New Zealand National Certificate in Computer Level 2
NZQA ACCREDITED

COMPUTER INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 2

This New Zealand National Certificate is designed to:

recognise a base level core of computing skills for any

industry that requires such skills.

provide a first qualification in computing for learners

studying any field or domain.

recognise an entry level for further education in computing

Compulsory Unit Standards

These Units Standards must be attained.

Unit No.	Unit Standard Title	Level	Credit
2780	Describe and operate a personal computer system	2	6
2781	Manage and protect computer data	2	3
2782	Describe and use personal computer operating systems	2	3
	Total Credit for Compulsory Units = 12

 

National Certificate Credit Requirements
Compulsory	12	Computing
Elective A	18	(optional units from Computing domain)
Elective B	10	(optional units from any domain)
Total	40	credits

 

ELECTIVE A UNIT STANDARDS

A total of 18 credits must be attained from the Computing Unit Standards. The Computing Unit Standards on this course are shown below.

Note: Unit Standard 111 (from the Business Administration field) is an optional unit and is included.

Unit No	Unit Standard Title	Level	Credit
111	Operate a word processor	2	5
2784	Produce and use computer spreadsheets	2	3
2786	Create and use a computer flatfile database using base functions	2	3
2788	Produce desktop published documents using base functions	2	3
2790	Operate personal computer peripherals	2	3
2791	Integrate data from word processor, spreadsheet and database files	2	3

ELECTIVE B UNIT STANDARD

A total of 10 credits must be attained from any other Units. The units on our course are listed below.

(L = Level, C = Credit)

Unit No.
107	Produce text processed communications (L2, C5)
121	Operate a clerical systems and apply business procedures (L2, C5)
327	Document business transactions (L2, C3)
12884	Create documents and manage files for generic text and information management (L2, C3)
12885	Create and enhance documents combining text and images for generic text and information management (L2, C6)

FEES

Eligibility

For NZQA assessment students must have completed at least 3 years secondary education and have passed English in School Certificate. Exceptions to be made for student who has the demonstrated ability to complete a module. Demonstrated ability could be determined by those students who have either completed 3 terms at the ACS-St Joseph’s Computer Training Centre in years 9 – 10 and above classes or have acquired a competency certificate in a similar module in the Adult Classes of ACS-St. Joseph’s Computer Training Centre. Any other exceptions will be considered by the Special Admissions Committee of the ACS-St. Joseph’s Computer Training Centre.

 

Please contact us if you have any queries on Phone: (+685) 25594 Fax: (+685) 26959

National Certificate in Computing

Learning Centre Ltd

Carruthers Building

Fax: (+685) 26959

E-Mail: acs@samoa.net or acs@lesamoa.net