Accredited education organisations can award and issue micro-credentials and New Zealand qualifications at levels 1 to 6 on the New Zealand Qualifications and Credentials Framework (NZQCF).
Providers must be accredited to deliver study or arrange training for qualifications and credentials.
Printing qualification and micro-credential achievement certificates
Education organisations can print their own qualification and micro-credential certificates using the following specifications:
Printing specifications for New Zealand certificates and diplomas [DOCX, 88 KB]
Printing specifications for micro-credentials [DOCX, 83 KB]
Branding and logos
Brand guidelines and NZQCF logos are available in the MyNZQA tertiary portal:
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Recording achievement on a learner's New Zealand Record of Achievement
When a learner completes a qualification or micro-credential, you must let us know so we can update the leaner's New Zealand Record of Achievement.
More information
Submitting results and awarding qualifications and micro-credentials
Award options for education organisations
We encourage providers to exercise their rights and responsibilities. However, some won't have the capacity to award qualifications or issue qualification documents.
This may include receiving organisations offering work-based learning programmes that lead to New Zealand qualifications where assessment occurs wholly against assessment standards on the Directory of Assessment and Skill Standards (DASS).
In these cases, following a request, we can:
- undertake a QualCheck
- record qualification or micro-credential completion on a New Zealand Record of Achievement (NZRoA)
- print a qualification document, if required.