NZQF NQ Ref 0221 Version 9
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503
545
5150
5170
5193
5216
This qualification has been reviewed . The last date to meet the requirements is 31
December 2018.
This qualification has been reviewed and replaced by the New Zealand Certificate in
Animal Technology (level 5) with strands in Rural Animal Technician and Veterinary
Nursing Assistant [Ref: 2490].
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the qualification is 31 December 2016.
The last date to meet the requirements of the qualification is 31 December 2018 at which point the qualification will be designated discontinued. From that date no results can be reported against the qualification.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
This qualification contained standards that had expired or been replaced by other standards. For the purposes of this qualification people who have gained credit for the expiring standards are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standards.
Credit for Exempt from
12349
12355
21382, 21383
21379
21380
21384
7399
16649
21381
19894
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NZQF NQ Ref 0221 Version 9
Process
Registration
Revision
Revision
Revision
Review
Revision
Review
Revision
Review
6
7
8
9
3
4
5
Version Date
1
2
October 1996
December 1996
November 1997
December 1998
October 1999
October 2003
December 2005
June 2007
January 2015
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Last Date for Assessment
December 2006
December 2006
December 2006
December 2006
December 2007
December 2009
December 2018
December 2018
December 2018
Primary Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 10383
The Terrace
Wellington 6143
Telephone 04 801 9616
Facsimile 04 801 9626
Email standards@primaryito.ac.nz
Website www.primaryito.ac.nz
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This certificate recognises competence in a wide range of skills that enables people to become a functioning part of a veterinary team, clinic, or hospital.
Specified standards reflect the core animal care and handling, and more specialist industry knowledge and skills required of a veterinary nurse whose primary role is to be an informed and skilled assistant to a veterinarian. Electives provide some flexibility for people to select business, generic, and industry standards relevant to their needs in a particular veterinary setting.
This qualification builds on the National Certificate in Animal Care [Ref: 0241], and can lead to and is a prerequisite for the National Diploma in Veterinary Nursing [Ref: 0222]. It provides an alternative career path to the proposed National Certificate in Animal Care
(Rural Animal Technician) with strands in Production Animals, and Equine, with which there is a degree of overlap.
Compulsory Elective A Elective B Elective C Elective D
Level 1 credits -
Level 2 credits 28
-
8
-
0-4
0-10
0-10
0-6
0-6
Level 3 credits 46
Level 4 credits 12
Level 5 credits 44
Minimum totals 130
-
-
-
8
0-6
0-6
-
6
0-10
0-10
0-10
10
0-6
0-6
0-6
6
This qualification will be awarded to people who have met the requirements of the compulsory and elective sections.
Compulsory
All the standards listed are required
Elective A
A minimum of 8 credits from the listed standards is required
Elective B
A minimum of 6 credits from the listed standards is required
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Elective C
A minimum of 10 credits from the domain of Interpersonal Communications is required
Elective D
A minimum of 6 credits from the listed standard and domains is required
Award of NQF Qualifications
Credit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided in section 7 of the New Zealand
Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Rules and Procedures publications available at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/acrp/index.html
.
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions and retain their identification number (ID). Any version of a standard with the same Id may be used to meet qualification requirements that list the ID and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.
Compulsory
The following standards are required
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Animal Care and Handling > Animal Care
Id Title Level Credit
5
4
5148
5176
5180
5189
5195
5200
5222
Monitor health and provide husbandry for cats 2
Collect and test diagnostic samples from companion animals, and prepare the samples for dispatch
Demonstrate knowledge of the anatomy and physiology of animals
Follow safe working practices and standards in the animal facility
Demonstrate knowledge and skills for providing veterinary reception services
Prepare for an intravenous drip, and monitor an animal while on fluid therapy
Recognise and interpret problems of behaviour in companion animals
Monitor health and provide husbandry for dogs
3
2
3
3
4
5
2 7337
19894 Demonstrate knowledge of zoonoses and their control 3
21380 Demonstrate and apply knowledge relating to animal facility environmental hygiene
21381 Demonstrate knowledge of ethical behaviour in relation to animals
3
2
10
4
6
4
5
5
3
5
3
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Animal Care and Handling > Animal Handling
Id Title Level Credit
5183 Handle and transport injured companion animals 3 2
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Animal Care and Handling > Animal Husbandry
Id Title Level Credit
5165 Describe parturition and after care of companion animals
3 3
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Animal Care and Handling > Veterinary Nursing
Id Title Level Credit
5155
5156
Prepare animal patients for surgery 4
5
5
8
5157
5158
5160
Assist with animal surgery as a circulating veterinary nurse
Assist with animal surgery as a surgical veterinary nurse
Assist the veterinarian with animal anaesthetic and analgesic procedures
Nurse a hospitalised animal patient
5
5
3
5
5
18
5178
5179
5181
5191
Assist to take radiographs of animals, and process 3
Conduct preliminary clinical examination of an animal 4
Provide emergency first aid care to companion animals 5
Admit and discharge animal patients 3
8
4
4
3
5192
21384
Dispense animal drugs as directed by the veterinarian 3
Demonstrate and apply knowledge of professional behaviour for veterinary nurses
Core Generic > Core Generic > Self-Management
Id Title
3
Level
3
3
12349 Demonstrate time management 2
Credit
3
12355 Demonstrate knowledge of stress and ways of dealing with it
2
Elective A
A minimum of 8 credits
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Animal Care and Handling > Animal Care
Id Title Level
2
Credit
5149 Monitor health and provide husbandry for rodents and rabbits
2 4
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Id
5151
Title
Version 9
Level
Monitor health and provide husbandry for caged birds 2
5152 Monitor health and provide husbandry for horses
5153
5154
Monitor health and provide husbandry for ruminants
Monitor health and provide husbandry for pigs
21360 Monitor health and provide husbandry for poultry
2
2
2
2
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Credit
3
5
5
4
4
21382 Monitor health and provide husbandry for ornamental fish
21383 Monitor health and provide husbandry for reptiles and amphibians
Elective B
A minimum of 6 credits
2
2
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Animal Care and Handling > Animal Care
Id Title Level
2
2
Credit
14377 Recognise normal and abnormal behaviour and conditions in animals
21358 Demonstrate and apply knowledge of parasites affecting horses and production animals
21379 Demonstrate knowledge of requirements relating to transport of cats and dogs
4
4
2
5
8
2
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Animal Care and Handling > Veterinary Nursing
Id Title Level Credit
5202 3 3
5203
5204
5213
Assist the veterinarian to perform post-mortem procedures
Assist the veterinarian with equine consultations and surgery
Assist the veterinarian with consultations and surgery involving farm animals
Assist with artificial breeding of dogs
3
3
2
15
15
2
Elective C
A minimum of 10 credits
Field
Humanities
Subfield
Communication Skills
Domain
Interpersonal
Communications
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Elective D
A minimum of 6 credits
Version 9
Service Sector > Retail, Distribution, and Sales > Sales Transactions
Id Title Level
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Credit
11831 Apply skills and qualities of a salesperson in a retail or distribution environment
Field Subfield Domain
3 6
Business Business Administration Business Administration
Services
Business Information
Processing
Generic Computing Computing and Information
Technology
Service Sector
Computing
Service Sector Skills Service Sector - Core Skills
Version 8
This qualification was issued following the change of standard setting responsibility from
NZQA National Qualifications Services to the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation.
The opportunity was taken to transfer to the latest qualification template and update titles of standards.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
Previous versions of the qualification
Version 7 was issued following a review, which increased the flexibility of the qualification and reflected the outcomes of a review of the Animal Care and Handling standards.
Version 6 was issued following a revision to reflect the review of standard 16649.
Changes to structure and content included: replacement of standard 16649 by 19894; update of standard titles resulting from other reviews; and specifying the New Zealand
Veterinary Association logo in the certification section.
Version 5 was issued following a review. Changes to structure and content included: removal of elective section, addition of two standards, eight standards moved from the elective to the compulsory section, five standards were removed, and standard 2780 was replaced by standard 111. The credit total for the qualification increased from 161 to 167.
Version 4 was issued following a revision, as it comprised unit standards that were reviewed and replaced.
Version 3 was issued following a revision. The structure was expanded to include standard 5222, and the level was increased from 4 to 5. This change reflected the need
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NZQA
Retail ITO
The certificate will display the logos of NZQA and the Agriculture Industry Training
Organisation.
This qualification is classified according to the NQF classification system and the
New Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) system as specified below.
DAS Classification
Code Description
941 Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries > Animal Care and
Handling > Veterinary Nursing
NZSCED
Code Description
061103 Health > Veterinary Studies >
Veterinary Assisting
Quality Management Systems
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by a recognised Quality Assurance Body before they can register credits from assessment against standards. Accredited providers and Industry
Training Organisations assessing against standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Accreditation requirements and the moderation system are outlined in the associated
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) for each standard.
National Certificate in Veterinary Nursing
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NZQF NQ Ref 0221
Level 2
21380
5189
Version 9
5152
19894 5178
5202 5203
5153
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5154
5204
5183
Level 3
5179 5155
Level 4
5158
5156 5157 5181
Level 5
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