Don’t be afraid of the term ‘micro-credential’

Did you know that New Zealand was one of the first countries in the world to introduce micro-credentials as part of education and training systems?

It’s been five years since the first micro-credentials were introduced, but they are still not particularly well understood.

Read on to learn more about what micro-credentials are and the value of your teams upskilling with Study From Work.

What is a micro-credential?

Micro-credentials are part of the official New Zealand qualifications and credentials framework.

They can be at any level of the framework (such as Level 1 or Level 5), and can be anywhere up to 40 credits in size for a single micro-credential. They are not qualifications in themselves, but they can be components of qualifications. Taken alone, they are recognised as awards and provide learners with new skills and knowledge.

In fact, training schemes from the Education and Training Act 2020 are now treated as micro-credentials.

Micro-credentials can only be delivered by registered tertiary education providers, and are all NZQA quality assured.

What can micro-credentials with Study From Work improve for your team?

The micro-credentials on offer from Study From Work cover a range of valuable skills including Human Resources, Financial Planning, Communications Management, and Strategic Planning. These professional skills can offer benefits for practically any business looking to upskill their team members.

These quick, highly practical qualifications focus on the development of competencies and skills that can be applied in the workplace immediately. Throughout the process every learner will enjoy the support and guidance of our experienced online learning team, and work at a pace that suits the learner and employer.

Completing Study From Work micro-credentials will enable your employees to develop skills to be highly effective in their current roles, and prepare them to offer even more value in different roles in future.

Workplaces that have already used our online learning platform to upskill teams advise that our qualifications increase staff retention, reward and recognise employees, and develop them into highly competent leaders and managers.

Take a look at what our industry partners have to say about us on our testimonials page.

Choose Study From Work for your workplace upskilling

It’s not easy to become a registered tertiary education provider and offer micro-credentials, but in 2021, Study From Work was approved to supply workplaces with micro-credentials for staff.

Much of this success in our application was due to our exceptionally strong reputation in the industry thanks to our many years of providing tertiary education through the International Travel College (ITC) and Study From Home.

Our New Zealand owned and operated organisation has been providing trusted and respected education for over 25 years. Let us show you what that experience and knowledge can do for your workplace.

For more information please contact us today.