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This qualification has been reviewed . The last date to meet the requirements is 31
December 2017.
Version 3 has been reviewed and replaced by the New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture
(Level 4) with strands in Arable Farming, Dairy Farming, and Livestock Farming [Ref:
2212]. People currently working towards this replaced qualification may either complete the requirements by December 2017 or transfer their results to the replacement qualification.
Version 3 of this qualification has been republished to extend the last date of enrolment from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2016.
After 31 December 2016 all new trainees will be enrolled in programmes leading to the replacement qualification.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
Process
Registration
Review
Review
Version Date
1 January 2008
2
3
May 2009
November 2013
June 2015 Republication 3
Primary Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 10383
The Terrace
Wellington 6143
Telephone
Fax
Email
04 801 9616
04 801 9626 standards@primaryito.ac.nz
Last Date for Assessment
December 2010
December 2017
December 2017
December 2017
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This qualification is for people who manage the maintenance of milk quality when supervising the milking of dairy cows.
Holders of this qualification will have knowledge of milk cooling and milk cooler hygiene checking, and management practices to ensure milk quality; the relationship between milking machine maintenance and faults, and dairy cattle treatment products, and milk quality; the evaluation and monitoring of on-farm milking plant cleaning procedures; and mastitis management using the SAMM plan. They will have the skills to manage the implications of contaminated milk, develop milking plant cleaning procedures, and complete dairy cattle treatment records.
This qualification shares standards with, and can build on, the National Certificate in Onfarm Milk Quality (Milk Harvester) [Ref: 1350].
The optional Mastitis Management strand builds on the skills contained in the compulsory section of this qualification. Holders of the stranded qualification will have the skills to develop action plans to manage mastitis on-farm. They will also be able to implement and monitor a mastitis action plan, make adjustments to a plan when necessary as a result of monitoring, and will be able to develop procedure documents for on-farm mastitis management.
On completion of this qualification people can progress to one or more of: the National
Certificate in Agriculture (Level 4) with strands in Arable Farming, Cattle Farming, Dairy
Farming, Deer Farming, and Sheep Farming [Ref: 0986]; National Certificate in Agriculture
(Production Management) with strands in Arable Farming, Cattle Farming, Dairy Farming,
Deer Farming, and Sheep Farming [Ref: 1188]; the National Certificate in Agribusiness
Management (Agribusiness Resource Management) [Ref: 1187]; the National Certificate in
Agribusiness Management (Business Planning and Financial Management) [Ref: 1186]; and the National Diploma in Agribusiness Management [Ref: 0647].
Compulsory
Level 2 credits
Level 3 credits
Level 5 credits
Minimum totals
5
41
-
46
Mastitis Management
Optional Strand
-
-
25
25
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Award of NQF Qualifications
Credit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided in section 7 of the New Zealand
Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Rules and Procedures publications available at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/acrp/index.html
.
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions and retain their identification number (ID). Any version of a standard with the same ID may be used to meet qualification requirements that list the ID and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.
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Compulsory standards
The following strands are optional
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Mastitis Management Optional Strand
Compulsory
The following standards are required
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Agriculture > Dairy Farming
ID Title Level Credit
6
5
23789 Milk dairy cows and isolate milk unsuitable for collection 3
23790 Describe milk cooling, milk cooling equipment, and milk cooler hygiene checking
23792 Describe milking machine maintenance, faults, and water quality, and develop cleaning procedures
3
3
23793 Demonstrate knowledge of, evaluate, and monitor, onfarm milking plant cleaning procedures
3
23795 Demonstrate knowledge of mastitis management in dairy cows using the SAMM plan
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Agriculture > General Agriculture
ID Title
3
Level
2 23541 Locate hazards, describe safety procedures, and demonstrate safe work practices in a rural workplace
10
2
6
Credit
5
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Agriculture > On-farm Milk Quality
ID Title Level
23791 Describe management practices to ensure milk quality, and manage the implications of contaminated milk
23794 Describe the use of medicines and dairy cattle treatment products, and complete records
Mastitis Management Optional Strand
The following standard is required
3
3
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Agriculture > On-farm Milk Quality
ID Title Level
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Credit
8
4
Credit
25371 Develop, implement and monitor an on-farm mastitis management plan and develop procedure documents
5 25
Version 2
Version 2 was issued in order to add an optional strand in Mastitis Management to the qualification.
Changes to structure and content
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Addition of an optional strand for mastitis management containing standard 25371.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
There are no transition consequences arising from this change. Training programmes or courses for version 2 of the qualification may start as soon as the qualification is registered.
The certificate will display the logos of NZQA, the Agriculture Industry Training
Organisation and the accredited organisation.
This qualification is classified according to the NQF classification system and the
New Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) system as specified below.
NQF Classification NZSCED
Code Description Code Description
2092 Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries > Agriculture > Onfarm Milk Quality
050101 Agriculture, Environmental and
Related Studies > Agriculture >
Agricultural Science
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Quality Management Systems
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by a recognised Quality Assurance Body before they can register credits from assessment against standards. Accredited providers and Industry
Training Organisations assessing against standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Accreditation requirements and the moderation system are outlined in the associated
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) for each standard.
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