NZQA registered unit standard
21389 version 2
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Title
Develop Productivity action plans for an agribusiness, and analyse
results
Level
5
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: develop
agribusiness productivity goals and objectives; develop action
plans to achieve agribusiness productivity objectives; and
analyse the results of productivity action plans, and make
recommendations for future plans.
Classification
Agriculture > Agribusiness Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Goals – statement of intent that relates to the whole agribusiness production system,
Objectives – components which collectively contribute to achieving goals.
Action plan – plan of actions to be taken to achieve objectives.
Productivity – a measure of physical farm efficiency, or how well a business converts
input resources into production.
Overall agribusiness strategy – the values and beliefs of the agribusiness
owners/managers, the general financial strategy, and general productivity goals. An
action plan or productivity goals and objectives that ignore the agribusiness strategy
would not be valid in the context of the given agribusiness.
2
For the purposes of assessment of this unit standard, the productivity plan could
include a range of strategies to improve productivity of the agribusiness, rather than
just focussing on increasing production.
3
For the purposes of assessment of outcome 3, the action plan could refer to a plan
developed by a senior manager or farm manager, or a case study. The plan is not
necessarily the plan prepared by the candidate for assessment against outcomes 1
and 2.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Develop agribusiness productivity goals and objectives.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Potential productivity is identified by benchmarking similar agribusinesses.
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1.2
Productivity goals and objectives developed take into account the overall
agribusiness strategy.
1.3
Productivity goals and objectives set are relative to optimum potential for the
agribusiness type and district, realistic for the resources available to the
business, and specific and time-bound.
Outcome 2
Develop action plans to achieve agribusiness productivity objectives.
Range
evidence is required for action plans for at least two productivity objectives.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Action plans developed identify activities for each productivity objective.
2.2
Action plans developed identify responsibilities of people involved with each
productivity objective.
2.3
Action plans developed identify timing of actions for each productivity objective.
2.4
Action plans developed include a description of the monitoring process.
Outcome 3
Analyse the results of productivity action plans, and make recommendations for future
plans.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Achieved results and variations are compared with the set productivity
objectives.
3.2
Analysis determines reasons for any variations.
Range
3.3
within management control, outside management control.
Recommendations are made for future productivity action plans that contribute
to achieving production objectives.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 19036.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
27 April 2005
N/A
Review
2
18 March 2011
N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP 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, 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 granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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.
Consent 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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