NZQA Expiring unit standard
21559 version 4
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Title
Describe, plan, and manage a weed control programme
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
principles and methods of weed management and control;
develop a weed management programme for a specified land
based activity.
Classification
Pest Management > Pest Control
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and 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 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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NZQA Expiring unit standard
21559 version 4
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the principles and methods of weed management and control.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Weed management and control methods are described for specified weeds
found in a specified land based industry.
Range
1.2
Weed management and control methods are evaluated in terms of their
advantages and disadvantages.
Range
1.3
cultural, biological, physical, chemical.
cultural, biological, physical, chemical.
Plant life cycles are described in terms of the implications for weed
management and control at each stage.
Range
ephemeral, annual, biennial; perennial – herbaceous, woody.
Outcome 2
Develop a weed management programme for a specified land based activity.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Methods for controlling weeds are selected and justified in terms of cost
benefits, environmental sustainability, and plant condition.
2.2
The programmes takes into account management and labour time costs.
Range
2.3
notification of neighbours, consent and permits, area to cover,
terrain, hazards.
The programme takes into account implementation factors.
Range
factors may include but are not limited to – non target plants,
seasonal stages of growth, time frame for control, species, density
of infestation, prevailing weather patterns, resistance to
herbicides;
evidence is required for at least five.
2.4
The programme complies with health and safety requirements.
2.5
The programme is documented in accordance with legislative and on-site
requirements.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
21559 version 4
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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
2
18 August 2011
31 December 2015
Rollover
3
17 October 2013
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.
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016