• The emphasis will now be on the skills, knowledge and competencies required for a qualification rather than the achievement of specific unit standards.

• Every qualification will have an outcome statement which has three components: a graduate profile, an education pathway and an employment pathway. This will make it clear what a graduate will be able do, the knowledge they will have and their eligibility for licensing or professional registration.

• Qualifications on the NZQF will no longer be owned by the Standard Setting Body. This means any training provider or industry training organisation will be able to develop a programme that leads to the required outcomes of a qualification listed on the NZQF.

Review timeframe
Over the next three years, every qualification at levels 1 to 6 on the NZQF will be reviewed. ESITO’s qualifications have been assigned to four different sectors.

Who’s involved?
To ensure the views of the electricity supply industry are well represented a Sector Review Group was established in September 2011. This group is made up of stakeholders from different parts of the electricity supply industry.

View the Sector Review Group members.

Purpose of the Sector Review Group
On behalf of the electricity supply industry, the Sector Review Group will undertake a strategic review of the current qualification pathways. Initially, this involves drafting:

• a revised qualification pathways model which reflects industry requirements now and going forward

• graduate profiles for qualifications in the electrotechnology sector for pre-approval by NZQA.

 In addition to considering the big picture, the Sector Review Group will oversee the review of individual qualifications by specialist technical groups. The revised qualifications will then be submitted to NZQA for registration on the NZQF.

Minutes 
Read the minutes from the Sector Review Group meetings.