NZQA registered unit standard
28786 version 1
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of the purpose and impacts of urban pest
management
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
3
The purpose of this standard is to provide the urban pest
management (UPM) industry with technicians who can provide
an overview of the purpose and impacts of UPM.
The standard outlines the learning outcome, the assessment
evidence and the performance standard required to show a
trainee can explain:
 the social, economic and environmental purpose and
impacts of UPM and,
 the broad best practice principles of integrated pest
management.
Technicians will understand the general purpose and impacts
of UPM. They will be able to explain to consumers and clients
the role of pest technicians and integrated pest management
within a built environment.
Classification
Pest Management > Urban Pest Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Definitions
Best Practice Principles refer to generally accepted principles in the urban pest
management industry.
General economy should be understood in the broadest sense possible including the
impacts on personal and/or business economies.
General health and wellbeing should be understood in the broadest sense possible and
may include a general reference to impacts on public health and safety issues.
Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is constantly evolving; the most current IPM practices
should be described and used in the evidence presented for assessment against this
standard.
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the purpose and impacts of UPM.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The purpose of UPM in terms of general health and wellbeing is explained.
1.2
The purpose of UPM in terms of the impacts on the general economy is
explained.
1.3
The purpose of UPM in terms of the impacts on the environment is explained.
Outcome 2
Describe the broad best practice principles of integrated pest management.
Evidence Requirements
2.1
Describes integrated pest management in the UPM industry in terms of best
practice principles.
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
16 April 2015
N/A
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.
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 (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
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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 Community Support Services ITO Limited
enquiries@careerforce.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit
standard.
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