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Identify and maintain fencing tools and equipment, and identify fencing
construction materials and wire types
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify fencing tools and
fencing construction materials; maintain fencing tools and equipment; and
identify and describe fencing wire types and their uses.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Fencing
Status
Registered
Status date
22 August 2008
Date version published
22 August 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 24832 replaced unit
standard 12, unit standard 10088, unit standard 10089,
and unit standard 19124.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Product use manuals are available from manufacturers and should be consulted in all
teaching and training situations.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
3
On-farm procedures refer to the oral or written instructions to staff on procedures for
maintenance and repair of fencing tools and equipment.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify fencing tools and fencing construction materials.
Performance criteria
1.1
Fencing tools are identified and described in terms of name and function.
Range
1.2
hammer, manual post rammer, fencing spade, chisel, shovel, wire
cutters, pliers, spirit level, wire dispenser, steel post thumper and
jack, wire tensioner, handle, chain wire strainers.
Fencing construction materials are identified and described in terms of name
and function.
Range
joint clamp, crimps, insulators, in-line joiner, staples, clips, end
assembly components, intermediate support material, wire
tensioner, lead out wire.
electric fencing – under-gate cable, cut-out switch, warning signs
Element 2
Maintain fencing tools and equipment.
Performance criteria
2.1
Tools and equipment are cleaned and stored appropriately after use.
Range
2.2
hammer, manual post rammer, fencing spade, chisel, shovel, wire
cutters, pliers, spirit level, wire dispenser, steel post thumper and
jack, wire tensioner, handle, chain wire strainers.
Basic maintenance and repairs to tools and equipment are carried out safely to
maintain or restore tool function to its effective range according to on-farm
procedures.
Range
fencing spade, chisel, shovel, wire, wire dispenser, chain wire
strainers.
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Element 3
Identify and describe fencing wire types and their uses.
Range
4mm galvanised mild steel (MS); 2.5mm galvanised HT; fabricated netting;
barbed wire.
Performance criteria
3.1
Wire types are identified and described in terms of the sources of information
regarding breaking strains.
Range
3.2
manufacturer’s publication, label on roll of wire.
The applications of wire types are described in terms of stock containment,
stock damage, and durability.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register
credits from assessment against unit standards.
Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this
standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
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