NZQA registered unit standard
64 version 8
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Title
Perform calculations for a specified workplace
Level
1
Purpose
Credits
2
This unit standard is intended for people who require basic
calculation skills for use in a workplace.
People credited with this unit standard are able to perform
calculations for a specified workplace.
Classification
Core Generic > Work and Study Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Assessment can occur in a workplace, or in a training or educational establishment,
provided that each calculation:
 has a purpose and complexity realistic and relevant to the specified workplace, and
 meets the specified workplace’s requirements and/or industry standards for
accuracy and timeliness.
Calculators may be used if their use is generally acceptable in the specified
workplace.
2
Definitions
Accuracy means all calculations must be correct. Where any calculations are
incorrect, new calculations must be attempted by the candidate.
Timeliness refers to industry expectations for the performance of the calculation in
the specified workplace.
Workplace refers to a place of paid or voluntary employment.
Workplace requirements and/or industry standards refers to documented policies and
procedures and/or established protocols for workplace performance, including
compliance with applicable legislation.
3
Range
Calculations must include at least two quantities in the operation being performed.
Calculations may be money and/or non-money:
 examples of types of money calculations may include – percentage increase,
percentage decrease, Goods and Services Tax, currency conversion;
 examples of types of non-money calculations may include – metric/imperial
conversion, area/volume/perimeter/circumference, ratios/proportions, weights,
time, percentages, averages.
4
Candidate’s evidence must specify the workplace, whether real or simulated.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Perform calculations for a specified workplace.
Range
evidence is required for at least 10 calculations of at least five different types.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Calculations are completed in accordance with workplace requirements and/or
industry standards.
requirements include but are not limited to – accuracy, timeliness.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
16 June 1993
31 December 2014
Review
2
25 October 1995
31 December 2014
Review
3
24 March 1998
31 December 2014
Revision
4
12 September 2002
31 December 2014
Review
5
16 July 2010
31 December 2015
Revision
6
17 July 2014
31 December 2017
Review
7
17 September 2015
31 December 2019
Review
8
21 July 2016
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0023
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.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
64 version 8
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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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact NZQA National Qualifications Services nqs@nzqa.govt.nz if you wish to
suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZQA National Qualifications Services
SSB Code 130301
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016