Rule ITO013: Supplementary Credit Programme

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Rule or condition

A Supplementary Credit Programme (SCP) may receive funding approval only if all the following are met:

• The SCP is for use within the industry training organisation's (ITO’s) current Gazetted coverage
• The SCP forms part of an existing and registered national certificate(s) or national diploma(s) (the qualification), for which the ITO has funding approval
• The SCP is for a minimum of 20 credits and a maximum of 70 credits
• The ITO can demonstrate that the SCP will allow training to keep pace with changes in the workplace by one of the following:
  • reflecting changes in the structure of the qualifications
    Example: when strands are added to the qualification
  • supporting change to an individual’s circumstances
    Example: when additional unit standards are required in relation to a qualification already achieved

Trainees must have completed a qualification that would enable them to achieve at the level of the SCP in which they enrol. Such a qualification must be no more than one NZQF level below that of the SCP. The Tertiary Education Commission may grant an exception to this requirement.

A qualification that includes some form of currency or renewable requirements, such as first aid or health and safety is not eligible for funding as an SCP.