FAQs
As NZTA transitions from CoPTTM to the NZGTTM, we're getting asked some key questions.
These questions specifically relate to the changes to the TTM warrants.
Why is the warrant system changing?
As part of NZTA’s transition to the New Zealand guide to temporary traffic management (NZGTTM), and the CoPTTM based warrant system being phased out, we were asked: How the TTM training and competency model would continue to be enabled?
Under the NZGTTM, and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) ‘All workers must have the appropriate training and credentials and be competent to do their work safely’.
It is up to the PCBU to determine how they ensure the people working on their sites are competent and capable. The move to the NZGTTM means training offered by NZTA is not the only way a PCBU can assure themselves that their people are competent. We therefore decided to explore an option that would see NZTA discontinuing the administration of TTM warrants where there is an identical unit standard offering.
We also realised there are other benefits to this option, including simplifying the TTM training system ahead of the wider transition:
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Moving the TTM industry closer to the ways of working with the future credentials framework and preparing people for that transition
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Allowing appropriate organisations to manage training earlier than anticipated
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Removing the double up of certification for the same roles.
What does warrant discontinuation mean?
This change sees the end of TMO and STMS warrants. This means from 1 November 2024 only one credential (a unit standard) will be awarded for each of set of training and assessment instead of 2 (warrant and unit standard).
Unit standards 31959, 31960 31961, 31962 and 31963 will be delivered solely through Connexis using current TTM trainers and assessors and existing training material that Waka Kotahi has shared with Connexis.
Please note that any warrants you have already been awarded will remain on your record in the NZTA TTM training database and any TMO or STMS warrant training completed prior to 1 November 2024 will be recorded in the TTM training database if your trainer or assessor registers it with us.
Are any warrants staying?
Yes – not all TTM warrants have an equivalent unit standard or a replacement skill standard or micro-credential yet. At this stage we intend to continue registering the following warrants via their relevant trainers:
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Inspector
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STMS Mobile NP
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STMS Mobile
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KCTL
Can I still search my warrants on the TTM training database public search?
All remaining NZTA warranted workshops will continue to be registered in the NZTA TTM training database and available in the public search once processed along with any warrants you have been awarded at any time in the past.
Note: Unit standards are not available to search on the TTM training database public search. These can be accessed through your record of achievement on the NZQA website: New Zealand Record of Achievement: NZQA
Who will deliver the training for theory unit standards (ie non-practising TMO and STMS)?
TTM trainers approved by NZTA and Connexis as of 31 October 2024 will continue to be the trainers who deliver theory training in this interim model.
Those trainers are currently required to register as assessors with Connexis in order to award unit standards 31959, 31961, and 31962 and the unit standards trainers have on their scope will remain.
How will refreshers work?
Because the NZGTTM and the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) do not specify training requirements beyond a primary duty of care to provide workers with appropriate information, training, instruction, or supervision necessary to protect all persons from risks to their health and safety arising from their work, it is up to individual organisations to determine what refreshing knowledge and reassessing competence looks like.
How can I become a trainer or assessor for unit standards?
There are currently sufficient numbers of non-practising and practising unit standard assessors and Connexis will maintain the scope of these assessors until replacement skill standards and micro-credentials become available.
Connexis will not be accepting further assessors except in limited circumstances where they may be able to accept workplace assessors where organisations have determined a need specific to their workplace.
Note: If you have already completed a Waka Kotahi TTM assessor workshop and are yet to register as an assessor with Connexis we have passed on your name so you can complete your registration anytime up to 31 October 2024.
You will need to complete the Connexis Assessor Application Form, available here:
https://www.connexis.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Connexis-Registered-Assessor-Form-v5.9.pdf
Are we still moving to the credentials framework as agreed by the TTM Industry Steering Group (TTM ISG)?
The TTM Credentials Framework is the desired end state for TTM training.
How the unit standards will get switched off when the skills standards and micro-credentials are published will be confirmed by Connexis as we get close to each transition.
How will I know what category of road I’ve been trained for?
Unit standards 31962 (aka STMS - NP) and 31963 (STMS) allow for assessment against any of 3 road environment options ie category A, B, or C. However, regardless of the roading environment assessed against the same unit standard will be awarded.
It is up to you and your employer to determine if you are sufficiently trained and capable to work in a particular environment of road.
Unit standard training and assessment may contribute to this determination and your own record keeping of the categories of road you’ve been trained and assessed on will further help you to decide if PCBU obligations under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015 (HSWA) have been met.
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