Vocational Pathways Award• Vocational Pathways is an award on the Record of

Achievement at NCEA Level 2 – providing a framework for vocational options– supporting programme design and careers advice – improving links between education and employment

Five sectors:– Manufacturing and Technology– Construction and Infrastructure– Primary Industries– Social and Community Services– Services Industries– (Creative Industries - under development)

See also

http://youthguarantee.net.nz/vocational-pathways/

Vocational Pathways: Credit Requirement

LEVEL 1 LEVEL 2 LEVEL 3

10 LITERACY CREDITS

10 NUMERACY CREDITS

60 LEVEL 2 CREDITS RECOMMENDED

STANDARDS

MINIMUM OF 20 SECTOR RELATED

CREDITS

http://youthguarantee.net.nz/vocational-pathways/

Vocational Pathways: Level 2 credits

Pathway Recommended Sector Related

Achievement Standards

UnitStandards

Achievement Standards

UnitStandards

Construction & Infrastructure Numerous Sufficient Sufficient Numerous

Manufacturing & Technology Numerous Sufficient Sufficient Numerous

Primary Industries Numerous Numerous Sufficient Numerous

Services Industries Numerous Sufficient Insufficient* Numerous

Social & Community Services Numerous Numerous Sufficient Numerous

* Insufficient could be managed through;• a partnership with an external provider;• an extension to base scope consent.

Vocational Pathways: Directory of Assessment Standards

Achievement Standards

RECOMMENDED(UP TO 40)

NUMNUM

SECTOR RELATED(20)

LITLIT

1

23

Vocational Pathways

Additional 'VP' resources have been developed for some L1 and L2 standards. These are available on the TKI subject resource pages

e.g.

http://ncea.tki.org.nz/Resources-for-Internally-Assessed-Achievement-Standards/Science/Biology/Level-2-Biology

Vocational Pathways

The Job Profile Tool available on the Youth Guarantee website provides a handy reference relating the pathways to jobs:

http://youthguarantee.net.nz/vocational-pathways/students-and-whanau/job-profile-tool/