Assessment Standards at NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3

Assessment Standards at NCEA Levels 1, 2 and 3

Vocational Pathways assessment standards for the 2026 academic year. Match recommended and sector-related assessment standards by choosing level, industry pathway and standards type.

Found 761 matching standards

Standard

Description

Credits

  1. 31000

    Read and understand basic English language written information for common everyday practical purposes

    Level 1 - English Language –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    10

  2. 31012

    Participate in basic everyday spoken interactions in English language

    Level 1 - English Language –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    10

  3. 31013

    Participate in simple everyday spoken interactions in English language

    Level 1 - English Language –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    10

  4. 40061

    Work collaboratively and effectively in a group containing a range of people and cultures to achieve an outcome

    Level 2 - Foundation Skills - Te Ara Tupu –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    10

  5. 40122

    Demonstrate basic operation of a small mobile plant

    Level 2 - Civil Plant Operation –

    Construction & Infrastructure Sector-related

    10

  6. 6079

    Build a straight brick wall with a return corner

    Level 2 - Brick and Block Laying –

    Construction & Infrastructure Sector-related

    12

  7. 6088

    Build a straight block wall with a return corner

    Level 2 - Brick and Block Laying

    Construction & Infrastructure Sector-related

    12

  8. 22923

    Demonstrate basic engineering workshop skills under close supervision

    Level 1 - Mechanical Engineering Technology

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended

    12

  9. 40060

    Apply self-management and resilience strategies to organise personal life, maintain well-being, and continue learning

    Level 2 - Foundation Skills - Te Ara Tupu –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    15

  10. 40066

    Describe the strengths of own rangatiratanga and identify how these can guide own short-term goals and future pathways

    Level 2 - Foundation Skills - Te Ara Tupu –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    15

  11. 90828

    Evaluate a personal action that contributes towards a sustainable future

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    6

  12. 90831

    Analyse the impact that policies have on a sustainable future

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    5

  13. 90832

    Develop a strategy for an organisation that will contribute to a sustainable future

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    5

  14. 91387

    Carry out an investigation in chemistry involving quantitative analysis

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    4

  15. 91388

    Demonstrate understanding of spectroscopic data in chemistry

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    3

  16. 91389

    Demonstrate understanding of chemical processes in the world around us

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    3

  17. 91390

    Demonstrate understanding of thermochemical principles and the properties of particles and substances

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    5

  18. 91391

    Demonstrate understanding of the properties of organic compounds

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    5

  19. 91392

    Demonstrate understanding of equilibrium principles in aqueous systems

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    5

  20. 91393

    Demonstrate understanding of oxidation-reduction processes

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    3

  21. 91410

    Carry out an independent practical Earth and Space Science investigation

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended

    4

  22. 91411

    Investigate a socio-scientific issue in an Earth and Space Science context

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  23. 91412

    Investigate the evidence related to dating geological event(s)

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  24. 91413

    Demonstrate understanding of processes in the ocean system

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  25. 91414

    Demonstrate understanding of processes in the atmosphere system

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  26. 91415

    Investigate an aspect of astronomy

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  27. 91429

    Demonstrate understanding of a given environment(s) through selection and application of geographic concepts and skills

    Level 3 - Social Sciences –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended

    4

  28. 91472

    Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied written text(s), supported by evidence

    Level 3 - English

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    4

  29. 91473

    Respond critically to specified aspect(s) of studied visual or oral text(s), supported by evidence

    Level 3 - English

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    4

  30. 91474

    Respond critically to significant aspects of unfamiliar written texts through close reading, supported by evidence

    Level 3 - English

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    4

  31. 91475

    Produce a selection of fluent and coherent writing which develops, sustains, and structures ideas

    Level 3 - English

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    6

  32. 91476

    Create and deliver a fluent and coherent oral text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas

    Level 3 - English

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    3

  33. 91477

    Create a fluent and coherent visual text which develops, sustains, and structures ideas using verbal and visual features

    Level 3 - English –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    3

  34. 91478

    Respond critically to significant connections across texts, supported by evidence

    Level 3 - English

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  35. 91479

    Develop an informed understanding of literature and/or language using critical texts

    Level 3 - English

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

  36. 91521

    Carry out a practical investigation to test a physics theory relating two variables in a non-linear relationship

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    4

  37. 91522

    Demonstrate understanding of the application of physics to a selected context

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    3

  38. 91523

    Demonstrate understanding of wave systems

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    4

  39. 91524

    Demonstrate understanding of mechanical systems

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    6

  40. 91525

    Demonstrate understanding of Modern Physics

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    3

  41. 91526

    Demonstrate understanding of electrical systems

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    6

  42. 91527

    Use physics knowledge to develop an informed response to a socio-scientific issue

    Level 3 - Science –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    3

  43. 91573

    Apply the geometry of conic sections in solving problems

    Level 3 - Mathematics –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    3

  44. 91574

    Apply linear programming methods in solving problems

    Level 3 - Mathematics –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended

    3

  45. 91575

    Apply trigonometric methods in solving problems

    Level 3 - Mathematics –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended

    4

  46. 91576

    Use critical path analysis in solving problems

    Level 3 - Mathematics –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    2

  47. 91578

    Apply differentiation methods in solving problems

    Level 3 - Mathematics –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended

    6

  48. 91579

    Apply integration methods in solving problems

    Level 3 - Mathematics –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended

    6

  49. 91587

    Apply systems of simultaneous equations in solving problems

    Level 3 - Mathematics –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Primary Industries Recommended

    3

  50. 91608

    Undertake brief development to address an issue within a determined context

    Level 3 - Technology –

    Construction & Infrastructure Recommended Manufacturing & Technology Recommended Services Industries Recommended Social & Community Services Recommended Creative Industries Recommended

    4

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