NZQA registered unit standard
27100 version 1
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Title
Develop a sustainable land and environmental management plan for
a land-based agribusiness
Level
5
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare a
map of property features, and identify land management units
(LMUs) within the property; identify sustainable land and
environmental management goals and objectives for the
agribusiness; prepare a nutrient budget; and analyse current
land and environmental management practices, and develop a
plan to address any shortcomings.
Classification
Agriculture > Agribusiness Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation includes but is not limited to Climate Change Response Act 2002.
2
Assessment
A nutrient budget can be prepared using the Overseer Nutrient Budgets model
available from http://www.overseer.org.nz/
The results of the nutrient budget completed in outcome 3 should be applied to the
plan for nutrient management in outcome 4.
The environmental goals and objectives developed in outcome 2 should be applied to
the plan developed in outcome 4.
3
Definitions
Land Management Units (LMUs) – areas of land that can be farmed or managed in a
similar way because of underlying physical similarities. They can represent a single
snapshot of how land is currently used, or an insight into how land could be used if all
physical opportunities were realised.
Sustainable– a balance of economic, social, and environmental factors taken into
account for the management of resources.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27100 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare a map of property features, and identify land management units (LMUs) within the
property.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Property is mapped with features shown.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – buildings, boundary, fence lines,
shelterbelts, tracks, laneways, yards;
bush, scrub, woodlots, forestry;
lakes, ponds, wetlands, waterways, stock fords, bores and water
takes, bridges, culverts;
dumps, offal holes, silage pits and stacks;
residential and public areas within 50m of boundary.
Land types are grouped into LMUs, and described, according to their similarities
in type and features.
Outcome 2
Identify sustainable land and environmental management goals and objectives for the
agribusiness.
Range
must include – nutrient management, effluent and/or waste management, water
use, soil management;
may include but is not limited to – green house gas (GHG) mitigation, energy
efficiency, air quality, biodiversity, effects of climate change;
evidence is required for at last six.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Land and environmental management goals and objectives identified are
consistent with the overall agribusiness land and environmental management
strategy.
Range
industry directive, compliance with legislation and local body
requirements, international market requirements, stewardship of
land for future generations.
2.2
Land and environmental management goals and objectives are realistic for the
property’s resources and district potential.
2.3
Land and environmental management goals and objectives are justified in terms
of meeting external influences.
Range
Industry directive, compliance with legislation and local body
requirements, international market requirements, stewardship of
land for future generations.
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SSB Code 101558
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NZQA registered unit standard
2.4
27100 version 1
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Objectives developed are specific, measureable, achievable, and include
realistic time frames for their achievement.
Outcome 3
Prepare a nutrient budget.
Evidence requirements
3.1
A nutrient budget is prepared for the property in terms of nutrient inputs and
outputs.
Outcome 4
Analyse current land and environmental management practices, and develop a plan to
address any shortcomings.
Range
must include – nutrient management, effluent and/or waste management, water
use, soil management;
may include but is not limited to – green house gas (GHG) mitigation, energy
efficiency, air quality, biodiversity, effects of climate change;
evidence is required for at last six.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Current land and environmental management practices are analysed to
determine consistency with goals and objectives.
4.2
Where management practices are inconsistent with goals and objectives, a plan
is developed to address any shortcomings.
Range
plan includes but is not limited to – human resources, physical
resources, costs, timeframes.
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
27100 version 1
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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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016