November 2011
31 December 2016
Rollover
6
16 May 2013
31 December 2016
Rollover
7
22 August 2014
31 December 2016
Rollover
8
19 March 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
This unit standard is
expiring
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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.
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