Animal Control
These qualifications for Animal Control Officers are designed to up-skill and increase professionalism within the industry and recognise the skills required by these officers. People completing these qualifications will be able to carry out the compliance and regulatory control and animal handling activities of animal control officers, know the extent of their powers and the procedures they must follow, and will be able to communicate with people in a compliance and regulatory control context, including people who are difficult or aggressive or of another culture.
National Certificate in Animal Control: Download brochure
Download qualification requirements: Level 2 Level 4
Liquor Licensing
This qualification is for local government compliance officers whose role includes Liquor Licensing and enforcement in terms of the Sale of Liquor Act 1989, and increase professionalism within the industry and recognise the skills required by these officers. People completing this qualification will be able to carry out the compliance and regulatory control and liquor licensing activities of local authorities. The officers will know their powers and the procedures they must follow and will be able to communicate with people in a compliance and regulatory control context, including people who are difficult or aggressive or of another culture.
National Certificate in Liquor licensing: Download brochure
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Local Government Committee Management
This qualification is for people who are responsible for the management of local government meetings to ensure the decisions are made are in compliance with standing orders and legislation. The qualification is designed to increase skills and professionalism in the governance support area. On achieving this qualification people will have a good knowledge of local government processes, meeting procedures and legislation pertaining to meetings, be competent in performing the various interpersonal communications, writing and administration skills required to organise and manage local government meetings and report and an action the decisions made.
National Certificate in Local Government Committe Management: Download brochure
Download qualification requirements Level 4
Parking Enforcement
The qualifications for Parking Wardens are designed to up-skill and increase professionalism within the parking enforcement industry and recognise the skills required by these officers. People completing this qualification will be able to carry out the enforcement activities of parking wardens, will know the extent of their enforcement powers, and the procedures they must follow and will be able to communicate with people in the context of enforcement, including people who are difficult or aggressive or of another culture
National Certificate in Parking enforcement: Download brochure
Download qualification requirements Level 3
Pest Plant
 This qualification is for people working in the Pest Plant industry and is designed to upskill and increase professionalism within the industry, and recognises the skills required for effective Pest Plant control. People completing this qualification will be able to carry out the compliance and regulatory control of pest plant officers, know the extent of their powers and the procedures they must follow, and will be able to communicate with people in the context of enforcement, including people who are difficult or aggressive.
National Certificate in Pest Plant Control: Download brochure
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Rates
These qualifications are for local government rates officers and managers, whose role is related to the processing, administration and management of local authority rates. People completing this qualification will be able to carry out the rates functions and activities of local authorities. The officers will know the extent of their powers and will be able to communicate with people in a rates context.
National Certificate in Rates: Download brochure
Download qualification requirements: Rates officer - Level 3 Rates management - level 5
Vertebrate Pest Management
These qualifications are for people working in the Vertebrate Pest Management industry and are designed to upskill and increase professionalism within the industry, and recognise the skills required for effective Pest Plant control. People completing these qualifications will be able to carry out the compliance and regulatory control activities of vertebrate pest officers, know the extent of their powers and the procedures they must follow, and will be able to communicate with people in the context of enforcement, including people who are difficult or aggressive.
National Certificate in Vertebrate Pest Management: Download brochure
Download qualification requirements: Level 2 Level 4
Civil Defence Emergency Management
The Local Government ITO Civil Defence Advisory Group, in conjunction with the Ministry of Civil Defence Emergency Management, has developed nationally recognised Civil Defence unit standards and qualifications which are attached to the National Qualifications Framework. These unit standards and qualifications are designed to up-skill and formally recognise the skills of employees and volunteers working in the Civil Defence / Emergency Management area. The Local Government ITO Certificates in Emergency Management are smaller packages of training, approximately four or five unit standards and able to be achieved by volunteers as well as local authority employees. The pathway commences with the RAPID / LGITO Certificates leading into the National Certificates in Civil Defence Response and Civil Defence Management which are nationally recognised qualifications aimed at people employed in the Civil Defence area.
National Certificates in Civil Defence: Download brochure
Download qualification requirements: Level 3 Level 5 LGITO Certificates RAPID Certificates
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Local Government ITO Certificates
Administration Core Skills
The Certificate in Local Government Administration Core Skills will appeal to local government staff in a wide range of positions and could lead to higher level qualifications such as National Certificates in Committee Management and Rates Administration.
Compliance and Regulatory Core Skills The Certificate in Local Government Compliance and Regulatory Core Skills is aimed at those local government staff developing a career in a compliance and regulatory function of local government. This certificate connects to higher level qualifications such as National Certificates in Local Government Enforcement - Core Skills as well as some specific National Certificates in compliance and regulatory functions such as Animal Control and Liquor Licensing. | 
