Vocational Pathways Award and recognition of achievement
Requirements for a Vocational Pathways Award
A Vocational Pathways Award highlights how a learners’ NCEA achievements align with pathways to further study and work in six broad industries. This helps employers to easily see how a potential employees’ skills and knowledge match with their industry.
At Level 2 a Vocational Pathways Award rewards students who achieve 60 level 2 credits from the recommended assessment standards in one or more Vocational Pathway sector. A Vocational Pathways Award must include at least 20 credits from the sector-related standards in a Pathway.
All standards included in a particular Vocational Pathway are recommended, and a sub-set of these recommended standards are identified as sector-related. Recommended standards support a strong foundational curriculum, and sector-related standards are directly relevant to employment contexts. For more information about the difference between these types of standards please refer to the FAQ: What is the difference between sector-related and recommended standards at level 2?
Note: If you don’t gain a Vocational Pathways Award within one year you can continue to work towards it in the following year(s) as long as you are still working towards NCEA level 2.
Requirements for NCEA Level 2
80 credits, of which
- a minimum of 60 credits are from level 2 or above
- 10 are Literacy or Te Reo Matatini credits
- 10 are Numeracy or Te Pāngarau credits
Literacy requirement
10 credits gained through either:
- Literacy unit standards 32403 and 32405, or
- Te Reo Matatini unit standards 32413 (Te Reo Torohū) and 32415 (Te Reo Whakaputa), or
- assessment standards – specified achievement and unit standards available through a range of subjects.
Numeracy requirement
10 credits gained through either:
- Numeracy unit standard 32406, or
- Te Pāngarau unit standard 32412, or
- assessment standards – specified achievement and unit standards available through a range of subjects.