NZQA registered unit standard
110 version 7
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Title
Review text processing and information production practices in a
business or organisational context
Level
5
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify,
analyse and research text processing practices and systems;
and develop guidelines and systems for the implementation of
the text processing practices.
Classification
Business Administration > Business Information Processing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All activities associated with this unit standard must comply with occupational health
and safety guidelines and recommendations in relation to working environment and
work practices. Reference for this unit standard includes How to use your visual
display unit safely. Worksafe New Zealand, available at
http://www.business.govt.nz/worksafe/information-guidance/all-guidanceitems/visual-display-unit-safely-how-to-use-your/howtousevdu.pdf.
2
Definitions
Organisational formats and styles refer to accepted practices of display and design
for page layout, font selection and size, use of proportional font, text formatting, use
of lines, boxes, borders, shading, tables and columns, and margin alignment.
Conventions used must produce documents that are fit for their intended use and
meet organisational style requirements.
International trends and best practice are ascertained through review of business
and/or academic literature including – business and academic journals, commercial
white papers, conference papers and proceedings, specialist websites, business
periodicals.
Future proofing refers to – consideration of life/work-balance trends, emerging
technologies, and ensuring sustainability.
3
The following legislation and subsequent amendments provide reference, where
needed, for this unit standard:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Copyright Act 1994
Human Rights Act 1993
Privacy Act 1993
Waste Minimisation Act 2008
Public Records Act 2005.
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NZQA registered unit standard
110 version 7
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify, analyse and research text processing practices and systems.
Range
practice and systems include but are not limited to – allocating work, quality of
output, standard of service, analysis of system and production problems,
identification of training needs.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Existing text processing practices and systems are identified and analysed in
terms of the current needs of an organisation.
1.2
Alternative text processing practices and systems are researched in terms of
meeting the current and future needs of an organisation in accordance with
international trends and best practice.
Outcome 2
Develop guidelines for the implementation of the text processing practices.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Guidelines for the implementation of the text processing practices are
developed to meet the identified future needs of the organisation in accordance
with international trends and best practice.
Range
2.2
includes but not limited to – training and supervision of text
processing staff, health and safety in the workplace, security,
future proofing, organisational formats and styles.
Guidelines for the implementation of systems for promoting quality of text
processing practices are developed to meet the identified future needs of the
organisation in accordance with international trends and best practice.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
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SSB Code 130301
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NZQA registered unit standard
110 version 7
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 March 1993
31 December 2011
Review
2
27 June 1996
31 December 2011
Review
3
28 April 1997
31 December 2011
Review
4
28 June 1999
31 December 2011
Review
5
26 September 2005
31 December 2012
Review
6
17 December 2010
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
7
16 April 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0113
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.
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.
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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016