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Demonstrate knowledge of compliance
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poultry industry
level:
4
credit:
10
planned review date:
December 2008
sub-field:
Poultry Production
replacement information:
This unit standard and unit standard 21189 replaced unit
standard 8858.
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to
demonstrate knowledge of: quality assurance systems and
improvement processes in assurance in the poultry industry;
and food safety, welfare, and environmental issues affecting
the poultry industry.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed moderation system has
been set up by the Primary Industry Training Organisation.
special notes:
1
Performance of all aspects of this unit standard must
comply with:
The draft Egg Industry Agreed Standards Codes of
Practice, available from Egg Producers Federation of
New Zealand Inc, 106 Carlton Gore Road, Auckland;
Poultry Industry Agreed Standards and Codes of
Practice, available from Poultry Industry Association of
New Zealand Inc, 106 Carlton Gore Road, Auckland;
Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for
the Welfare of Layer Hens;
Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed) Code
of Welfare 2003;
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Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for
the Welfare of Animals Transported Within
New Zealand – Code of Animal Welfare No. 16;
Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for
Commercial Slaughter;
Welfare codes are available from Animal Welfare
Advisory Committee, C/- Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries, PO Box 2526, Wellington or at
www.maf.govt.nz/biosecurity/animal-welfare/codes.
2
Legislation and regulations relevant to this unit standard
include but are not limited to: Resource Management
Act 1991, Health Act 1956, Food Act 1981, and Food
(Safety) Regulations 2002.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of quality assurance systems and improvement processes in the
poultry industry.
performance criteria
1.1
Quality assurance systems in the poultry industry are described in terms of the
ways the poultry producer and the poultry industry may benefit.
Range:
1.2
quality assurance systems include but are not limited to – ISO
9000 series.
Improvement processes in the poultry industry are described in terms of the
ways the poultry producer and the poultry industry may benefit.
Range:
improvement processes include but are not limited to – Total
Quality Management (TQM).
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element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of food safety issues affecting the poultry industry.
performance criteria
2.1
Food safety issues affecting the poultry industry are described in terms of their
implications for poultry producers and the poultry industry.
Range:
food handling, hygiene, health, legal requirements, industry codes
of practice.
element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of welfare issues affecting the poultry industry.
performance criteria
3.1
Welfare issues affecting the poultry industry are described in terms of their
implications for poultry producers and the poultry industry.
Range:
3.2
legal requirements, feeding, housing, environment, husbandry
practices, disease control, humane destruction.
Poultry welfare codes are described in terms of the requirements for poultry
care and welfare.
Range:
Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the
Welfare of Animals Transported Within New Zealand, Animal
Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed) Code of Welfare, Code
of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of
Layer Hens, Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards
for Commercial Slaughter.
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element 4
Demonstrate knowledge of environmental issues affecting the poultry industry.
performance criteria
4.1
Environmental issues affecting the poultry industry are identified in terms of
their causes.
Range:
4.2
evidence is required for at least three environmental issues.
Management of environmental issues is described in accordance with
legislative requirements.
Range:
Resource Management Act 1991, Local Authority bylaws, Poultry
Industry Agreed Standards and Codes of Practice.
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.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register 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.
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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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0052 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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