Ringa Hora Services Workforce Development Council commenced a review of 14 standards under the Flight Attendant domain.
As part of this review, we are moving to skills standards and have approached our stakeholders who are helping us draft the new flight attendant skills standards. Below, you will see the proposed new skills standards created by combining existing unit standards.
| Combine existing unit standards | New proposed titles – draft |
| Unit 21840 – Demonstrate knowledge of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages for service on board an aircraft, level 3, 3 credits
Unit 21841 – Provide food and beverage services on board an aircraft, level 4, 6 credits
Unit 21842 – Demonstrate knowledge of and comply with food hygiene requirements on board an aircraft, level 3, 4 credits |
XXX40 – Provide food and beverage services and in-flight passenger service on board an aircraft. Level 4, 20 credits
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| Unit 21843 – Demonstrate ability to manage passengers on board an aircraft, level 4, 3 credits
Unit 25453 – Demonstrate knowledge of crew resource management on board an aircraft, level 4, 6 credits
Unit 25455 – Demonstrate knowledge of and apply conflict management on board an aircraft, level 4, 5 credits |
XXX41 – Manage passengers and crew onboard an aircraft. Level 4, 10 credits |
| Unit 9245 – Identify, as a flight attendant, major aircraft components, level 2, 2 credits
Unit 21844 – Demonstrate knowledge and use of aircraft safety and emergency equipment, level 4, 3 credits
Unit 21845 – Carry out in-flight firefighting procedures on board an aircraft, level 4, 3 credits
Unit 21846 – Manage, as a flight attendant, safety procedures on board an aircraft throughout a flight, level 4, 8 credits
Unit 25454 – Demonstrate knowledge of security risks on board an aircraft, level 4, 4 credits
Unit 9244 – Demonstrate ability to manage air services emergencies, level 4, 10 credits
Unit 25457 – Manage aviation medicine relating to aircrew and passengers, level 4, 4 credits |
XXX42 – Manage, as a flight attendant, safety procedures on board an aircraft throughout a flight. Level 4, 30 credits |
| Unit 28390 – Provide air passenger care from point of departure to point of destination on operational flights, level 4, 35 credits | XXX43 – Provide air passenger care from point of departure to point of destination on operational flights. Level 4, 35 credits |
Ringa Hora will now prepare the application to be submitted to NZQA for evaluation.
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