National Certificate in Career Practice (Level 4)
Level
/ 4Credits
/ 74This qualification is expiring. The last date to meet the requirements is 31 December 2011.
Purpose
The National Certificate in Career Practice (Level 4) provides holders with recognition of skills and knowledge related to the world of work, career consultation, education, intervention, assessment and measurement, and placement of clients into work, education, or training.
These skills and competencies have been identified as those used by people who work as career educators in schools, polytechnics, universities, colleges of education, and private training establishments and for liaison officers, recruitment officers, placement agencies, immigration officers, and special needs agencies.
In order to fulfil these roles knowledge of the world of work, career development theory, and interventions is required. The range of skills and competencies include the application of career assessment instruments, recruitment and placement, assisting people with career plans, educating others about careers, the world of work, education, and training.
The National Certificate in Career Practice (Level 4) is designed to provide a pathway to the National Diploma in Career Practice (Level 6) [Ref: 0429]. There is a small degree of commonality in this qualification and the National Certificate in Career Practice (Level 3) [Ref: 0427] and the National Diploma in Career Practice (Level 6) [Ref: 0429]. For example, some standards that are electives in the national certificates become compulsory in the diploma.
Credit Range
CompulsoryLevel 3 credits / 6
Level 4 credits / 34
Total / 40
Elective 1 / Elective 2 / Elective 3
Level 2 credits / 0-20 / - / 0-4
Level 3 credits / 0-20 / 0-10 / 0-4
Level 4 credits / 0-20 / 0-10 / 0-4
Level 5 credits / 0-20 / 0-5 / 0-4
Minimum totals / 20 / 10 / 4
Requirements for Award of Qualification
Award of NZQF National QualificationsCredit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided on the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) website: http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications-standards/standards/standards-exclusion-list/.
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions and retain their identification number (ID). Any version of a standard with the same ID may be used to meet qualification requirements that list the ID and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.
Summary of Requirements
0· Compulsory standards
0· Elective – A minimum of 34 credits as specified
Detailed Requirements
Compulsory
The following standards are required
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Assessment and Measurement
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13163 / Demonstrate knowledge of career assessment models, methods, and practice / 4 / 8
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Consultation
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13121 / Facilitate the development and implementation of career plans / 4 / 5
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Development Theory
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13111 / Define, examine, source, and evaluate career interventions / 4 / 6
13114 / Demonstrate knowledge of career development theories / 4 / 10
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Information
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13136 / Demonstrate knowledge of the world of work / 4 / 5
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Provide Social Services
ID / Title / Level / Credit /7926 / Demonstrate knowledge of the Treaty of Waitangi for social service purposes / 3 / 3
Humanities > Communication Skills > Interpersonal Communications
ID / Title / Level / Credit /11097 / Listen to gain information in an interactive situation / 3 / 3
Elective
A minimum of 34 credits
0· Of which a minimum of 6 credits at Level 4 or above
From the following sets
0· Elective 1
0· Elective 2
0· Elective 3
Elective 1
A minimum of 20 credits
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Assessment and Measurement
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13162 / Identify, source, and select career assessment instruments / 5 / 5
13170 / Use career assessment instrument with Māori clients / 5 / 4
13171 / Use career assessment instruments with Pacific Island clients / 5 / 4
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Consultation
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13122 / Provide safe career practice environments for Māori clients / 4 / 3
13124 / Demonstrate knowledge of influences on career choices of Māori / 4 / 4
13125 / Establish and maintain contact with Māori community members to provide career practice / 3 / 3
13126 / Provide safe career practice environment for Pacific Island clients / 4 / 3
13127 / Demonstrate knowledge of influences on career choices of Pacific Island clients / 4 / 4
13129 / Assist Pacific Island client to develop career plans / 4 / 5
13130 / Integrate the family of Pacific Island client into the career planning process / 4 / 3
13131 / Demonstrate knowledge of different groups of Pacific Island career clients / 4 / 4
13132 / Provide safe career practice environments for clients / 4 / 3
13133 / Demonstrate knowledge of family and community influences on career choices / 4 / 3
13134 / Integrate the family of the client into the career planning process / 4 / 3
13135 / Recognise career related issues for migrants in New Zealand / 5 / 4
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Development Theory
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13110 / Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of workplace environments on career choices / 4 / 5
13115 / Demonstrate knowledge of equity issues in career practice / 4 / 8
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Education
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13151 / Develop and maintain links, partnerships, and networks in the career industry and community / 3 / 2
13152 / Assist clients to develop job seeking strategies / 4 / 3
13153 / Develop a career education intervention for a specific target group / 4 / 3
13154 / Provide information on career development and education for a target group / 4 / 4
13156 / Facilitate the development of goal setting skills in career planning and decision making / 3 / 2
13157 / Facilitate the development of curriculum vitae / 3 / 2
13158 / Facilitate placement of individuals into work sampling / 4 / 4
13159 / Facilitate placement of individuals into education or training / 4 / 4
13160 / Demonstrate knowledge of the development of career plans / 3 / 3
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Information
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13137 / Analyse and select career information / 3 / 3
13140 / Establish career reference or resource area and environment / 5 / 5
13141 / Assist client with career information and support in response to inquiries / 3 / 2
13142 / Facilitate selection of education and/or training / 3 / 3
13143 / Provide career information to the Pacific Island community / 3 / 2
13144 / Demonstrate knowledge of the implications of the National Qualifications Framework for careers / 5 / 5
Community and Social Services > Career Practice > Career Management
ID / Title / Level / Credit /13149 / Assist clients to identify labour market trends and politics that influence their careers / 5 / 4
13150 / Demonstrate knowledge of the impact of boundaryless careers on individuals / 4 / 3
Elective 2
A minimum of 10 credits
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Professional Development of Social Service Workers
ID / Title / Level / Credit /7915 / Demonstrate understanding of working within the social services / 3 / 3
7916 / Demonstrate knowledge of social service ethics / 4 / 3
7917 / Demonstrate self awareness in relation to social services work / 5 / 12
7922 / Participate in professional social services supervision as a supervisee / 4 / 4
7945 / Demonstrate knowledge of laws related to social services / 4 / 6
Community and Social Services > Social Services > Provide Social Services
ID / Title / Level / Credit /7912 / Assess presenting needs of social service clients / 4 / 6
7927 / Demonstrate knowledge of the application of the Treaty of Waitangi in the social services / 4 / 3
7930 / Negotiate service provision with users of the social services / 4 / 3
7931 / Identify and define the community for social service purposes / 4 / 6
7933 / Contribute to groups in social services settings / 4 / 6
7936 / Provide information to users of the social services / 3 / 3
7947 / Record information and access records in a social services organisation / 3 / 3
7952 / Respond to the presenting concerns, issues, or needs of people from social services user groups / 3 / 6
7954 / Demonstrate communication with tangata whenua in a marae or other formal Maōri context / 4 / 6
7955 / Engage in counselling with individuals in social services settings / 4 / 9
7963 / Contribute to the empowerment of people experiencing oppression and marginalisation / 4 / 3
7972 / Facilitate social service meetings or hui / 5 / 2
7975 / Identify and access social services in the community / 4 / 3
7989 / Identify and contribute to community networks in a social services setting / 4 / 3
Elective 3
A minimum of 4 credits
Business > Business Administration > Business Information Management
ID / Title / Level / Credit /125 / Manage business records systems / 3 / 5
Business > Management > First Line Management
ID / Title / Level / Credit /1985 / Identify key organisational principles and apply them to workplace operations / 4 / 5
Business > Management > Small Business Management
ID / Title / Level / Credit /1989 / Research small business opportunities / 4 / 5
1990 / Assess small business ownership options and business structures / 4 / 5
Business > Office Systems > Māori Office Systems
ID / Title / Level / Credit /2896 / Plan hui and record proceedings / 3 / 4
Core Generic > Core Generic > Social and Cooperative Skills
ID / Title / Level / Credit /1809 / Interact with family and whānau members in a supportive way / 3 / 3
4250 / Demonstrate knowledge of equal employment opportunities, and describe strategies for positive action / 2 / 2
7124 / Demonstrate knowledge of one-to-one negotiation / 2 / 2
Education > Adult Education and Training > Delivery of Adult Education and Training
ID / Title / Level / Credit /7106 / Provide guidance for individual adult trainees / 4 / 5
7107 / Facilitate group learning activities for adults / 4 / 4
Education > Adult Education and Training > Management of Adult Education and Training
ID / Title / Level / Credit /7100 / Manage learning events for adult education and training / 5 / 6
Transition Arrangements
Version 4
Version 4 was issued to indicate that this qualification is expiring.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
Previous versions of the qualification
Version 3 of this qualification was updated to incorporate the transfer of responsibility of the Career Practice standards from the Career Industry Advisory Group to the Public Sector Training Organisation and to take account of the review of Core Generic standards.
Changes to structure and content
· standard 1809 changed classification from the sub-field of Core Generic to Human Services, and increased in credit from 3 to 5;
· name of the Business and Financial Services Field amended to Business.
Version 2 was published in March 1999 to take into account the changes resulting from the review of the communication skills standards. For the purposes of this qualification people who have gained credit for the following expiring standard will be exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standard.
Credit for / Exempt from /3502 / 11097
Any version of a standard contained within this qualification which retains its original standard identification number will continue to meet the requirements of this qualification.
NZQF National Qualification Registration Information
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment /Registration / 1 / February 1998 / December 2011
Revision / 2 / March 1999 / December 2011
Revision / 3 / November 2000 / December 2011
Review / 4 / October 2010 / December 2011
Standard Setting Body
Learning State Limited
PO Box 10243
Panama Street
Wellington 6146
Telephone 04 495 1410
Other standard setting bodies whose standards are included in the qualification
Community Support Services ITO Limited
NZQA
Social Services Industry Training Organisation - Te Kaiawhina Ahumahi Inc
Certification
This certificate will display the logos of NZQA, Learning State Limited and the organisation that has been granted consent to assess against standards that meet the requirements of the qualification (accredited).