Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Intelligence (Level 5) with strands in
Collection and Collation
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
5
Credits
58-73
NZSCED
091199
Justice and Law Enforcement not elsewhere classified
DAS classification
1777
Law and Security > Compliance and Law Enforcement >
Intelligence Analysis
Qualification developer
Next review
The Skills Organisation.
December 2019
Approval date
January 2015.
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the wider intelligence
community in New Zealand (public and/or private sector) with people
who have technical skills and knowledge for collecting and/or
collating data and information to support intelligence analysis.
This qualification is suitable for intelligence personnel who wish to
gain recognition for, or to advance employment within intelligence
collection and/or collator roles within the wider intelligence
community.
Graduates will be capable of independently performing a range of
collection and/or collation processes supporting strategic,
operational and/or tactical intelligence.
Graduate profile
Graduates will be able to:
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Apply information management procedures to meet legislative
and organisational requirements.
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Operate with an understanding of the tasks, roles and
interdependencies required for collection or collation within the
Outcome Statement
intelligence cycle
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Apply ethical values and standards in the collection and/or
collation of information to ensure credibility of operations.
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Apply knowledge of the roles and capabilities within the wider
intelligence community to understand their impact on the
collection and collation of information.
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Apply communication and relationship management skills in the
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conduct of intelligence.
Graduates of the Collection strand are able to:

Develop and execute a collection strategy to support the
intelligence process.
Graduates of the Collation strand are able to:
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Education pathway
Develop and execute a collation strategy to support the
intelligence process.
This qualification may lead on from the New Zealand Certificate in
Intelligence (Introduction) (Level 3) [Ref: 2392].
On completion of this qualification graduates may progress to the
New Zealand Diploma in Intelligence (Level 6) [Ref: 2396] or to
further higher education across a range of disciplines.
Employment
pathway
Graduates will have the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours
required to work as intelligence collection and/or collator roles within
the wider intelligence community.
Graduates will be qualified to work in intelligence collection and/or
collation roles within the wider intelligence community.
Likely roles may include:
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Intelligence collection
–
Intelligence collation
–
Intelligence Support Officer.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification may be awarded by The Skills Organisation as the
qualification developer and the industry training organisation
arranging training leading to the qualification under section 5 of the
Industry Training Act 1992.
This qualification may also be awarded by a tertiary education
organisation (TEO) accredited under section 250 of the Education
Act 1989 to deliver an approved programme leading to this
qualification.
The formal document certifying the award of this qualification
includes the full qualification title, the date of award, and the logos of
The Skills Organisation, the accredited TEO, and the NZQF.
As the qualification developer, The Skills Organisation will maintain
a list of graduates of this qualification. The TEO will annually report
the names of all graduates awarded the qualification to The Skills
Organisation.
Evidence requirements for
assuring consistency
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All TEOs either arranging training or delivering programmes that lead
to the award of the qualification are required to participate in a
consistency process scheduled by NZQA.
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This will involve reviewing evidence associated with graduate’s
achievement of outcomes, and agreeing acceptable thresholds for
qualification outcome achievement, and areas for improvement.
To demonstrate how graduates are achieving the qualification
graduate profile outcomes, TEOs are required to produce their own
evidence in a high level report.
Evidence will include the following:
 Internal and external moderation processes and results
relating to the assessment of graduate outcomes
 Regular monitoring of trainee progression.

Minutes from cross-industry meetings (Industry Advisory
Groups) where the changing training needs of the industry
were discussed in light of technology changes, workplace
practices and graduate capabilities.

Independent surveys of graduates and employers to
determine if the graduates are appropriate for the workplace.
Further information about the managing consistency process can be
found on the NZQA website.
For full details of The Skills Organisation arrangements for managing
consistency, contact The Skills Organisation at:
consistency@skills.org.nz
Credit transfer and recognition
of prior learning arrangements
TEOs delivering programmes that lead to the award of this
qualification may transfer credit and recognise prior learning in
accordance with their own credit recognition policies and
procedures.
These policies and procedures, and information about associated
fees, must be available to the applicant prior to enrolment.
To facilitate credit transfer, TEOs must clearly demonstrate the
equivalency or comparability between each of the outcomes in the
graduate profile, and the assessment components of their
programmes.
Credit transfer will be automatic where standards on the Directory of
Assessment Standards are used for assessment within programmes
of study or training leading to this qualification.
Minimum standard of
achievement and standards for
grade endorsements
The minimum standard of achievement required for the award of the
qualification will be the achievement of all graduate outcomes in the
graduate profile through successful completion of an approved
programme.
There are no grade endorsements for this qualification.
Entry requirements (including
prerequisites to meet
regulatory body or legislative
requirements)
N/A
Qualification conditions
Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
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None.
Conditions for programme
structure
TEOs arranging training or delivering programmes towards this
qualification must ensure that the training arranged and programmes
of learning delivered, are kept up-to-date with regard to amendments
to, and replacements of relevant legislation, regulations and
Australia/New Zealand Standards (AS/NZS). Current standards can
be accessed at http://standards.co.nz. Current legislation and
regulations can be accessed at http://legislation.govt.nz.
Conditions for programme
context
Qualification outcomes are to be met in accordance with:
Other conditions
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Organisational requirements
Legislative requirements
Security in the Government Sector (SIGS) (2002) manual and/or
other organisational security manuals.
Wider intelligence community refers to public and private sector
organisations that carry out intelligence activities.
Collection strategy refers to an overarching systematic procedure for
gathering relevant information that may contribute to the production of
an intelligence product.
Collection plan refers to a defined approach that describes information
needed and means of acquiring it.
Collation strategy refers to an overarching systematic
procedure for organising information so that its relationship to
other information is clear and it can be easily retrieved.
Intelligence cycle refers to the interactive and cyclical process
used to produce intelligence.
For detailed information on the conditions and any recommended unit
standards visit http://www.skills.org.nz/resources-for-trainingproviders/.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
Mandatory or
Optional
1
Apply information
Programme and assessment must include:
Mandatory
management procedures
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The relevant procedures and requirements
to meet legislative and
specific to the management of information and
organisational
potential non-compliance with legislation and
requirements.
organisational requirements
Credit 10
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Store and handle information securely
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Document security protocols.
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2
Operate with an
Programme and assessment must include:
understanding of the
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tasks, roles and
interdependencies
decision making and policy
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The purpose and principles of intelligence
collation within
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Levels of intelligence
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Types of intelligence roles
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The intelligence cycle
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Time management and planning skills.
Credit 5
3
The function of Intelligence and how it supports
required for collection or
intelligence
Apply ethical values and
standards in the collection
and/or collation of
Mandatory
Programme and assessment must include:

Mandatory
Core ethical values and standards including
integrity, honesty, reliability.
information to ensure
credibility of operations.
Credit 5
4
Apply knowledge of the
Programme and assessment must include:
roles and capabilities

Roles, structure, public sector inter-agency
within the wider
relationships, capabilities, and private sector
intelligence community to
entity functions within the wider intelligence
understand their impact
community.
on the collection and
collation of information.
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Mandatory
Limitations on collection and collation of
information.
Credit 5
5
Apply communication and
relationship management
Programme and assessment must include:
–
skills in the conduct of
intelligence.
Mandatory
Communication, using written, oral and
technical mediums
– Relationship management
Credit 3
6
Collection strand:
Develop and execute a
For the Collection strand, programme and
assessment must include:
collection strategy to
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Collection strategy, theory and protocols
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Methods of collection which may include the
support the intelligence
process.
Credit 45
Mandatory
use of technical software
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Developing a collection plan.
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Collation strand:
Develop and execute a
For the Collation strand, programme and
assessment must include:
collation strategy to
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Collation strategy, theory and protocols
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Methods of collation
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Recording, filing and cross referencing
support the intelligence
process.
Credit 30
Mandatory
information
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Aggregation and manipulation of information
using collation tools, which may include charts,
spreadsheets, database, matrices
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Production and dissemination of collated
products
Transition information
Replacement information
This is a new qualification. Transition arrangements are not applicable.
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