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Title / Learn to drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New Zealand learner driver licence
Level / 1 / Credits / 2
Purpose / This unit standard is for people who have: passed the New Zealand Transport Agency testing requirements; been issued their Class 1 New Zealand learner driver licence; and wish to have this recognised as prior learning by an education organisation holding consent to assess, and listed on their Record of Achievement.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: learn to drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New Zealand learner driver licence.
Classification / Driving > Driver Licence Class 1
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Information on driver licence classes and conditions, and New Zealand Transport Agency driver licence testing requirements that must be met in order to be issued a Class 1 New Zealand learner driver licence, is available on The New Zealand Transport Agency website www.nzta.govt.nz.
2 This standard must only be awarded through a process of recognition of prior learning. This is evidenced through an application for award using a completed application form and presentation of a Class 1 New Zealand driver licence issued by the New Zealand Transport Agency. The required application form can be accessed at www.nzqa.govt.nz.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Learn to drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New Zealand learner driver licence.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Evidence must only be in the form of an official photographic Class 1 New Zealand driver licence issued after 27 February 2012 by the New Zealand Transport Agency.
Range – either one of a learner, restricted, or full driver licence.
Planned review date / 31 December 2020Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / 17 March 2016 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0236
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 the Transport Agency at if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
New Zealand Transport AgencySSB Code 8084 / Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016