NZQA registered unit standard
28920 version 1
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Title
Demonstrate understanding of factors which contribute to pastoral
livestock feed demand
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who are required to
apply knowledge of pastoral livestock feed demand in a primary
industry workplace.
Classification
Agriculture > Farming Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Examples of production targets include; lambing %, kg of milk solids per cow or per
hectare (kg MS/cow, kg MS/ha), mating targets, meat/wool yields, weaning weights,
condition score.
2
Nutritional value includes mega joules of metabolisable energy per kilogram of dry
matter (MJME/kg DM or M/D or ME), dry matter content (DM), and protein %.
3
Feed demand should be expressed in kg DM and/or MJ ME.
4
Demonstration of understanding may be assessed in a number of ways, which could
include, ability to complete practical tasks, if it is clear that the understanding is
essential underpinning understanding to the task/s, and that the task/s could not be
completed without the candidate having that understanding.
5
In the context of this unit standard, understanding means that there should be
evidence of a learner’s thorough comprehension of a topic. A learner with a good
understanding of a topic should have applied, or should be able to apply what they
have learned to a workplace situation and will be able to alter their practices to the
different contexts they are applying their learning to. Assessors should be confident
that the learners’ understanding is embedded in their practices and behaviour.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate understanding of factors which contribute to pastoral livestock feed demand.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Describes factors which contribute to pastoral livestock feed demand.
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NZQA registered unit standard
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Calculates individual feed demand for a minimum of two classes of livestock.
Range
feed demand must be calculated monthly for a minimum of three
months and must include examples of production targets per unit
of individual livestock using industry accepted feed requirements.
1.3
Explains the differences in feed demand between two stock classes.
1.4
Describes the nutritional value of livestock feeds and industry recommendations
for feeding to livestock.
Range
must include pasture and three other livestock feeds.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 24628.
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
16 July 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
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
NZQA registered unit standard
28920 version 1
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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
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