Education and Training Act 2020

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366 Functions of workforce development councils

(1)

The functions of a workforce development council, in relation to the specified industries covered by it, are—

Leadership

(a)

to provide skills and workforce leadership for the specified industries, including by identifying their current and future needs and advocating for those needs to be met through its work with the industries and with schools, providers, regional bodies, and the Government:

Developing and setting standards, capstone assessments, and qualifications

(b)

to develop, set, and maintain skill standards:

(c)

to develop and maintain industry qualifications for listing on the Qualifications and Credentials Framework and to maintain qualifications for which it has become the qualifications developer:

(d)

to develop and maintain micro-credentials:

(e)

to develop and maintain national curricula for qualifications for which it is responsible as a standard-setting body under section 438:

(f)

to develop, set, and maintain capstone assessments based on the needs of the specified industries:

Endorsing programmes and moderating assessments

(g)

to decide whether to endorse programmes developed by providers:

(h)

to carry out moderation activities in relation to any standards and capstone assessments it sets:

Advisory and representative role

(i)

to provide employers with brokerage and advisory services approved by TEC:

(j)

to advise TEC, as provided for in section 411,—

(i)

about its overall investment in vocational education and training:

(ii)

about the mix of vocational education and training needed for the 1 or more specified industries covered by the workforce development council in the manner required by TEC:

(k)

to represent the interests of the specified industries:

Other functions

(l)

to perform any other functions conferred on it by the Minister in relation to the specified industries.

(2)

For the purposes of subsection (1)(g), the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, specify criteria relating to when a workforce development council must endorse a programme before it may be approved by NZQA under section 439.

(3)

The Minister must not confer any additional function on a workforce development council under subsection (1)(l) without first consulting the workforce development council.

Compare: 1989 No 80 s 482

Section 366(1)(c): amended, on 1 August 2022, by section 73 of the Education and Training Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 38).

Section 366(1)(d): amended, on 1 August 2022, by section 73 of the Education and Training Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 38).

Section 366(1)(e): replaced, on 1 August 2022, by section 19 of the Education and Training Amendment Act 2022 (2022 No 38).