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19335 version 4
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Title
Monitor pest management in the dairy industry
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of pests to be found in dairy processing
environments; demonstrate knowledge of Integrated Pest
Management (IPM); implement monitoring methods used for
each type of pest; and demonstrate knowledge of key health
and safety principles.
Classification
Dairy Manufacturing > Dairy Product Safety and Risk
Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Organisational requirements refer to instructions to staff on policy and procedures
which are documented in memo and/or manual format and are available in the
workplace. These requirements include but are not limited to – site specific
requirements, company quality management requirements, legislative requirements
and standards for good manufacturing practices.
Exclusion – refers to the prevention of establishment or entry of pests.
IPM – refers to integrated pest management programmes.
2
Assessment is to be made in the industry context, and should take place primarily
on-the-job under normal working conditions.
3
Legislative and regulatory requirements applicable to this unit standard may include
but are not limited to – Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996, Animal
Products Act 1999, Animal Products (Dairy) Regulations 2005, relevant Dairy
Specifications/Notices.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of pests to be found in dairy processing environments.
Range
includes but is not limited to – insects (casual invaders, residents and stored
product pests), rodents (mice and rats), birds.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
19335 version 4
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Pests are identified in terms of species and habitats.
1.2
Each insect species is identified and described in terms of their characteristics.
Range
1.3
Rats and mice are described in terms of their characteristics.
Range
1.4
includes but is not limited to – basic entomology including life
cycle, breeding cycle and feeding habits.
includes but is not limited to – difference between species,
habitats of rodents.
Procedures for identifying damage and determining areas and degree of
infestation by each species are identified in terms of organisational and
legislative requirements.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of Integrated Pest Management (IPM).
Evidence requirements
2.1
Exclusion is outlined in terms of its relationship to IPM.
2.2
Sanitation procedures are identified and explained in terms of their relationship
to IPM.
Range
includes but is not limited to – removal of food source,
housekeeping, environmental control.
2.3
Monitoring programmes for all pest types and training requirements are
identified and explained in terms of their relationship to IPM.
2.4
Methods of pest control are identified and explained in terms of their
relationship to IPM.
Range
includes but is not limited to – chemical control methods, physical
control methods.
Outcome 3
Implement monitoring methods used for each type of pest.
Range
includes but is not limited to – insects (casual invaders, residents and stored
product pests), rodents (mice and rats), birds.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
19335 version 4
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Evidence requirements
3.1
Methods used for monitoring rodents are implemented in accordance with
organisational and legislative requirements.
Range
3.2
includes but is not limited to – spring-loaded multicatch traps,
multicatch traps with glue boards, bait stations with rodenticide,
bait stations with rodenticides and glue boards.
Methods used for monitoring insects are implemented in accordance with
organisational and legislative requirements.
Range
includes but is not limited to – insect light traps, microscopic
examination of dust sweepings.
3.3
Bird sightings and follow-up actions for bird sightings in a high hygiene zone are
implemented in accordance with organisational and legislative requirements.
3.4
Monitoring findings are identified and recorded for each monitoring station in
accordance with organisational requirements.
Outcome 4
Demonstrate knowledge of key health and safety principles.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Application methods for treatments are identified in terms of safety
requirements.
4.2
Sites and/or circumstances of potential chemical poisoning are identified and
described in terms of potential accidents.
Range
includes but is not limited to – inhalation, dermal, oral.
4.3
The ways in which acute and chronic poisoning occur are described in relation
to time, exposure and activity.
4.4
Common symptoms of agrichemical poisoning are identified in terms of
information provided from the agrichemical container label.
Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28635
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
19335 version 4
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 May 2002
31 December 2017
Revision
2
13 June 2003
31 December 2017
Rollover and
Revision
3
17 July 2009
Review
4
18 June 2015
31 December 2017
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0022
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.
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016