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Design and conduct a workplace procedure review in a horticultural
operation
Level
4
Credits
8
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in a horticultural operation.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: design a plan to review a
workplace procedure in a horticultural operation, and conduct a workplace
procedure review in a horticultural operation and document the outcome.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Production Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
25 June 2007
Date version published
25 June 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0032
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Workplace procedures refer to written or verbal policies and procedures on safety,
operation and production set down by the employer or host organisation.
2
Standards refer to requirements laid down in quality assurance documentation and
industry standards as supplied by an industry body, agent or exporting company.
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Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to: Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992; Employment Relations Act 2000; Resource
Management Act 1991; Privacy Act 1993; Hazardous Substances and New
Organisms Act 1996, Occupational Safety and Health Codes of Practice.
4
The horticultural operation may include a production or postharvest operation.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Design a plan to review a workplace procedure in a horticultural operation.
Performance criteria
1.1
The plan to review a workplace procedure is clearly defined in accordance with
workplace procedures.
Range
1.2
may include but is not limited to – standards involved in the
procedure, specific horticultural practices.
The review plan meets organisational requirements.
Range
may include but is not limited to – review template, checklists to
guide the review, occupational safety and health, food safety, best
practice, workplace procedures, standards.
1.3
Performance criteria are specified in terms of the outcomes required.
1.4
The language, format and terminology of the review plan are appropriate for the
target audience’s level of comprehension.
Element 2
Conduct a workplace procedure review in a horticultural operation and document the
outcome.
Performance criteria
2.1
The review checks for conformance to requirements and validates inputs,
processes and outputs against workplace procedures.
Range
2.2
The review is completed using language, format and terminology appropriate for
the target audience’s level of comprehension.
Range
2.3
may include but is not limited to – workplace procedures, customer
requirements, technical standards.
may include but is a not limited to – effective questioning, listening
and feedback, observation, validation checks.
The review is documented in accordance with workplace procedures.
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2.4
Recommended changes to the operating procedure is in accordance with
workplace procedures and the integration of on-job training and assessment.
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 www.primaryito.ac.nz if you
wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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