NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title
21611 version 5
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Follow instructions to carry out and report on a practical scientific activity
Level 1
Purpose
Credits 2
People credited with this unit standard are able to follow instructions to carry out and report on a practical scientific activity.
Classification Science > Science - Core
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 The instructions must include a focus question or hypothesis. Templates and resources may be provided by the assessor.
2 Where laboratory work is involved, learners’ health and safety practices must comply with AS/NZS 2243.1:2005 Safety in laboratories – Planning and operational aspects and AS/NZS 2243.10:2004 Safety in laboratories - Storage of chemicals.
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
Outcome 1
Follow instructions to carry out and report on a practical scientific activity.
Evidence requirements
1.1 The activity is carried out in accordance with the instructions and reported on.
Range the report on the activity includes – recording results or data, processing results or data, reaching a valid conclusion.
Replacement information This unit standard and unit standard 21612 replaced unit standard 18987.
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SSB Code 130301
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2014

NZQA Expiring unit standard 21611 version 5
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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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
Review
1
2
23 August 2005
30 November 2010
31 December 2012
31 December 2012
Rollover
Rollover and
Revision
3
4
20 October 2011
20 September 2012
31 December 2012
31 December 2016
Rollover 5 22 May 2014 31 December 2016
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0226
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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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.
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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 2014