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This qualification has been reviewed . The last date to meet the requirements is 31
December 2020.
Version 4 of this qualification was republished to change unit standards to ensure that it continued to be achievable.
This qualification has been reviewed and replaced by the New Zealand Certificate in
Poultry Production (Level 3) with strands in Hatchery and Livebird Production [Ref: 2932]
The last date for entry into programmes leading to this qualification is 31 December 2018.
The last date for assessment of this qualification is 31 December 2020 at which time they will be designated as discontinued.
Learners currently enrolled in programmes leading to this qualification may either complete the requirements as specified, or transfer their results to the replacement qualification.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration
Revision
Revision
Review
Republication
1
2
3
4
4
July 2005
April 2006
October 2008
August 2015
May 2016
Primary Industry Training Organisation
PO Box 10383
The Terrace
Wellington 6143
Telephone
Fax
Email
04 801 9616
04 801 9626 standards@primaryito.ac.nz
December 2010
December 2012
December 2020
December 2020
December 2020
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Any person or organisation may contribute to the review of this qualification by sending feedback to the standard setting body at the above address.
This qualification recognises the skills and knowledge of an experienced person at operator level. The holder of the qualification is able to work partly under supervision, and specialise in at least one of the poultry industry sectors.
Holders of the qualification will be able to care for poultry in a poultry facility. They will also have knowledge of the poultry industry and compliance issues; poultry anatomy and reproduction, nutrition and health; and the environmental requirements of poultry.
The core elective allows people to select those skills which are relevant to their particular workplace, and can include first aid; the use of hand tools, small engines, equipment and machinery; interpersonal communications; specialist poultry skills; and quality management.
Strands allow people to specialise in at least one particular sector of the industry, which includes egg production, poultry hatchery, and poultry meat production.
On completion of this qualification people can choose to progress to the National
Certificate in Poultry Management (Level 4) [Ref: 1156].
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Poultry Hatchery (Operations)
[Ref: 0329] and the National Certificate in Poultry Husbandry with strands in Breeding
Operations, Table Egg Production, and Poultry Meat Production [Ref: 0330].
Level 1 credits
Level 2 credits
Level 3 credits
Level 4 credits
Minimum totals
Core Compulsory
-
-
50
10
60
Core Elective
0-5
0-16
0-20
0-4
20
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Egg Production Strand
Compulsory
Set A
Set B
Level 3 credits
Minimum totals
Qualification total with strands
10
10
15
15
113
8-10
8-10
Poultry
Hatchery
Strand
31
31
111
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Poultry Meat
Production Strand
40
40
Core Compulsory
The following standards are required
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Poultry Production > Poultry Husbandry
ID Title Level
123
0-3
0-3
Award of NQF Qualifications
Credit gained for a standard may be used only once to meet the requirements of this qualification.
Unit standards and achievement standards that are equivalent in outcome are mutually exclusive for the purpose of award. The table of mutually exclusive standards is provided in section 7 of the New Zealand
Qualifications Authority (NZQA) Rules and Procedures publications available at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/ncea/acrp/index.html.
Reviewed standards that continue to recognise the same overall outcome are registered as new versions and retain their identification number (ID). Any version of a standard with the same ID may be used to meet qualification requirements that list the ID and/or that specify the past or current classification of the standard.
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Core Compulsory standards
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Core Elective – A minimum of 20 credits as specified
One of the following strands is required
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Egg Production Strand
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Poultry Hatchery Strand
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Poultry Meat Production Strand
Credit
8859
8860
8861
Demonstrate knowledge of poultry anatomy and reproduction
Demonstrate knowledge of poultry nutrition
3
3
Demonstrate knowledge of the environmental requirements and systems for poultry
3
Demonstrate knowledge of poultry health and diseases 3
10
10
10
8862 10
21189 Demonstrate knowledge of the poultry industry 3 2
21190 Demonstrate knowledge of compliance issues and their implications in the poultry industry
4 10
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Business > Business Operations and Development > Quality Management
ID Title Level
8081 Collect data for a specified purpose 3 8
Core Elective
A minimum of 20 credits
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Agriculture > Agricultural Vehicles and Machinery
ID Title Level Credit
2 19044 Describe the legal requirements and occupational hazards associated with tractor use
2
24552 Check and drive a basic wheel tractor with an attached implement on flat terrain
2
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Horticulture > Production Horticulture
ID Title Level
5
Credit
4 Maintain hand tools and service small engines used in horticulture
2
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Pest Management > Pest Control
ID Title Level
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Credit
5
Credit
3 21554 Demonstrate knowledge of safety with agrichemicals
21563 Demonstrate knowledge of the HSNO Act, and NZS
8409:2004 for the use of agrichemicals
21564 Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals
2
3
3
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Poultry Production > Poultry Husbandry
ID Title Level
5
5
8850
8855
Carry out artificial insemination of poultry
Carry out pulping of poultry table eggs
3
3
Credit
5
4
5 21188 Carry out milling and mixing of poultry feed 3
Business > Business Operations and Development > Quality Management
ID Title Level
8085
8086
8087
Demonstrate knowledge of quality and its management
Demonstrate knowledge required for quality auditing
Use core quality management tools
3
4
3
Credit
4
4
5
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Health > Health Studies > Core Health
ID Title
6401 Provide first aid
Version 4
Level
2
6402 Provide resuscitation level 2 1
Humanities > Communication Skills > Interpersonal Communications
ID Title Level
1296 Interview in an informal one-to-one situation 3
1307
1312
Speak to a specified audience in a predictable situation 3
Give oral instructions in the workplace 3
3501 Apply listening techniques
9705 Give and respond to feedback on performance
11097 Listen to gain information in an interactive situation
1
3
3
Egg Production Strand
Meet the requirements of all of the following sets
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Egg Production Strand Compulsory
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Set A
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Set B
Egg Production Strand Compulsory
The following standards are required
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Poultry Production > Poultry Husbandry
ID Title Level
8849 Turn round a poultry facility between batches 3
Set A
A minimum of 1 standard
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Poultry Production > Poultry Husbandry
ID Title Level
8846
8847
8848
Care for a poultry layer flock in a cage system
Care for a poultry layer flock in a floor system
Care for a poultry layer flock in a free range system
3
3
3
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Credit
1
1
Credit
3
3
3
4
3
3
Credit
10
Credit
15
15
15
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Set B
A minimum of 8 credits are required
Version 4
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Poultry Production > Poultry Husbandry
ID Title Level
21186 Collect, grade, and store poultry table eggs
21187 Collect, grade, and store poultry breeder eggs
3
3
8856 Carry out poultry health status sampling 3
Poultry Hatchery Strand
The following standards are required
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Poultry Production > Poultry Hatchery
ID Title Level
8863 Store eggs in a hatchery 3
8864
8865
Carry out setter operations
Carry out hatcher operations
3
3
8866 Process day-old poultry chicks 3
Poultry Meat Production Strand
The following standards are required
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Poultry Production > Poultry Husbandry
ID Title Level
8845 Care for poultry environment, development, and health during rearing
Turn round a poultry facility between batches
3
8849 3
Optional learning
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Poultry Production > Poultry Husbandry
ID Title Level
8856 Carry out poultry health status sampling 3
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8
3
Credit
10
8
8
Credit
5
10
Credit
30
10
Credit
3
Version 3
Version 3 was republished in order to include reverse transition arrangements (see section below) to ensure candidates would not be disadvantaged when expiring standards were no longer available.
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Standards 8849 and 8856 have been moved from the Core Compulsory section to the strands in Egg Production and Poultry Meat Production.
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Standard 19043 in the Core Elective section has been replaced by standard 24552.
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Standard 6257 in the core elective section has been removed from the qualification as it is no longer required by industry.
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Minimum credits have been decreased from 116-124 to 111-123.
For detailed information see Review Summaries on the NZQA website.
People currently working towards version 1 or 2 of this qualification may either complete the requirements of that version or transfer their results to this version of the qualification.
The last date for entry to training programmes for the version 2 of the qualification is
December 2009.
This qualification contains standards that replace earlier standards. People who have gained credit for the expiring standards are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the replacement standards.
Credit for Exempt from
5059 21554
8851, 8852, 8873
8853, 8854
8857
8858
19043
21186
21187
21188
24552
21189, 21190
Anyone who believes they have been disadvantaged by this revision should contact the
SSB at the address below.
Reverse transition
Reverse transition has been included for version 3 of this qualification to allow candidates to complete the qualification using the expiring standards or replacement standards.
Version 3 of this qualification contains standards that have been replaced and will expire on 31 December 2013 or 31 December 2015. For the purposes of this qualification, people who have gained credit for the replacement standards are exempt from the requirement to gain credit for the expiring standards
– see table below.
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Credit for
26551
26552
27213
27215
Version 4
Exempt from
6402
6401
21554
21564
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Previous versions of the qualification
Version 2 was issued to change the strand name Poultry Rearing to Poultry Meat
Production. There were no transition implications.
Version 1 was issued to replace the National Certificate in Poultry Hatchery (Operations)
[Ref: 0329], and the National Certificate in Poultry Husbandry with strands in Breeding
Operations, Table Egg Production, and Poultry Meat Production [Ref: 0330].
The last date to complete the National Certificate in Poultry Hatchery (Operations)
[Ref: 0329] was 31 December 2007.
The last date to complete the National Certificate in Poultry Husbandry with strands in
Breeding Operations, Table Egg Production, and Poultry Meat Production [Ref: 0330] is 31
December 2008.
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This certificate will display the logos of NZQA, the Primary Industry Training Organisation and the accredited organisation.
This qualification is classified according to the NQF classification system and the
New Zealand Standard Classification of Education (NZSCED) system as specified below.
DAS Classification NZSCED
Code Description
1324 Agriculture, Forestry and
Fisheries > Poultry Production >
Poultry Husbandry
Code Description
050105 Agriculture, Environmental and
Related Studies > Agriculture >
Animal Husbandry
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Quality Management Systems
Providers and Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by a recognised Quality Assurance Body before they can register credits from assessment against standards. Accredited providers and Industry
Training Organisations assessing against standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards. Accreditation requirements and the moderation system are outlined in the associated
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) for each standard.
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