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Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand beekeeping industry, and
career and training opportunities
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of:
the New Zealand beekeeping industry; career and training opportunities
relevant to the New Zealand beekeeping industry; and sources of information
available to the beekeeper.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Apiculture
Status
Registered
Status date
21 August 2009
Date version published
21 August 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
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
Definition
Credibility – information sources that have undergone peer review and are accepted by
industry.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand beekeeping industry.
Performance criteria
1.1
The New Zealand beekeeping industry is described in terms of its history
leading to the current industry structure and function.
1.2
The New Zealand beekeeping industry is described in terms of its demographic
features.
Range
1.3
The New Zealand beekeeping industry is described in terms of its sector
structure and markets.
Range
1.4
number of beekeepers, apiaries, and hives; location of
beekeepers; types of beekeeping enterprise.
honey producers, pollinators, queen bee rearers, honey packers,
marketers.
The New Zealand beekeeping industry is described in terms of its relationship
with associated support services.
Range
support services – Government advisers, National Beekeepers
Association of NZ (Inc) (NBA), bee researchers, bee equipment
suppliers, bee equipment manufacturers, honey and wax buyers.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the career and training opportunities relevant to the
New Zealand beekeeping industry.
Performance criteria
2.1
The description outlines major career paths in the New Zealand beekeeping
industry.
Range
2.2
career paths – beekeeper’s assistant, beekeeper field and plant
supervisor (leading hand), queen bee rearer, owner/operator,
business director, equipment supplier, beekeeping tutor, scientist,
industry advisor, honey packers and buyers.
Qualifications are described in terms of training pathways in the beekeeping
industry.
Range
name, course composition, training providers;
evidence is required for at least two qualifications.
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Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the sources of information available to the beekeeper.
Performance criteria
3.1
Sources of information are identified which are available and appropriate to
beekeeping enterprises.
Range
3.2
Major information sources are described in terms of type and credibility.
Range
3.3
evidence is required for at least five major sources.
Methods of obtaining information from major information sources are described
in terms of the costs.
Range
3.4
includes but is not limited to – NBA library, internet web sites, NZ
Beekeeper’s Journal, training providers, International Bee
Research Association (IBRA), Government researchers and
advisors, overseas journals.
evidence is required for at least five major sources.
The research and technology transfer and/or training roles of organisations are
described in terms of the way in which the beekeeper may benefit.
Range
National Beekeeper’s Association of NZ (Inc), Federated Farmers
(NZ Bee Industry Group), Government researchers and advisors,
training providers, Primary Industry Training Organisation.
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 standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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