NZQA Expiring unit standard
16685 version 4
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Title
Develop a personal stress management plan for dairy industry
employees
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain
stress, its common sources and its effects on dairy industry
employees; identify strategies for managing employee stress in
the dairy industry; and develop a personal stress management
plan.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Workplace Health and Safety
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
None.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain stress, its common sources and its effects on dairy industry employees.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The characteristics of stress are identified in terms of physical reactions and
effects of thoughts and feelings.
1.2
Sources of stress are identified.
Range
1.3
sources include but are not limited to – deadlines, overtime,
shiftwork, flexible rostering, interpersonal relationships.
Symptoms of potential stress overload are identified.
Range
evidence is required for five physical, four emotional and four
behavioural symptoms.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Consequences of stress overload are explained in terms of their effects on
personal and working life.
Range
effects include but are not limited to those related to – physical
and mental health, family and social relationships, work
performance.
Outcome 2
Identify strategies for managing employee stress in the dairy industry.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Strategies for managing personal health and stress are explained.
Range
2.2
explanation includes but is not limited to – elements of strategy,
benefits of strategy;
strategies include but are not limited to those related to – diet and
fatigue management, relaxation techniques, time management,
problem solving, physical exercise.
Strategies for managing interpersonal stress are explained.
Range
explanation includes but is not limited to – elements of strategy,
benefits of strategy;
strategies include but are not limited to those related to –
negotiation skills, communication skills, conflict management.
Outcome 3
Develop a personal stress management plan.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Stressors that negatively effect the individual are identified.
3.2
Plan contains strategies to reduce the negative effects of personal and
workplace stressors.
3.3
Plan includes actions to be taken and timeframes.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
16685 version 4
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
30 July 1999
31 December 2017
Revision
2
13 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover
3
26 January 2007
31 December 2017
Review
4
15 October 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016