Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Limited (Trading as Careerforce)

Notice of Recognition for Community Support Services ITO Limited (trading as Careerforce)

Pursuant to section 5 of the Industry Training Act 1992, full recognition for the Community Support Services ITO Limited (trading as Careerforce) as the industry training organisation for health, disability, and community support has been granted for a period of five years, with effect from 19 March 2011 to 18 March 2016, to set standards at Levels 1-8 on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework for the sectors of aged care, addiction, allied health, core health, dental support, intellectual, physical and sensory disability, health care orderlies, health support, mental health, primary and secondary health care, public health and whanau ora, except where the workforce is covered by the Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act 2003.

Ambulance, first aid, injury prevention, pre-hospital emergency care, occupational health and safety, pharmacy, social services, State services-related public administration and management are excluded from the Careerforce coverage as they lie within the coverage of other standard setting bodies.

Dated at Wellington this 29th day of March 2011.

HON STEVEN JOYCE, Minister for Tertiary Education.

Notice of Extension of Coverage for Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Industry Training Organisation Incorporated
Pursuant to section 5 of the Industry Training Act 1992, full recognition for the Community Support Services Industry Training Organisation Industry Training Organisation Incorporated has been granted for a period of five years, with effect from the publication date of this notice to 1 September 2016, to set standards at Levels 1 to 8 on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework for:
community work; counselling; employment support,Iwi/Māori social services;  Pacific Island social services; social work – including in suicide intervention,  abuse, neglect and violence; Tamariki Ora – Well Child Services; whānau/family and foster care;  whānau ora; and youth work.

Dated at Wellington this 30th day of August 2011.
HON STEVEN JOYCE, Minister for Tertiary Education