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Shift beehives
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare beehives for
transport; describe the transport requirements of beehives to new apiary
locations; and describe property entry and access requirements and
selection of a new apiary site, and unload and establish beehives at the new
site.
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
1
Legislation includes but is not limited to the – Health and Safety in Employment Act
1993, Land Transport Act 1998, and their subsequent amendments.
2
Reference – Goodwin, Mark, Elimination of American Foulbrood Disease Without
The Use of Drugs: A Practical Manual for Beekeepers (Otaki, New Zealand: National
Beekeepers Association of New Zealand Inc., revised edition 2006) (also referred to
as The Beekeeper’s Manual), available from the National Beekeepers Association of
NZ (Inc) (NBA) website at http://www.nba.org.nz, or email secretary@nba.org.nz.
3
Definition
In-house procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
beehive and apiary management, which must comply with legislative requirements.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare beehives for transport.
Performance criteria
1.1
Beehives are checked for disease, prepared, and strapped in accordance with
in-house procedures.
1.2
Beehives are loaded onto transport vehicle and secured in accordance with inhouse procedures.
1.3
Load is covered in accordance with legislative requirements, and all entrances
are closed and secured to prevent escape of bees, in accordance with in-house
procedures.
Element 2
Describe the transport requirements of beehives to new apiary locations.
Performance criteria
2.1
Bee transport is described in accordance with in-house procedures and the
Land Transport Act 1998.
Range
2.2
without delay, minimum stops during journey.
Beehive management is described in terms of the emergency procedures in the
event of an accident while transporting.
Element 3
Describe property entry and access requirements and selection of a new apiary site, and
unload and establish beehives at the new site.
Performance criteria
3.1
Entry rights and access to the property are described in accordance with inhouse procedures.
3.2
Apiary site selection is described in accordance with in-house procedures.
Range
includes but is not limited to – sheltered, flat ground, accessible by
vehicle, available food supply, sunny location.
3.3
Beehives are unloaded without damage to bees and beehives and without injury
to self or other people.
3.4
Beehives are arranged on the site in accordance with in-house procedures.
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3.5
Beehive entrances are opened in accordance with in-house procedures.
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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