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2022 Review of Core Generic unit standards

Closed 11 November 2022

Current

NZQA National Qualifications Services (NQS) has reviewed the Core Generic unit standards in domains:

  • Self-Management
  • Social and Cooperative Skills
  • Work and Study Skills

The current version of these standards are available at:

Subfield - Core Generic (external link)

NQS invites comment and feedback on the reviewed standards below to:

nqs@nzqa.govt.nz 

Feeback is due by Friday 11 November. Responses can be in any form, including annotated standards.

The main changes as a result of the review are:

  • in standard 548 (level 1) the content has been refocused on oneself, and a new standard (NEW3) has been developed (level 2) with a more general focus on wellbeing/hauora
  • standards 7123, 9695, 9696 (problem-solving) have been amended to more clearly differentiate them and to make them more practical: such amendments include amended titles, and credits for 7123 and 9695
  • standard 12348 has been widened to focus on managing own emotions and not just anger
  • standard 12355 now includes reference to short- and long-term stress
  • standards 7117 and 16688 have become single-outcome standards
  • the titles of these standards have been rephrased to better reflect the intended outcomes:496, 525, 548, 7127, 8824, 12348, 12352, 12354, 12359, 30910
  • minor formatting and editing changes have been made to simplify and clarify where needed, and performance criteria have where necessary been turned into the passive voice to meet current requirements: these changes do not materially affect the outcome of the standard
  • three new standards (NEW1, NEW2, NEW4) have been developed with a focus on online safety
  • standards 7119, 11827, 12382 are recommended for expiry due to low and/or declining usage, and no discernible interest in future usage.

Tracked versions of any of the reviewed standards are available on request to:

nqs@nzqa.govt.nz.

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Domain: Self-Management

Note: the review excluded standard 1827, as NQS is not responsible for that standard.

Unit standards (16): 496, 548, 7123, 7127, 8548, 9695, 9696, 12348, 12349, 12352, 12354, 12355, 12357, 12358, 12359, NEW3.

Domain: Social and Cooperative Skills

Unit standards (13): 525, 526, 542, 4261, 7124, 7126, 12356, 18862, 30906, 30907, 30908, 30910, NEW4

Domain: Work and Study Skills

Note: the review excluded the standards for literacy and numeracy, (ie 26622-26627 and 32403, 32405, 32406, 32412, 32414).

Unit standards (25): 56, 64, 377, 504, 543, 1978, 1979, 1980, 4249, 4251, 4252, 4253, 7117, 7118, 7120, 7121, 8824, 10780, 10781, 12383, 16688, 30909, 30911, NEW1, NEW2

Expiring (recommended)

Note: these standards were recommended to expire because of low or declining usage and no discernible interest in future usage.

Unit standards (3): 7119, 11827, 12382

Comment

You are invited to comment on the draft reviewed unit standards.  Feedback should be sent to:

nqs@nzqa.govt.nz

Thank you in advance for your contribution to the ongoing quality of these standards.