Requesting Programme Endorsement

As part of the NZQA programme approval process, you need to supply a letter of endorsement from the relevant WDC.

If you need endorsement for a NEW programme, please complete this application form, which requires details about the rationale of the programme and how all six considerations listed above have been addressed.

If your endorsement relates to an already established programme with a TYPE TWO change, please complete this application form, which requires details of the proposed change and how any impact on the considerations listed above has been addressed.

We may require further evidence from you to satisfy some of our considerations. Once we are satisfied the proposed programme meets all the considerations, we will issue a letter of endorsement to submit to NZQA alongside the approval application. This letter will be valid for six months.

There is no fee for us to review and provide endorsement for your proposed programme.

Please email us at [email protected] with the following information to request our endorsement for your NEW programme:

• A completed application form
• A copy of your proposed programme
• An overview of industry and/or community input into the programme development, e.g. advisory group composition and process
• A programme overview (delivery of practicum/theory, assessment and moderation approach)
• An outline of the resources required to deliver the programme
• Evidence that any guidance in the qualification document has been considered when developing the programme.

Please email us at [email protected] with the following information to request our endorsement for your TYPE TWO change to an approved programme:

• A Type Two change application form
• Supporting evidence.

Please allow 20 working days for us to process your request for programme endorsement.