NZQA registered unit standard
28924 version 1
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Title
Assist with supplying water to livestock in a pastoral livestock
workplace
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who assist with
supplying water to livestock in a pastoral livestock workplace.
Classification
Agriculture > Farming Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard is the Animal Welfare Act 1999, and relevant
Codes of Practice published by the Ministry for Primary Industries at
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/regs/animal-welfare/stds/codes.
2
Water quantity is defined as the water required by an individual member of a
livestock species, and the amount of water required to be supplied to a group of
livestock. Appropriate units will vary according to livestock and farm type. Appropriate
units where water is reticulated to livestock will be expressed as a rate, for example
litres/hour.
3
Workplace procedures refer to the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures
for supplying water to livestock of animal health, welfare, and management.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Assist with supplying water to livestock in a pastoral livestock workplace.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Describes the quantity of water required by one livestock species and
calculates the requirements of a group of livestock.
1.2
Describes at least three water sources for livestock.
1.3
Demonstrates how the components of a farm water supply system are used to
supply water to livestock.
1.4
Checks day to day stock water supply.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
1.5
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Correctly identifies and repairs faults in a stock water supply system in
accordance with workplace procedures.
Range
minimum of two different faults.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 30 and 31
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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.
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