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The Toitū te Waiora Workforce Development Council will be closing operations from 19 December, and disestablished from 31 December 2025. The Education, Health and Community Industry Skills Board will pick up its functions.

Fire and Emergency qualifications and standards review

Toitū te Waiora is reviewing the following qualifications and standards. We are seeking expressions of interest to help ensure they’re fit for purpose and meet the needs of industry. 

Toitū te Waiora is reviewing the following qualifications: 

Standards:

Alongside the review of qualifications, Toitū te Waiora is developing skill standards to replace priority unit standards. 

Consultation groups: 

  1. Emergency communications (see below)
  2. Generic Fire Fighting (see below)
  3. Vegetation (see below)
  4. Vegetation – Leadership (see below)
  5. Vegetation – Fire Science (see below)

This is your opportunity to help develop standards that are fit for purpose and meet the sector’s needs. If you or your organisation would like to be involved, please get in touch via [email protected]  

1. Emergency Communications
Unit standard number Title Level Credits
18510 Process emergency service calls at an emergency communications centre 3 8
18511 Dispatch resources from an emergency communications centre in response to emergency service calls 3 5
29614 Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand 111 system processes and procedures 3 6
29615 Obtain and prepare information to support operations from an emergency communications centre 3 2
29616 Use emergency communication centre communications equipment 3 4
29617 Read and interpret maps to support operations from an emergency communications centre 3 2
29618 Operate a computer aided dispatch system at an emergency communications centre 3 7
29619 Operate radio networks in an emergency communications centre 3 2
29620 Assess and communicate potential threats to safety at incidents from an emergency communications centre 3 5
29621 Provide additional resources for an escalating incident from an emergency communications centre 4 4
2. Generic Fire Fighting
Unit standard number Title Level Credits
3270 Establish and deliver water supplies for fire and emergency operations 2 3
20386 Operate portable pumps for firefighting 3 3
20388 Work safely with the aircraft during an emergency incident 3 2
20392 Protect and preserve a fire scene 3 4
3. Vegetation
Unit standard number Title Level Credits
21417 Operate light portable pumps in a vegetation fire environment 2 2
3285 Demonstrate knowledge of working safely at vegetation fires 3 3
3286 Demonstrate knowledge of the use of hand tools and construct a fire line to control vegetation fires 3 3
3287 Use firefighting deliveries to suppress vegetation fires 3 3
3288 Load fire suppressants for aerial operations at vegetation fires 3 2
4. Vegetation – Leadership
Unit standard number Title Level Credits
3291 Lead a vegetation fire crew 4 4
3292 Supervise heavy machinery operations for use at vegetation fires 4 3
3293 Lead ground support for air operations at vegetation fires 5 4
14563 Supervise aerial fire suppression operations at vegetation fires 5 5
20396 Manage ground operations at vegetation fires 5 8
5. Vegetation – Fire Science
Unit standard number Title Level Credits
14556 Apply Fire Weather Index System data for fire reduction and readiness measures 4 4
14564 Demonstrate knowledge of the fire environment on vegetation fire behaviour 4 3
4648 Demonstrate knowledge of vegetation fire behaviour 5 8
10615 Investigate origin and cause of vegetation fires 5 6

Anticipated timeline

Qualifications  

  • June- consultation begins on qualifications. 

Standards  

  • July – consultation groups 1-3 begin on skill standard development. 
  • August – consultation groups 4-5 begin on skill standard development. 
  • September – national consultation on developed skill standards.