We’re excited to share with you the qualifications and the new skill standards that will provide a development pathway for crane operators working in Aotearoa, New Zealand for your feedback.
These skill standards will support training programmes leading to the reviewed Level 3 and Level 4 Crane qualifications and support future work on the New Zealand Certificate in Cranes (Advanced Crane Operation) (Level 5). We have also developed a Level 2 micro-credential that will provide a structured pathway into the crane industry.
The Technical Advisory Group (TAG) comprised of industry representatives, including the Crane Association of New Zealand, have met to review these qualifications and develop skill standards to meet the needs of industry. Several changes are proposed to the Level 3 and Level 4 crane qualifications, including changes to the qualification strands.
We are now asking for feedback from you on these proposed changes.
Please see options below to provide feedback.
As part of the planned review process, we have reviewed the following qualifications:
The qualification outcomes have been revised. We have made changes to qualification credit values, strands and prerequisites and developed a new suite of skill standards.
For the New Zealand Certificate in Cranes (Level 3), we have removed the strand Cab-Controlled Overhead Crane due to low usage and will replace this with a new micro-credential (date for micro-credential development tbc). Strands in Dogman, Pendant or remote controlled overhead / Gantry Crane, Self-Erecting Tower Crane, and Truck Loader Crane have been retained.
The New Zealand Certificate in Cranes (Level 4) with strands in Advanced Dogman, Crawler Crane, Mini Crane, Mobile Crane, Non-Slewing Articulated Crane, and Tower Crane is retained. The overall credit value remains the same, although there are changes to strand values and the graduate profile outcomes have been updated. We have also included using a crane lifted work platform in selected specialist strands.
The purpose of this micro-credential is to provide a formal credential pathway to introduce learners/ākonga to the knowledge and skills required to successfully work at the entry-level, in the cranes industry, and/or to encourage school leavers into the industry.
On completion, ākonga will be able to describe:
Follow the links below to see the proposed changes to the qualifications and access the exciting new skill standards.
New Level 3 Skill standards developed
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Demonstrate knowledge of crane types, and safe practices required in the crane industry
Undertake job safety analysis
Apply health and safety risk assessment to a job role
Demonstrate knowledge of workplace health and safety culture and practices
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Demonstrate and apply knowledge of slinging regular loads safely
New Level 4 Skill standards developed
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Lead a team during crane operations
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Level 2 – Introduction to Crane Operations (Micro-Credential)
Please email your feedback on any of the qualifications, micro-credential and/or skills standards to [email protected] before 5pm, Monday, 6 January 2025, for consideration by the TAG, and we also encourage you to complete a short survey.
