21st January 2007

In order to ease my fears over my qualifications, I have decided to apply to the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (www.nzqa.govt.nz) to have my qualifications evaluated. Some qualifications require full validation by the NZQA for which there is a charge of $450 (plus optional extras). You can however have a pre-assessment which provides reassurance akin to that I’m looking for. It can be done online, costs $75 and takes up to 10 days to complete. I’m hoping that my professional qualifications have been assessed before, especially as they’re in an area of skills shortage and as such won’t require the full assessment or payment. Anyway, the pre-assessment application is done, which now involves more waiting!