Moderation Schedule 2016-2019

Introduction

The contents contain details about the following qualifications:

Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Level 5 (DipICT L5) (Formerly CBC)
Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Level 6 (DipICT L6) (Formerly DipBC)
Diploma in Information and Communications Technology Level 7 (DipICT L7) (Formerly NDBC)

Regulations

New Zealand Qualifications in Information and Communications Technology – Regulations

Prescription Modules

New Zealand Qualifications in Information and Communications Technology – Regulations

Prescription Modules

Prescription Modules

Module Code	Module Name	PDF Document
AE600	Analogue Electronics
AE610	Analogue Electronics Applied
AM500	Applied Mathematics
AN600	3D Modelling and Animation
BA500	Business Applications
BA610	Business Applications
BA700	Business Applications
BC500	Business Communication
BC600	Business Communication
BS500	Semiconductor Theory
DA600	Data Analysis
DB500	Database Management Systems (DBMS)
DB600	Database Management Systems (DBMS)
DB620	Database Administration
DB700	Database Management Systems (DBMS)
DC500	Data Communications
DC600	Data Communications
DC700	Data Communications
DD600	Digital Media Design
DE600	Digital Electronics
DE610	Digital Electronics Applied
DG600	Dynamic Graphics
DM700	Data Modelling
DT500	Data Organisation
EC700	E Commerce Business
EC710	E Commerce Web Site
EP500	Evaluation and Procurement
EP600	Evaluation and Procurement
ET600	Ethics and Professionalism
EX600	Expert (knowledge based) systems
FP700	Firewall and Proxy Server
FS600	File Structures
GD600	Game Design and Development
GW700	Groupware
HD600	Help Desk
HF500	Hardware Fundamentals
HM600	PC Hardware Maintenance
HS600	PC Hardware & Skills
ID500	Interface Design and Development
IE500	IT Essentials
IG600	Information Gathering
IN500	Internet
IN600	Web Site Development
IN610	Web Site Administration (Web Master)
IO600	Input/Output Design
IP500	Interpersonal Skills
IS600	Strategic Information Systems Management
IS700	Information Systems Management
IS710	Information Systems & Business Planning
MA500	Multimedia Principles
MA600	Multimedia Development
MA700	Multimedia Applications
MB500	Mathematics for Business & Computing
MW600	Mobile Wireless Principles
MW610	Mobile Wireless Systems
NC500	Network Cabling
NM500	Lan Administration
NM600	Lan Administration
NM61n	Lan Administration Applied
NM640	Network Security
NW500	Networking Principles
NW600	Networking Practice
NW610	Networking Practice
NW620	Networking Practice
OM500	Organisation and Management
OO500	Object-Oriented Techniques
OO600	Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
OS500	Operating Systems Software
OS600	Operating Systems
OS610	Operating Systems (Internals)
OS65n	Operating Systems (multi-tasking)
PD500	Program Development
PJ700	Project
PM600	Project Management
PP400	Programming Principles
PP490	Programming Concepts and Tools
PP51n	Programming Practice
PP590	Programming Concepts and Tools
PR50n	Programming
PR51n	Programming
PR530	Programming (Systems)
PS600	Problem Solving
PY600	Prototyping Concepts
QA600	Quality Assurance
RA600	Requirements Analysis
SA600	Systems Analysis (structured techniques & tools)
SA61n	Systems Analysis (Methodology)
SA700	Systems Analysis
SC600	Sytems Controls
SD600	Systems Design
SD700	Systems Design
SI600	Systems Implementation
SO500	Systems Overview
SP500	Software Applications
SP510	Software Packages
SP520	Software Packages (alternative)
SP590	Word Processing & Spreadsheets
SP592	Software Packages
SP600	Software Support
SP610	Integrated Applications
SP700	Software Selection
SR700	System Review & Maintenance
SS600	Supervisory Skills
ST500	Statistical Analysis
TR600	Training
TR700	Training
US500	User Support
WN500	Wireless Networking
WX500	Work Experience

Licence The Licence identifies that the named individual has achieved a clear level of competence and understanding in the use of Personal Computers for business applications. Key Tag Award Individuals will also receive a key tag upon gaining their PC Drivers Licence. Courses The courses that lead to the PCDL are available at New Zealand Polytechnics and institutions accredited to the NACCQ. Download Click here to download the PCDL course application form as a PDF file.
		These courses are derived from the New Zealand Institutions of Technology and Polytechnics Qualifications in Information and Communications Technology. Six of the following seven courses are required to gain the PCDL: + Software Applications (SP500P) + Software Packages (SP510)  + Hardware Fundamentals (HF500) + Operating Systems Software (OS500) + LAN Administration (NM500)   + Internet (IN500) + Multimedia Principles (MA500) Any of SP590, SP591 or SP592 may be substituted for SP500 and/or SP510 ) Holders of a NZCS ICDL, or level 3 computing qualification, may be granted one 7 credit module (unspecified) towards the PCDL. These courses may be offered in any of the following programmes Diploma in Information and Communications Technology L5 and/or L6 National Diploma in Business Computing Local Polytechnic qualifications. For details of exactly which courses leading to the PCDL are available in your area, please contact your local Polytechnic To apply for your PCDL, please email Vivienne Wetere or contact your local polytechnic
CITRENZ Box 11-050, Hamilton. Telephone +64-7-856 1916, Facsimile +64-7-856 1912 email viviennew@wave.co.nz

for CITRENZ Modules and Qualifications contained in the NZ Institutes of Technology and Polytechnic Qualifications in Information and Communications Technology (Blue Book) November 2010

Accreditation

Accreditation involves an evaluation by NZQA of the capacity of an Institute of Technology and Polytechnic (ITP) to offer programmes and/or qualifications. as specified in the NZ Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics Qualifications in Information and Communications Technology (Blue Book) curriculum document. Computing and Information Technology Research and Education of New Zealand (CITRENZ), an unincorporated charitable society, is responsible for the  biennial publication of this document, which is approved by the NZ Qualifications Authority (NZQA) and is available from CITRENZ.

The qualifications are registered on the NZ Register of Quality Assured Qualifications ( http://www.kiwiquals.govt.nz/publications/index.html).

Accreditation is required for the delivery of:

• Any module from the Blue Book for which student achievement is to be assessed and recorded by the ITP
• Any qualification derived from the Blue Book for which student achievement is to be assessed and recorded by the ITP

Accreditation for delivery of these modules and qualifications requires a coherent and extensive quality management system of policies and procedures, with mechanisms for evaluation of the scope of the accreditation.

The process of accreditation will encompass the following:

Development and evaluation of teaching programmes

Development of a system for ensuring coherent teaching programmes and for their evaluation, including consultation with regional industry representatives and evaluation by students/learners.

Financial, administrative and physical resources

Provision of adequate and appropriate financial and administrative resources by ITPs offering these modules/programmes. They will have systems enabling support of all necessary activities and will provide adequate, appropriate and accessible physical resources enabling students to meet the required standards.

Staff selection, appraisal and development

Teaching staff with the necessary academic and/or industry qualifications will be recruited. The required knowledge and skills will be maintained through the selection process and the regular appraisal and on-going development of staff.

Student entry

Establishing and publishing requirements that include no unreasonable barriers for student entry and meet the stated academic entry requirements for the qualifications.

Student guidance/support systems

Systems to ensure that students have adequate access to appropriate guidance and support.

Off-site practical/work-based components

Development of systems that ensure any off-site practical/work-based components are fully integrated into the relevant programmes.

Assessment

Systems for ensuring that assessment is fair, valid and nationally consistent.

Reporting

Systems will be established to provide students with fair and regular feedback on their progress and to ensure fair reporting on final achievements. An associated appeals procedure will be established. ITPs will provide a reliable system for archiving information on final student achievement.

Academic Audit

Regular academic audits of ITPs are conducted by NZQA to verify that the quality management systems, established by each ITP, are functioning correctly. NZQA requires relevant and current information to enable objective judgements to be made on the continuing capability of ITPs to assess to the standards within the scope of the accreditation. If an academic audit reveals that an ITP’s assessment is substandard, and where there is no evidence of a strategy to improve the situation, action to remove accreditation may be initiated by NZQA.

MODERATION

Moderation for Institutes of Technology and Polytechnics (ITPs) offering modules and qualifications derived from the NZ Qualifications in Information and Communications Technology (Blue Book) publication consists of both external and internal processes.

External moderation for all ITPs covered by this plan will be managed by CITRENZ.

Contact Executive Officer

NACCQ
PO Box 11-050
HAMILTON
Telephone: 07 8561916
Fax: 07 8561912

Internal moderation will be managed by ITPs and monitored by NZQA and will provide for:

• Student/learner evaluation of programme content and delivery.
• Regional Industry input into programme content

Moderation Processes

Moderation is to ensure the validity and reliability of assessment and to ensure reasonable consistency of standard and quality of graduates with the qualifications.

CITRENZ will establish a centrally directed national external moderation scheme.

Refer: http://www.citrenz.ac.nz/accreditation-and-moderation-action-plan & http://www.citrenz.ac.nz/national-moderation-schedule-2016-2018/

ITPs will establish internal moderation processes, monitored by NZQA, which will provide for student/learner evaluation of the content and delivery of programmes derived from the Blue Book.

ITPs will convene Local Advisory Committees comprised of Industry and ITP representatives, in keeping with the ITP mandate on having a regional focus and with the Blue Book philosophies, to enable industry to contribute to CITRENZ-based programmes.

Purpose of Moderation

Moderation is to ensure the validity and reliability of assessment and to ensure reasonable consistency of standard and quality of graduates with the qualifications.

External moderation will promote national consistency of assessment standards by:

• Comparing each submission with the requirements of the module/prescription content
• Comparing all submissions from ITPs for consistency of standards

Internal moderation will ensure that the needs of regional industry and student/learners are met.

Management of the Moderation Process

Management of moderation involves processes for both external and internal moderation.

External Moderation

CITRENZ ensures that consistent standards are maintained through an external moderation process undertaken for ITPs. This involves consideration of all assessments for a selection of modules contained in the NZ Qualifications in Information and Communications Technology publication, according to a cyclic moderation schedule maintained by CITRENZ (Refer Appendix A).

The National Moderator will produce a report that is sent to the CEO of all participating ITPs and that will be published on the CITRENZ web site. Moderated assessment material, together with an individual and a summarized report, is returned to the ITP for action and archiving. NZQA has the right to view the results of such moderation at any time for any module ( Details of these processes are contained in the Blue Book regulations and are available from the CITRENZ Executive and from the website http://www.citrenz.ac.nz/accreditation-and-moderation-action-plan

CITRENZ has a procedure for resolving any disputes that may arise from the moderation process.

CITRENZ reports annually to the ITP CEs on the moderation system it manages.

Internal Moderation

ITPs will have consistent and transparent processes enabling student/learner evaluation of the content and delivery of programmes. A record of the outcomes of the evaluation process will be kept by the ITP to be produced on request by NZQA.

ITPs will establish an annual schedule for meetings of the Local Advisory Committee and will record minutes for each meeting, which NZQA may request at any time.