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Monitor and interpret weather information
Level
2
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: recognise the distinctions
between weather, climate, and micro-climate characteristics; and interpret
information supplied on weather maps.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
General Agriculture
Status
Registered
Status date
20 May 2008
Date version published
20 May 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 19139 replaced unit
standard 32.
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
None.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Recognise the distinctions between weather, climate, and micro-climate characteristics.
Performance criteria
1.1
The separate characteristics of weather, climate, and micro-climate are
distinguished and described in terms of determinants, scope, and fluctuations.
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1.2
Weather maps are described in terms of their symbols and format.
Range
MSL chart, isobars, anticyclones, depressions, land contour
symbols, troughs and ridges, clouds and rain symbols, stationary
and occluded fronts, cold and warm front.
Element 2
Interpret information supplied on weather maps in relation to on-farm activities and animal
welfare.
Performance criteria
2.1
Anticyclone and depression position, direction, and strength are identified and a
conclusion made as to the affect on the farm of weather conditions
accompanying them.
2.2
Wind direction, wind shifts, and strength are identified at a fixed location over
time.
2.3
Ridges of high and low pressure are identified by symbols.
2.4
Presence, type, and movement of different fronts are identified and a prediction
made of likely temperature changes on the farm.
2.5
On-farm features which affect weather are identified and described in terms of
their typical influence.
Range
examples of on-farm features – topography, geographical location.
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.
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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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