Recognition of Current Competency
The BCITO has developed the Recognition of Current Competency (RCC) process for people currently working in the building industry who do not hold a formal qualification to demonstrate that they have the necessary knowledge and practical skills to gain the National Certificate qualification.
The RCC process requires time, commitment and the ability to clearly demonstrate the currency of both industry knowledge and practical skills.
The RCC process is currently available for the;
- Carpentry sector
- Interior systems sector (plasterboard fixing and/or finishing, fibrous plaster manufacture, fibrous plaster installation, suspended ceiling installation, proprietary partition installation and fibre cement linings - (fixing and/or finishing).
Upon completion of the RCC process you will achieve a National Certificate in Carpentry or a National Certificate in Interior Systems, gaining formal recognition for your skills and proving your capability with an industry bench marked qualification.
Entry Criteria
To get qualified your skills and knowledge have to be current, demonstrated and assessed by an independent assessor. You will need to be able to clearly show that you have been actively working in a building and construction trade for the appropriate period of time;
- Carpentry - a minimum of seven years
- Interior systems - a minimum of five years
You will need to detail the scope of work you have been involved with over this period. The scope of the work must be broad enough to cover the requirements of the national certificate qualifications.
You will also need to provide at least two referees who can verify the evidence you have provided.
How do I achieve it?
There are two steps to achieving Recognition of Current Competency in your trade, which have been designed to offer you a range of options to help meet your individual learning needs and styles:
Theory - this is where your knowledge of your trade is evaluated.
- You must provide your NZQA record of learning for any unit standards you have already achieved.
and/or;
- You must sit a theory assessment paper which will evaluate your level of trade knowledge.
Practical - This is where your onsite practical skills are evaluated.
This must be provided in a BCITO record of work format (like a portfolio of jobs you have completed) which is very straightforward and user friendly, and takes you methodically through all the steps you need to complete. Within the record of work you should have, under each unit standard, details of verified practical work you have done.
The length of time to complete the process depends on how much work needs to be done to evidence competency and have it assessed. While each person's time will be different, we estimate it should take around three to six months to go through the whole process from start to finish.