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Choose a pest plant control method
Level
3
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
pest plant control methods, and choose a pest plant control method.
Subfield
Compliance and Law Enforcement
Domain
Compliance and Regulatory Control
Status
Registered
Status date
25 July 2007
Date version published
25 July 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
The Skills Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0046
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to: Biosecurity Act 1993,
Local Government Act 1974, Local Government Act 2002, Resource Management Act
1991, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of pest plant control methods.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pest plant control methods and their relative advantages and disadvantages are
described.
Range
1.2
Effect of pest plant control stated for each pest plant stage.
Range
1.3
methods – biological, cultural, chemical;
evidence is required of two examples for each method.
methods – biological, cultural, chemical;
evidence is required of two examples for each method.
A description matches the means of application with each pest plant control
method and identifies the situations in which each one would be used.
Element 2
Choose a pest plant control method.
Performance criteria
2.1
Pest plant control method chosen matches the type of pest plant, physical
environment, weather conditions, and the cost of method application.
2.2
Pest plant control method chosen complies with the Regional Pest Plant
Management Strategy.
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.
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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 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 Skills Organisation info@skills.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes
to the content of this unit standard.
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