NZQA Expiring unit standard
Title Identify and interpret agrichemical product information
21562 version 4
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Level
Purpose
2 Credits 2
This unit standard is for people handling agrichemicals in land based industries.
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify and interpret agrichemical product information.
Classification Pest Management > Pest Control
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Legislation and relevant regulations relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to –
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996 and relevant regulations;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2 The New Zealand Standard applicable to this unit standard is NZS 8409:2004 The management of agrichemicals , available from http://www.standards.co.nz/ .
3 Codes and related documentation applicable to this unit standard include but are not limited to:
Responsible Care Management System , available from the New Zealand Chemical
Industry Council (NZCIC, PO Box 5069, Wellington).
4 Definition agrichemical – any substance, whether inorganic or organic, man-made or naturally occurring, modified or in its original state, that is used in any agriculture, horticulture or related activity, to eradicate, modify or control flora and fauna. It includes agricultural compounds, fertilisers, vertebrate pest control products and oral nutrition products (this definition differs to that given in NZS 8409:2004, where agrichemicals exclude fertilisers, vertebrate pest control products and oral nutrition products).
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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Outcome 1
Identify and interpret agrichemical product information.
Range information includes but is not limited to – storage, handling, safety precautions, withholding periods, use, priority and secondary identifiers, emergency response, disposal of unused product and containers; evidence is required for at least eight.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Agrichemical product information on product labels is identified and interpreted for agrichemical use.
Range evidence is required for labels on at least two agrichemical products.
1.2 Agrichemical production information from sources other than product labels are identified and interpreted for agrichemical use.
Range one of
– safety data sheets, product safety cards; evidence is required for at least one other produce source which may include but is not limited to – dangerous goods declaration; evidence is required for at least two agrichemical products.
Replacement information This unit standard and unit standard 21554 have been replaced by unit standard 27213.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by 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 27 May 2005 31 December 2015
Review
Rollover
2
3
18 August 2011
17 October 2013
31 December 2015
31 December 2015
Rollover 4 17 September 2015 31 December 2019
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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Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA Expiring unit standard
Please note
21562 version 4
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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
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020