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Title / Drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New Zealand full driver licence
Level / 2 / Credits / 2
Purpose / This unit standard is for people who have: successfully completed the required New Zealand Transport Agency assessment; been issued their Class 1 New Zealand full driver licence; and wish to have this recognised as prior learning by an education organisation holding consent to assess, and listed on their Record of Achievement.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New Zealand full driver licence.
Classification / Driving > Driver Licence Class 1
Available grade / Achieved
Explanatory notes
1Information on driver licence classes and conditions, and New Zealand Transport Agency driver licence testing requirements that must be met in order to be issued a Class 1 New Zealand full driver licence, is available on The New Zealand Transport Agency website
2This standard must only be awarded through a process of recognition of prior learning. This is evidenced through an application for award using a completed application form and presentation of a Class 1 New Zealand driver licence issued by the New Zealand Transport Agency. The required application form can be accessed at
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Drive a vehicle within the conditions of a Class 1 New Zealand full driver licence.
Evidence requirements
1.1Evidence must only be in the form of an official photographic Class 1 New Zealand full driver licence issued after 27 February 2012 by the New Zealand Transport Agency.
Planned review date / 31 December 2020Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 17 March 2016 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0236
This CMR can be accessed at
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Transport Agencyat you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
New Zealand Transport AgencySSB Code 8084 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018