Learning State can help you to identify the unit standards, national certificates, and diplomas directly relevant to your workplace and your staff. Some standards are workplace-specific; others are relevant across the whole State sector.

We'll identify the best 'learning pathways' for your employees - the sequences of qualifications that will take them to where they need to go to meet your business needs.

Standards, certificates, and diplomas

State sector-wide qualifications

As part of our 'whole-of-government' approach to learning, we can help you to identify and develop skills that can be transferred across the State sector. These skills include:

· leadership skills

· skills for working with Māori as staff or clients

· State sector core skills

· communication skills

· customer service skills.

More about State sector general qualifications

Workplace-specific qualifications

We also have qualifications for specific workplaces, for example, qualifications in police forensic photography, border management, mediation, employment relations, and intelligence analysis.

More about State sector workplace-specific qualifications

Leadership staircase of learning

What is the leadership staircase of learning?

Learning State offers a series of four State sector management qualifications to develop outstanding leaders.

Click on the qualification titles in the table below to find out more about each one.

Qualification	Designed for
National Certificate in First Line Management	Team leaders and supervisors
National Certificate in Public Sector Services (Leadership Development - Middle Management)	Middle managers
National Diploma in Public Sector Māori	Middle or senior managers working in policy advice, management or service delivery
National Diploma in Public Sector Services (Leadership Development)	Senior managers and specialists

Download a brochure about each qualification.

Download the National Certificate in First Line Management - information for State sector agencies

Download the National Certificate in First Line Management - information for State sector people

Download the National Certificate in Middle Management - information for State sector agencies

Download the National Certificate in Middle Management - information for State sector people

National Diploma in Public Sector Māori - currently under construction

National Diploma in Public Sector Services (Leadership Development) - currently under construction