NZQA registered unit standard
1224 version 8
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Title
Use prescription maps for forestry operations
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
5
This unit standard is intended for people employed in a forestry
operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: interpret
prescription maps for forestry operations; follow a prescription
map in the field; and identify hazards and other important
features in the field using the prescription map.
Classification
Forestry > Forest Operations Advanced
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
People seeking to enter the forest industry may elect to complete this unit standard
through a training provider.
2
Definitions
Accepted industry practice – approved codes of practice and standardised
procedures accepted by the wider forestry industry as examples of best practice.
Forestry Operations include forest establishment, silviculture, harvesting, forest
inventory, and forest and crew management.
GPS – global positioning system.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Interpret prescription maps for forestry operations.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Uses for maps in forestry operations are described in accordance accepted
industry practice.
Range
1.2
management decision making, planning, environmental
considerations, operational uses.
Vegetation maps, contour maps, stand maps, topographical maps, and aerial
photographs are identified and purposes stated in accordance with accepted
industry practice.
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SSB Code 101571
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Features on forest stand maps and aerial photographs are interpreted.
Range
any ten of – ridges, bluffs, water courses, boundaries, vegetation
types, roads, landings, grid lines, historic sites, waahi tapu,
environmental areas, water points, stocked area.
1.4
Locations on prescription maps are aligned with topographical and forest maps.
1.5
Distances are calculated using map scales in accordance with accepted
industry practice.
Outcome 2
Follow a prescription map in the field.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Points marked on prescription maps are located in the field using map scales
and supplied measurement equipment in accordance with operational
requirements.
Range
2.2
may include but is not limited to – road, watercourse, trig point,
stand boundary, natural features;
six points to be located.
The prescription map is orientated in the field using natural landmarks, a
compass, or GPS.
Outcome 3
Identify hazards and other important features in the field using the prescription map.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Hazards and important features are located on the prescription map.
3.2
The block is walked using the prescription map as a guide, and the hazards and
important features are visually identified.
3.3
Any hazards or important features identified during the block walk-through that
are not already on the prescription map are added to the map and, where
appropriate, the hazard register.
Planned review date
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
31 December 2020
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
1224 version 8
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 January 1995
31 December 2012
Review
2
8 November 1996
31 December 2012
Revision
3
19 June 1998
31 December 2012
Review
4
5 December 2000
31 December 2012
Review
5
22 May 2008
31 December 2012
Revision
6
16 July 2010
31 December 2016
Review
7
19 March 2015
31 December 2017
Review
8
10 December 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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 Competenz at qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest
changes to the content of this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016