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Supervise storage of harvested horticulture crops
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in horticulture. People credited with
this unit standard are able to: identify crop storage requirements; prepare for
crop storage; and supervise crop storage and control.
Subfield
Horticulture
Domain
Production Horticulture
Status
Registered
Status date
25 July 2006
Date version published
25 July 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open, but it is recommended that before seeking credit
for this unit standard learners develop skills and
knowledge in storage of the defined horticulture product.
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 verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
the worksite and equipment.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992.
3
People should have thorough knowledge of the quality control and harvesting
operations for a specific crop before commencing assessment against this unit
standard.
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Industry requirements for crop storage are specific to each horticultural sector. They
are the approved criteria (eg temperatures, handling methods, containers and
packaging) that need to be used in order to meet export and domestic consumption
standards. In all cases they are available from fruit packhouses, fruit export
companies or national horticultural industry organisations.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify crop storage requirements.
Performance criteria
1.1
Where pre-storage treatments are required, these are identified and applied in
accordance with industry requirements.
1.2
Factors and specific requirements, which affect crop storage, are identified.
Range
1.3
temperature, humidity, ventilation, light.
Strategies are adopted for the establishment and maintenance of determined
storage conditions in accordance with workplace procedures.
Element 2
Prepare for crop storage.
Performance criteria
2.1
Determined storage conditions and space are established before any crop is
placed in storage.
2.2
Workers are advised of crop storage and safety procedures to be maintained in
storage area, before storage begins.
Range
may include but are not limited to – entry and exit procedures,
health and safety, stacking requirements, monitoring and control of
storage environment.
Element 3
Supervise crop storage and control.
Performance criteria
3.1
Methods used to store crop are monitored and recorded to ensure pre-set
requirements are met.
3.2
Monitoring ensures conditions for storage of the harvested crop are maintained
in accordance with workplace procedures.
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3.3
Monitoring of crop removal from storage ensures maintenance of crop condition
meets market requirements.
3.4
Monitoring and recording is undertaken over a six month period in accordance
with workplace procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, 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 the Qualifications Authority 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 via their website
www.primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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