NZQA Expiring unit standard
19101 version 3
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Title
Describe methods to maximise pasture production, and pasture
renovation and renewal
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe
methods to maximise pasture production; describe the
techniques used to establish or renovate pasture, and reasons
for pasture renewal or renovation; and perform calculations.
Classification
Agriculture > Farming Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
None.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
This unit standard is
Evidence requirements
expiring
1.1
Methods to maximise pasture production are explained in terms of soil
Describe methods to maximise pasture production.
management, pasture species selection, pasture utilisation, fertilising, irrigation,
pest and weed control.
1.2
Methods to maximise pasture production are described in terms of plant
compatibility, potential pasture growth, and quality improvements.
1.3
Pasture mix is described in terms of plant requirements, potential pasture
growth, and quality improvements.
1.4
Pasture mix is determined in accordance with grazing system and animal
requirements.
Outcome 2
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19101 version 3
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Describe the techniques used to establish or renovate pasture, and reasons for pasture
renewal or renovation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Current industry techniques to establish or renovate pasture are described in
terms of their features.
techniques – direct drill, oversow, cultivation, fallow, conventional
drilling, broadcast;
features – destruction of previous vegetation, seed-bed
preparation, nutrient provision, pasture species and cultivar, timing
and method of sowing, early pasture management.
Range
2.2
Reasons for undertaking pasture renewal or renovation are described in terms
of the likely gains to the producer.
Outcome 3
Perform calculations.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Total seed required is calculated from a given seed mix.
3.2
Fertiliser requirement is calculated from given fertiliser rates.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 8623, unit standard
19153, unit standard 19079, and unit standard 24627
have been replaced by unit standard 28859
This unit standard is
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
expiring
the last date for assessment set out
below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
25 June 2002
31 December 2020
Review
2
23 April 2008
31 December 2020
Review
3
18 June 2015
31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
19101 version 3
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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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016