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2024 – 2025 Review of Business Qualifications and Standards

National Consultation – Available for feedback

Ringa Hora and the established Working Groups have spent 2024 reviewing the New Zealand Certificates and Diplomas in Business. These qualifications have been separated into workstreams and will be available to provide feedback on until 26 March 2025. 

Ways to provide feedback: 

Please select the best method of providing your feedback in response to the amendments of the qualifications in each workstream: 

  1. Feedback form: Complete one feedback form for each workstream 
  2. Email: email our Project Lead directly at [email protected] and Cc in the [email protected] 
  3. Online drop-in sessions: Register via the links in the table to provide your feedback verbally. 
Accounting 17 February, 10am-11am Register here
Project Management 17 February, 2pm-3pm Register here
Administration & Technology 18 February, 10am-11.30am Register here
Sales 18 February, 2pm-3pm Register here
Human Resource Management 19 February, 10am-11am Register here
Small Business 19 February, 2pm-3pm Register here
Māori Business & Management 20 February, 10am-11am Register here
Marketing 21 February, 10am-11am Register here
Management To be scheduled when review is complete in February 2025.

 

Details about the proposed changes can be accessed from the accordion menu below.

A Working Group was established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development. 

 

Extent of change / updates? 
Supporting documentation?   

Position of Level 6 

 

 

Feedback 
  • Do you agree with the draft changes in the Level 4 and Level 5 qualifications? 
  • What is missing or needs to be amended? 
  • For Level 6, which option is more suitable? 

 

Two Working Groups was established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development. 

 

Extent of change / updates? 

 

Supporting documentation?  Business administration and tech supporting document 

 

 

Feedback 
  • Which Level 3 option do you support and why? 
  • What feedback do you have regarding the changes in Level 4? 
  • Do you support to leave Level 5 as is? 
  • Do you support discontinuing the Level 6 Administration strand? 
  • Is there anything in the supporting document that is missing, would change, or add? 

 

A Working Group was established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development. 

 

Extent of change / updates? 

 

Supporting documentation?  HRM supporting document 

 

 

Feedback 
  • Do you support to leave HRM Level 5 as is? 
  • Do you support to leave HRM Level 6 as is? 
  • Is there anything in the supporting document that is missing, would change, or add? 

 

A Working Group has been established and we continue to welcome industry representatives who would like to participate. Please email [email protected] to express your interestThis group will reconvene in January 2025 to progress the review: 

Scope 
  • New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 5) – Management strand (120 credits) Ref: 2459 
  • New Zealand Diploma in Business (Level 6) – Management strand (120 credits) Ref: 2460 
Status  Te Manu Arataki confirmed the need to separate Leadership from Management. Refer to Te Manu Arataki project for insights on the focus of leadership moving forward.

 

This workstream is scheduled to enter National consultation at the end of February 2025.

 

Marketing and Sales is currently a combined discipline within the Diplomas. Marketing experts in the working group have determined Marketing specific requirements. 

Extent of change / updates? 

 

Supporting documentation? 

 

Marketing supporting document

 

Feedback 
  • Do you agree the reviewed draft Level 5 is unique to Marketing and requires own strand? 
  • Do you agree to discontinue Marketing at Level 6? 
  • Is there anything in the supporting document that is missing, would change, or add? 

 

Stakeholders have been gathered to scope out options for needs of Maori Business and Management. The Level 6 stand in the Diploma is the highest vocational level Ringa Hora looks after. The other vocational levels fall within the scope of the Māori Qualifications Services. 

 

Scope 

 

Extent of change / updates?  Recommend discontinuing due to: 

  • No completions 
  • No programmes leading towards this strand 
  • The current strand is not relevant or fit for purpose for Pakihi Māori 
  • Enhance Mātauranga Māori and Te Tiriti o Waitangi across the full suite of business products 
  • Explore more suitable opportunities that is relevant and fit for purpose 
  • Refer to Regional Insights on the feedback gathered on what could be explored 

 

Feedback 
  • Do you agree to discontinue Māori Business and Management at Level 6? 

 

The Working Groups has been established and reviewed associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development. 

 

Extent of change / updates? 

 

Supporting documentation? 

 

Project Management supporting document 

 

Feedback 
  • Do you agree with the amendments at Level 4? 
  • Do you agree with the amendments at Level 5? 
  • Is there anything in the supporting document that is missing, would change, or add? 

 

 

Marketing and Sales is currently a combined discipline within the Diplomas. Sales experts in the working group have determined Sales specific requirements. 

Extent of change / updates? 

 

Supporting documentation? 

 

Sales supporting document 

 

Feedback 
  • Do you agree the reviewed draft Level 5 is unique to Sales and requires own strand? 
  • Do you agree with discontinuing the Sales strand at Level 6? 
  • Is there anything in the supporting document that is missing, would change, or add? 

 

A Working Group was established and reviewed the associated qualification(s) and information to inform standards development. 

 

Extent of change / updates? 

 

Supporting documentation? 

 

Small business supporting document 

 

Feedback 
  • Do you agree with the amendments to Level 3 and Level 4 
  • Is there anything in the supporting document that is missing, would change, or add? 

 

 

Consultation process: being regionally responsive 

Ringa Hora has partnered and collaborated with different organisations to amplify the voices of regional business owners, professionals, employers, and community voices into the review of the Business qualifications. 

See the insights we have gathered to date: 

Wellington  Taranaki  Christchurch  Dunedin  Invercargill 
Power of 3 – workshop write up WITT – workshop write up Ara – workshop write up  *Insights from this session has been merged into the qualification details due to low numbers. 

Ringa Hora also engaged 1:1 with local businesses and merged their insights into the qualifications. 

Ringa Hora attended the Southland Business Chambers event to network with local businesses and professionals. Insights gathered has been merged into the qualification details 
Ringa Hora – Power of 3 (Wellington Business Chambers, Te Awe Maori Business Network, Wellington Pasifika Business Network 

 

Ringa Hora – WITT (Western Institute of Technology at Taranaki)  Ringa Hora – Ara Institute of Technology  Ringa Hora – Otago Polytechnic  Ringa Hora – SIT (Southern Institute of Technology) 

 

 

Standards

The Business review will include reviewing current unit standards under the following subfields to develop skill standards and any micro-credentials as needed.