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Authorities/Other Agencies of State
Notice Title

Notice of Recognition for the Service Skills Institute

Pursuant to section 5 of the Industry Training Act 1992, full recognition for the Service Skills Institute as an industry training organisation has been granted for a period of five years with effect from 1 January 2013 until 31 December 2017, to set standards on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework at Levels 1-8 for the following industries:
Accommodation: Including all hotels, motels and other commercial accommodation establishments such as backpackers, hostels, holiday accommodation parks, bed and breakfasts, lodges, resorts, halls of residence and apartments;
Aviation: Aeronautical engineering; aircraft operation
- including pilots, cabin crew, and aircrew; safety management; air traffic services; airline and airport operations; customer check-in; air cargo; and aviation ground support operations;
Cafes, Bars, Restaurants: Including licensed or unlicensed cafes, bars, taverns, pubs and restaurants;
Clubs: Including licensed or unlicensed clubs such as sport and recreation clubs, social clubs, working men’s clubs, cosmopolitan clubs, chartered clubs, town and country clubs, community clubs and Returned and Services’ Associations;
Food Services: Including food service premises,
on-premises catering and food services carried out
in hospitals, residential, prisons, education facilities, offices, airports, factories and other workplaces, stadium and event catering, and off-premises catering;
Museum: Museums, including all collections, art galleries, historical societies, and science centres - either volunteer or permanently staffed;
Quick Service Restaurants: Including fast-food and
take-away national and regional chains, franchises and independent outlets;
Retail: Including the operation of all forms of consumer based sales of goods and services including
store-based, online, national and regional chains, franchises and independent outlets;
Tourism: Including all aspects of visitor services; attractions; adventure providers; tourism guiding
and interpretation; event and conference organisers; retailers; regional tourism organisations and promotion boards; visitor information centres; casinos; tourism aspects of rental vehicle operators, railways and ferries; and other tourism related business;
Travel: Including the management and operation of all forms of retail, wholesale and corporate based sales, packaging or brokering of inbound and outbound travel and tourism products - including store-based, online and travel reservation centres; and
Wholesale: Including the operation of all forms of
resale, storage and distribution of goods including 3PL (Third Party Logistics) and 4PL (Fourth Party Logistics) operations.
Dated at Wellington this 6th day of December 2012.
HON STEVEN JOYCE, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment.