Civil Defence and Emergency Management NZQA Product Review

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We are now developing new skill standards for Civil Defence and Emergency Management and we need your input.

We will be gathering information and expect to finalise the work in early to mid-2025.

Toitū te Waiora is working on this product review in two phases.

Phase One

Consult with the Civil Defence and Emergency Management (CDEM) sector to:

Identify key CDEM roles that require training,
Identify the skills required for these roles, and
Create skill standards aligned to these roles. These skill standards will replace the existing suite of unit standards.

Phase Two

Develop micro-credentials and/or certificates as required by the sector to support with career pathways, professionalisation of the sector and recognition of the volunteer workforce. This will involve stacking the developed skill standards into larger qualification products for the CDEM roles identified in phase one.

So far we have:

Compiled a Training and Development Insights Report from our initial survey and conversations with people in the sector.
Identified the key roles across the sector that require training and identified the skills and knowledge required for these roles (via a small steering group).
Grouped the key knowledge and skills required across CDEM roles into categories that will form ‘subject-based’ consultation groups.
Drafted the intended scope for each consultation group – identifying what skills or knowledge and level of skill standards will be developed and what existing standards will be replaced.

What is next?

We will now set up the following consultation groups:

Stage	Timing	Consultation Groups
Stage 1	September -October	CDEM fundamentals Emergency Management Leadership (across 4Rs) CDEM fundamentals – cultural competency
Stage 2	October – November	Coordinated Emergency Management System (CIMS) Welfare Recovery Response Teams
Stage 3 with FENZ	October – November	Emergency Communications Workplace Emergency Management Workplace Fire and Emergency Response

If you completed the survey and indicated that you would like to be part of a consultation group we have allocated you to one of the consultation groups. Invitations and a meeting poll will follow.

If you have any questions or would like to suggest someone to join one of the consultation groups, please contact us on [email protected].