Pursuant to section 8 of the Industry Training Act 1992, provisional recognition for The Skills Organisation (previously recognised as the Electrotechnology Industry Training Organisation) as an industry training organisation has been granted for a period effective from 1 August 2012 to 1 December 2012 to set standards at Levels 1 to 8 on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework for the following industries:
- The Public Service as listed in the First Schedule to
the State Sector Act; other organisations defined as departments for the purposes of the Public Finance Act 1989;
- Offices of Parliament;
- Crown Entities defined as Crown Agents, Autonomous Crown Entities, and Independent Crown Entities; and
- the State-owned Enterprises Quotable Value Limited and AsureQuality Limited; and
- the local government and civil defence industry.
Excluded from this coverage are:
- State-owned Enterprises and Crown Companies except as specified as above;
- Crown Entities which are direct providers of health services (including hospitals, health boards etc);
- direct providers of education services (including schools and tertiary education institutions);
- Crown Research Institutes; and
- New Zealand Fire Service Commission and the Fire Service.
Dated at Wellington this 31st day of July 2012.
HON STEVEN JOYCE, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment.