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Maintain and assist in laying agricultural/horticultural drains
Level
1
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: dig a trench by hand to
provided specifications; back-fill a pipe drain trench to provided
specifications; check existing drains; and maintain existing drains using
manual means.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Agricultural Resource Maintenance
Status
Registered
Status date
25 June 2002
Date version published
20 May 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2010
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 19038 replaced unit
standard 9.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
2
On-farm procedures refer to the verbal and written instructions to staff on procedures
for safe practices and reporting.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Dig a trench by hand to provided specifications.
Performance criteria
1.1
Tools selected and used match trench specifications.
1.2
The trench is dug without damage to equipment or self or others.
1.3
Excavated material is positioned conveniently without interfering with drainlaying.
Element 2
Back-fill a pipe drain trench to provided specifications.
Performance criteria
2.1
Tools selected and used suit the task.
2.2
The trench is back-filled without damage to equipment, self or others.
2.3
The site is left in a tidy, and as close to the original, condition as practicable.
Element 3
Check existing drains.
Range
one of – open, sub-surface.
Performance criteria
3.1
All visible blockages or blockage hazards are identified in terms of their
potential effect and possible means of rectification.
3.2
Symptoms of poor drainage are identified in terms of pooling, scouring, no
outlet flows, and smell.
3.3
The condition of the drains is reported and recorded in accordance with on-farm
procedures.
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Element 4
Maintain existing drains using manual means.
Range
one of – open, sub-surface.
Performance criteria
4.1
Actual and potential blockages are cleared sufficiently for drainage.
4.2
Outlets are cleared in accordance with on-farm procedures.
4.3
Safe practices are used in terms of hygiene, physical safety, and use of
equipment in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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 standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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