appropriate education, training and work-based learning
youth activity obligations
appropriate education activities
If a young person is attending secondary school during usual school hours, regularly attending classes and completing assignments and other course requirements, they will be meeting their activity obligations. Secondary education includes:
- secondary schools
- composite schools
- correspondence schools.
appropriate training activities
If a young person is regularly attending training during required hours and is completing assignments and other course requirements, they will be meeting their activity obligations.
Training means employment-related training that must:
- be reputable and expected to teach the young person skills that will help them find work in their local labour market
- have an emphasis on training rather than study
- offer full-time training (at least 30 hours per week)
- offer NCEA or National Qualification Framework (NQF) or NZQA level 4 credits.
appropriate tertiary study activities
If a young person is attending tertiary education and is enrolled and attending a full-time course as well as completing assignments and other course requirements, they will be meeting their activity obligations.
Tertiary education includes any course of study provided at s University or Polytechnic.
appropriate work-based learning activity
Work-based learning activities include courses that offer more practical, hands-on learning than the school environment. Study may also be combined with work. For example, a young person can be working towards NCEA or National Qualification Framework credits as part of the employment.
Programmes that contain elements of work-based learning include Youth Guarantee programmes and part-time Industry Partnerships.
acceptable evidence of achieving ncea or equivalent qualification
Young people enrolled in Youth Service must be in full-time education, training, or work-based learning to work towards an NCEA or an equivalent qualification.
To confirm a young person has achieved this, you must upload the following to ART:
- a Record of Achievement from NZQA, or
- a letter or email from the education provider confirming that the young person has met the requirements for gaining NCEA or an equivalent qualification.
Letter or email from the Education Provider
The letter or email from the education provider must:
- be on the education provider's letterhead or show the full email address of the education provider
- include the young person's full name
- specify the qualification achieved
- provide the date the qualification was achieved
- be signed by the education provider.
what we mean by equivalent qualification
We can also recognise Certificates on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework (for example a New Zealand Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Level 2) or Cambridge qualifications.
Check out the table below to learn more.
| NCEA levels | Equivalent options |
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| NCEA Level 1 60 credits at any level (1, 2 or 3) Plus 10 Literacy or Te Reo Matatini credits, and 10 Numeracy or Te Pāngarau credits |
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| NCEA Level 2 60 credits at level 2 or above Plus 10 Literacy or Te Reo Matatini credits, and 10 Numeracy or Te Pāngarau credits |
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| NCEA Level 3 60 credits at level 3 or above Plus 10 Literacy or Te Reo Matatini credits, and 10 Numeracy or Te Pāngarau credits |
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get access to learning records
You can get access to a young person's NZQA learning record to update ART. There are two ways you can do this:
- Register as a Private Training Establishment (PTE)
Contact NZQA helpdesk on 0800 697 296 or via email at helpdesk@nzqa.govt.nz.
For more information about the registration and approval process, click here.
- Not register as a Private Training Establishment (PTE)
Send us your details (below) to national_youthservice@msd.govt.nz.
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- Organisation name:
- Contact name:
- Email:
- Address:
- Phone:
- Fax:
- Organisation website:
We will email NZQA with this information to confirm you are a provider.
Next steps
NZQA will contact you to provide you with your EDUMIS number and an Education Sector Logon (ELS) form for you to sign.
You will need to print, sign and send the form to the Ministry of Education service.desk@education.govt.nz.
Processing times
Please allow time for NZQA and the Ministry of Education to process your request.
You will be notified of the outcome once your access has been finalised.
Already got access and but need to update your details
If you're just updating your details, contact the Ministry of Education service desk.
If it's a business name change or the person who holds access is no longer with your organisation, send us your details (bullet points above).
Depending on your request, eg, remove an old user account, we'll send your request to NZQA and later advise you to contact the Ministry of Education, Education Service Desk at service.desk@education.govt.nz to find out how to log into their system.
Unsure if you have access
Send us your details (bullet points above) to national_youthservice@msd.govt.nz and we'll check this out for you.