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Title
Select control programmes for amenity plant pests
Level
4
Credits
8
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work, in
amenity horticulture. People credited with this unit standard
are able to: identify specific amenity plant pests; compare a
range of pest control measures; and select an integrated pest
control programme for a specified amenity horticultural
situation.
Classification
Horticulture > Amenity Horticulture
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, and subsequent amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify specific amenity plant pests.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Chewing and rasping insect pests are recognised and named by viewing signs
and/or symptoms.
Range
caterpillars – case moth, green looper, leaf roller, and any five of:
cabbage tree caterpillar, cutworms, kowhai moth caterpillar,
magpie moth caterpillar, flax looper, flax notcher, tomato
fruitworm, leaf webber (gregarious tinead), porina caterpillar;
beetles – any two of grass grub beetle, bronze beetle, lemon tree
borer;
weevils – any one common weevil pest;
leaf miner – any one common leaf miner pest;
midge – any one common midge pest;
miscellaneous – any one of bulb fly, cherry slug, earwigs.
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1.2
Sap-sucking insect pests are recognised and named by viewing signs and/or
symptoms.
Range
1.3
two-spotted mite or any other spider mite, and one example from
any of the following – eriophyid mites, tarsonemid mites, acarid
mites.
Nematode pests are recognised and named by viewing signs and/or symptoms.
Range
1.5
aphids, thrips, plant hoppers, whitefly, mealybugs, scale insects,
spittlebug, psyllids.
Mite pests are recognised and named by viewing signs and/or symptoms.
Range
1.4
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bulb nematodes, leaf nematodes, root nematodes.
Other plant pests are recognised and named by viewing signs and/or
symptoms.
Range
slugs and snails, slaters, millipedes, birds, possums, rabbits.
Outcome 2
Compare a range of pest control measures.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Biological pest control is explained, and illustrated with examples given for
common predators, parasites, and pathogens.
Range
2.2
may include but not limited to – ladybirds, lacewing larvae,
hoverfly larvae, praying mantis, predatory mites, Bacillus
thuringiensis.
Cultural pest control methods are explained, and illustrated with common
examples.
Range
hygiene, crop rotation, soil water management, environmental
modification, prevention of plant injury, use of resistant cultivars,
use of quarantine.
2.3
Pesticides used to control amenity plant pests are summarised according to
chemical name, formulation, toxicity, mode of action, and resistance potential.
2.4
The principle of integrated pest control is explained, and specific programmes
are compared.
2.5
Health and safety precautions for using pesticides are outlined.
Range
precautions to protect the user, other people, other crops, the
environment according to the Standard.
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Outcome 3
Select an integrated pest control programme for a specified amenity horticultural situation.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Major pests present are listed in relationship to their vulnerable life cycle stages.
3.2
Agrichemical methods selected complement cultural and biological methods
already in use.
3.3
Cultural, biological, and chemical methods are integrated into the selected
programme to achieve a level of control acceptable to the amenity
establishment and situation.
3.4
Programme selected is justified against at least two other available
programmes.
Range
other integrated programmes, cultural, biological, or chemical.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 January 1995
31 December 2013
Review
2
28 November 1997
31 December 2013
Revision
3
19 July 2001
31 December 2013
Revision
4
24 February 2006
31 December 2013
Review
5
20 June 2008
31 December 2015
Review
6
18 August 2011
31 December 2015
Rollover
7
17 October 2013
31 December 2015
Rollover
8
17 September 2015
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0032
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.
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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.
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