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4. Prescribed quality assurance requirements

1. ISBs must have arrangements in place for:
   1. undertaking strategic workforce analysis and planning for their specified industries:
   2. developing, setting and maintaining skills standards and capstone assessments:
   3. mantaining unit standards:
   4. developing industry qualifications and micro-credentials for listing on the NZQCF, and maintaining them after listing:
   5. developing and maintaining national curricula for qualifications for which it is the responsible standard-setting body where it intends to create national curricula:
   6. deciding whether to endorse programmes:
   7. carrying out moderation activities in relation to standards and capstone assessments it sets:
   8. participation and cooperation in monitoring by É«ÓÕÖ±²¥, following the processes and guidance that É«ÓÕÖ±²¥ from time to time publishes on its website:
   9. complying with its obligations as a standard setting body.
2. Annually, ISBs must:
   1. review the effectiveness of the arrangements they have in place and produce an improvement plan:
   2. provide a report to É«ÓÕÖ±²¥ on their improvement plan and complete a template available on É«ÓÕÖ±²¥'s website for providing national external moderation data:
   3. engage in a discussion with É«ÓÕÖ±²¥ following provision of the report:
   4. address the improvements within a timeframe agreed with É«ÓÕÖ±²¥.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of these Rules but is intended to indicate their general effect.

These Rules set out:

1. the prescribed quality assurance requirements for ISBs; and
2. the method of determining the annual fee payable by ISBs to É«ÓÕÖ±²¥ and when and how that fee is payable.