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Level 3
Credits
Subfield
10
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to carry out the harvest of a customary catch according to tikanga and legislation and describe the postharvest requirements for the handling of a customary catch according to tikanga and legislation.
Seafood M āori
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Planned review date
Entry information
Kaupapa Tangaroa
Registered
23 January 2009
23 January 2009
31 December 2013
Recommended: Unit 17476, Find and catch fish using
Māori customary methods or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Accreditation Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0123
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1 References
Legislation and regulations relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to
– Fisheries (Amateur Fishing) Regulations 1986, specifically regulation 27A;
Fisheries (Kaimoana Customary Fishing) Regulations 1998; Fisheries (South Island
Customary Fishing) Regulations 1999; Food Act 1981.
2 In this unit standard it is required that tikanga and kawa specific to a wh ānau, hapū and iwi are applied and consultation with tangata whenua occurs in order to validate assessment activities.
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Element 1
Carry out the harvest of a customary catch according to tikanga and legislation.
Performance criteria
1.1 The authorisation details and validity are confirmed as correct in accordance with the intended harvest of a customary catch.
1.2 The action required if it is identified that the authorisation details are not correct is described.
1.3 The harvest of a customary catch is carried out in accordance with legislation.
Range use of marked fishing gear and equipment, time-frame of authorisation, harvest method, species, quantity, size, limits, location of authorisation, safety.
1.4 The harvest of a customary catch is carr ied out in accordance with whānau, hapū, and iwi tikanga for the species being caught.
1.5 The harvest of a customary catch is carried out to maintain the quality and food safety of the customary catch.
Element 2
Describe the post-harvest requirements for the handling of a customary catch according to tikanga and legislation.
Performance criteria
2.1 The description includes the requirements for the storage, transport and delivery of a customary catch to the venue, to maintain quality and food safety.
2.2 The description includes the requirements to identify a customary catch during storage, transport and delivery to the venue in accordance with legislation.
2.3 The description includes the reporting of a customary catch to the Tangata
Kaitiaki/Tiaki in accordance with legislation.
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.
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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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