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Facilitate selection of education and/or training with career practice
clients
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the background,
needs and expectations of clients relevant to the selection of education
and/or training; source and access current information on education and/or
training; assist clients to select and access options for education and/or
training; and review the selection process for education and/or training.
Subfield
Career Practice
Domain
Career Consultation
Status
Registered
Status date
20 November 2009
Date version published
20 November 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
The Skills Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0121
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the: Privacy Act
1993, Human Rights Act 1993, Employment Relations Act 2000, Education Act 1989,
Fair Trading Act 1986, Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994,
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993.
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Definitions
Career refers to the wide range of occupational, family, civic, and political roles which
individuals will undertake throughout their adult lives. It includes paid employment,
self-employment, unpaid work, multiple jobbing, entrepreneurial enterprise, homebased enterprise, study as an adult, and unemployment. A career is a
developmental and lifelong process.
Client refers to people receiving a career related service who may be individuals or
groups associated with employment, education, or training, or in some cases may be
an organisation.
Current refers to the most recent version of material.
Inclusive means open to all groups in society.
Needs, in the context of this unit standard, are those relating to gender, culture, age,
learning, disability, socio-economic group, language, and immigration status.
Provider refers to a provider of education or training within the candidate’s
organisation, for example, other courses at school or tertiary institution, or outside the
candidate’s organisation.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify the background, needs and expectations of clients relevant to the selection of
education and/or training.
Range
evidence is required for two clients.
Performance criteria
1.1
The background of the clients is determined in terms of education, skills,
interests, values, culture, experience, and qualifications.
1.2
The needs and expectations of the clients are identified and clarified in terms of
the selection of education and/or training.
Element 2
Source and access current information on education and/or training.
Performance criteria
2.1
Information from a range of education and training providers is sourced and
accessed in accordance with the needs and expectations of the clients.
2.2
The information accessed is inclusive and relevant to the needs of the clients.
2.3
Options and associated entry information related to education and training
programmes are identified in accordance with the needs and expectations of the
clients.
Range
entry information includes but is not limited to – entry criteria,
prerequisites, corequisites.
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Element 3
Assist clients to select and access options for education and/or training.
Performance criteria
3.1
Assistance provided to the clients in relation to selecting options for education
and/or training is in accordance with their needs and expectations.
3.2
Assistance provided to the clients in relation to selecting options for education
and/or training is in accordance with their needs.
Element 4
Review the selection process for education and/or training.
Range
the review may be self or peer.
Performance criteria
4.1
The review evaluates the selection for education and/or training in terms of the
needs and expectations of the clients.
4.2
Feedback from the clients confirms whether participation in the selection
process for education and/or training is in accordance with their needs.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact The Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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