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Level 2
Credits 10
Purpose This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in amenity horticulture. People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare area for planting; plant bedding plants, bulbs or herbaceous perennials; and maintain displays of bedding plants, bulbs or herbaceous perennials.
Subfield Horticulture
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Amenity Horticulture
Registered
20 June 2008
20 June 2008
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2012
Open.
Replacement information
Accreditation
This unit standard and unit standard 21028 replaced unit standard 1666 and unit standard 1671.
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1 Workplace procedures refer to oral or written instructions to staff on procedures for the worksite and equipment.
2 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act
1996, the Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments.
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Element 1
Prepare area for planting.
Performance criteria
1.1 Tools and equipment are selected for specified use and are used safely and in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range may include but is not limited to – hoe, fork, rotary hoe, spade, shovel, rake.
1.2 Soil is cultivated to an appropriate depth and tilth, in accordance with workplace procedures.
1.3 Soil amendments are applied, using appropriate materials and rates, in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range may include but is not limited to – fertilisers, wetting agents or crystals, organic matter, lime.
1.4 Cultivated area is raked to achieve desired surface contour and edges formed, in accordance with workplace procedures.
1.5 Tools and equipment are cleaned of all residues and stored, in accordance with manufacturer's specifications and workplace procedures.
1.6
Element 2
Plants are transported to the site in accordance with workplace procedures.
Plant bedding plants, bulbs or herbaceous perennials.
Range for a specified area of bedding plants, bulbs or herbaceous perennials.
Performance criteria
2.1 Tools and equipment are selected for specified use and are used safely and in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range may include but is not limited to – hand trowel and fork, planting lines.
2.2
2.3
Plant positions are marked out at pre-determined spacings.
Plants are checked and irrigated, removed from seedling trays or containers and handled so that plant damage is avoided or minimised.
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2.4 Planting holes are prepared and have plants placed in them so root crowding or distortion is avoided, and the soil is firmed.
2.5
2.6
The soil surface is left smooth with plants firm and upright.
The planted area is watered thoroughly to at least the depth of the plant root balls.
2.7
Element 3
Tools and equipment are cleaned of all residues and stored in accordance with workplace procedures.
Maintain displays of bedding plants, bulbs or herbaceous perennials.
Range for a specific area of bedding plants, bulbs or herbaceous perennials, for a period of eight weeks.
Performance criteria
3.1 Tools and equipment are selected for specified use and are used safely and in accordance with workplace procedures.
3.2 Weeds are controlled by cultivation, mulching, or hand weeding, in accordance with workplace procedures.
3.3 Garden area is watered by hand-held equipment or by operating irrigation system to maintain soil moisture to depth of root growth, in accordance with workplace procedures.
3.4 Side dressings of fertilisers are applied in accordance with workplace procedures and manufacturer's recommendations.
3.5 Plants are maintained, depending on plant type and species, in accordance with workplace procedures.
Range may include but is not limited to – pest and disease control; disbudding; dead-heading; trimming; division; staking and tying; removal of dead, damaged, or discarded plant material.
3.6 Turf edges are cut, garden areas and surrounding paths or lawns are kept clear of rubbish and plant debris, and waste is disposed of, in accordance with workplace procedures.
3.7 Tools and equipment are cleaned of all residues and stored in accordance with workplace procedures.
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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 http://www.primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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