NZQA registered unit standard
Title
28859 version 1
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Demonstrate understanding of pasture production methods and implement a pastoral livestock feeding plan
Level
Purpose
4 Credits 20
This unit standard is intended for people who are working in a pastoral livestock production system and recognises the skills and knowledge necessary to take responsibility for implementing a livestock pastoral feeding plan in a farming workplace.
Classification Agriculture > Farming Skills
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Learners must implement an existing livestock pastoral feeding plan that they may not have been involved in creating.
2 Evidence presented for assessment against this unit standard must relate to a farming workplace.
3 The livestock pastoral feeding plan and its implementation must comply with the
Animal Welfare Act 1999, the Resource Management Act 1991 and relevant codes of welfare available at http://www.mpi.govt.nz
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4 Demonstration of understanding may be assessed in a number of ways, which could include the 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 learner having that understanding.
Outcome 1
Demonstrate understanding of pasture production methods used to feed livestock.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Demonstrates understanding of managing pasture to maximise feed quantity and quality.
Demonstrates understanding of pasture maintenance and renovation. 1.2
1.3 Demonstrates understanding of feed crops in a pastoral system.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard
Accurately monitors and reports on pasture quality and quantity and livestock body condition.
28859 version 1
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Outcome 2
Implement a pastoral livestock feeding plan.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Calculates daily and weekly feed allowances according to feeding plan requirements.
2.2
2.3 Adapts feeding practices based on measurements of pasture quantity and estimates of pasture quality.
2.4 Optimises quantity, quality and utilisation of pasture to ensure soil and pasture sustainability.
Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standard 8623, unit standard 19101, unit standard 19153, unit standard 19079, and unit standard 24627.
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 18 June 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
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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
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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 (CMRs). The
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 28859 version 1
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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
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020