NZQA registered unit standard
29491 version 1
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Title
Implement a livestock farming production plan
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who are responsible
for implementing a livestock farming production plan in a
specific farming context.
Classification
Agriculture > Farming Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The livestock farming production plan and its implementation must comply with the
Animal Welfare Act 1999, the Resource Management Act 1991 and relevant codes of
welfare.
2
Definitions
Farming operations in this context may include but is not limited to feeding livestock,
animal health procedures, shearing, velveting, weighing livestock, buying and selling
livestock.
Production targets refer to the quantified output for a livestock farm for a defined
period, which may include but is not limited to production units for - weight gain,
condition score gain, livestock carrying capacity, milk production, meat production,
wool production, or velvet production.
Workplace procedures refer to verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures
within a farming operation.
3
Assessment for this unit standard should be achieved in the context of a specific
farming operation.
4
Learners must implement an existing farming livestock production plan that they may
or may not have been involved in creating.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Implement a livestock farming production plan.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Manage day to day livestock farming operations and tasks that influence
production targets in accordance with the plan.
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NZQA registered unit standard
1.2
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Implement adjustments to day to day livestock farming operations and tasks in
accordance to changes in the plan.
Range
changes to the plan may take place as a result of updated production
targets and other variables such as seasonal conditions, product
price fluctuations, market conditions.
1.3
Comply with all market regulatory requirements according to workplace
procedures.
1.4
Maintain records according to workplace procedures.
1.5
Monitor and report progress on the plan.
Planned review date
31 December 2021
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 April 2016
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
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 (CMRs). 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 Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016