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Use and maintain specialist horticulture production and harvest
equipment
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in horticulture. People credited with
this unit standard are able to: prepare specialist horticulture equipment to
meet seed, plant or harvest requirements; operate specialist horticulture
equipment efficiently and safely; and complete routine maintenance of
specialist horticulture equipment.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Production Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
25 July 2006
Date version published
21 August 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 783, unit
standard 784, unit standard 2801, unit standard 2808
and unit standard 2812.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Workplace procedures refer to verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
the worksite and equipment.
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2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 and the Health and Safety in Employment
Act 1992.
3
Horticulture production and harvesting equipment could include but is not limited to –
belt and chain driven equipment, trailed implement, tractor driven mower, tractor
mounted or trailer sprayer, seed drill, fertiliser spreader, harvest grading equipment.
4
A person must be 15 years or older and hold a full light motor vehicle (Class 1)
licence to legally drive a tractor up to 4.5 tonne on a public road.
5
Evidence is required for four items of equipment.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare specialist horticulture equipment to meet seed, plant or harvest requirements.
Performance criteria
1.1
Equipment settings are made which meet the crop requirements and conditions.
Range
1.2
may include but are not limited to – lubrication, fuel, oil, water,
mechanical adjustments, hazards.
Adjustments made maximise equipment performance, and respond to changing
operating conditions and requirements.
Element 2
Operate specialist horticulture equipment efficiently and safely.
Performance criteria
2.1
Procedures adopted in the operation of the equipment comply with legislation
and are in accordance with the manufacturer's recommendations.
2.2
Equipment is operated according to workplace procedures and crop
requirements.
Range
operation rates, operator techniques, equipment capability range.
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Element 3
Complete routine maintenance of specialist horticulture equipment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Specified maintenance activities are completed as scheduled and as required
following inspection of equipment.
Range
3.2
may include but are not limited to – lubrication, hydraulics,
cleaning, linkages and guards to moving parts, fuel/cooling
systems, movement mechanisms.
Record of servicing is detailed in maintenance book in accordance with
workplace procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from
assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority before
they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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 via their website
www.primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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