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Title
Demonstrate knowledge required by a trainee in the urban pest
management industry
Level
2
Purpose
Credits
7
This is a theory-based unit standard for people training for the
urban pest management industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of pests commonly found in New Zealand urban
environments; and of treatments used to control each type of
pest.
Classification
Pest Management > Urban Pest Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
2
Competence demonstrated during assessment against this unit standard must
comply with the requirements of:
Animal Welfare Act 1999;
Biosecurity Act 1993;
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993;
Food Act 1981;
Fisheries Act 1996;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Resource Management Act 1991.
This unit standard is
expiring
Treatment refers to the application
of chemical compounds and fumigates in
accordance with manufacturers recommendations.
3
Since regulations differ throughout the country, trainees will need to be familiar with
the requirements of the regulatory authority within Public Health Units of the District
Health Boards, Occupational Safety and Health Officers and the Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Enforcement Officers for the areas in
which they are training and/or carrying out practical work.
4
In this unit standard the candidate must demonstrate knowledge of the following
pests: rats, mice, cockroaches, flies, fleas, wasps, and bees.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
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Demonstrate knowledge of pests commonly found in New Zealand urban environments.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Pests are identified in terms of species and habitat.
1.2
Characteristics of each species are described.
Range
characteristics include – life cycle, breeding cycle, feeding habits,
grooming habits.
1.3
Procedures for identifying damage by each species are listed.
1.4
Procedures for identifying the areas for treatment and the degree of infestation
by each species are listed.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate knowledge of treatments used to control each type of pest.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Methods used for the treatment of each type of pest are identified.
Range
treatment methods include – baiting, spraying, thermal fogging,
misting, cold fogging, trapping, dusting, fumigation, proofing.
2.2
Non-chemical pest management techniques applicable to each type of pest are
identified.
2.3
Chemicals applicable for the treatment of each type of pest are identified.
insecticides, rodenticides.
This
unit standard is
Chemicals used to treat each species are described in terms of properties;
safety and first aid requirements;
mixing precautions; storage and handling
expiring
requirements; risk to humans non-target species and environment; and
Range
2.4
effectiveness in controlling target pest.
Range
insecticides, rodenticides.
2.5
Application methods for treatments are described in terms of safety
requirements and equipment used.
2.6
Acts, regulations and regulatory authority requirements that each treatment
must comply with are identified.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 3260 were replaced
by unit standard 28790.
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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
30 November 1996
31 December 2018
Revision
2
7 June 2000
31 December 2018
Revision
3
3 April 2001
31 December 2018
Review
4
26 July 2004
31 December 2018
Revision
5
14 April 2005
31 December 2018
Review
6
18 March 2010
31 December 2018
Review
7
16 April 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0004
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016