Vision and Hearing Screening (Level 3)

The National Certificate in Community Support Services (Vision and Hearing Screening) qualification is designed for employees who conduct vision and hearing screening tests with children as specified by the Ministry of Health through the `National Vision Hearing Screening programme` and the `Well Child/Tamariki Ora National schedule`.

It is designed to support employers and employees to meet the requirements of the recently revised National Vision Hearing Screening Protocols.

It is a level 3 qualification on the National Qualifications Framework and consists of the nine compulsory unit standards and one elective unit standard. The qualification is made up of either 50 or 51 credits, depending on which elective unit standard is chosen.

The National Certificate is endorsed and strongly supported by the Vision and Hearing Technicians Society (VHT Society).

More Information

	Click here for more information about undertaking this qualification
	Click here if you are a manager interested in making this qualification available to your staff

Resources

Trainees undertaking this Qualification receive learning resources for each unit standard in the Qualification. Each unit standard has a Workbook and a Trainee Assessment Portfolio.

The workbooks are a learning aide for trainees, and they may be printed or online.  They are designed to be interesting and stimulating, and assist trainees to complete their Trainee Assessment Portfolio (TAP). A Trainee Assessment Portfolio is effectively an answer book for the trainee to complete for each unit standard.

Online Learning Resources

	If you are a trainee enrolled in this Qualifcation click here for your online learning resources. You will need to log in and create your account to access the resources.
	Click here to find out more about Careerforce Online Learning. You will need to click on 'Careerforce' in the course categories, then 'Careerforce Online Learning', and log in as a guest to have a look.

First VHS Graduates Become Assessors

To support the assessment of this new qualification, Careerforce assisted five trainees to complete the qualification through a Recognition of Current Competencies programme. The five graduates have also completed their assessor training and as a result will now be able to support other trainees complete the qualification in the workplace

Photo: Kaye Jefferies, Ruth Batters, Denise Forgie and Glynne Morresey are four of the five candidates to complete the National Certificate in Community Support Services (Vision and Hearing Screening)(level 3). Also pictured is Careerforce CEO George Nimmo. Not in the photo but also awarded this new Certificate was Sue Collier