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Describe the environmental relevance of legislation, council plans, and
resource consents to a land-based industry
Level
5
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the environmental
relevance of legislation, council plans, and resource consents to a landbased industry.
Subfield
Environment
Domain
Land-Based Environmental Management
Status
Registered
Status date
19 March 2010
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0037
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Legislation, standards and codes of practice may include but are not limited to –
Resource Management Act 1991, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act
1996, Local Government Act 2002, Health Act 1956, NZS 8409:2004, Management
of Agrichemicals; Code of Practice for Nutrient Management (with emphasis on
fertiliser use), New Zealand Fertiliser Manufacturer’s Research Association
incorporated (NZFMRA), 2007, available from http://www.fertresearch.org.nz.
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Further information relevant to this unit standard can be found on the following
websites Local Government on line – http://www.localgovt.co.nz/.
Environmental Risk Management Authority (ERMA) –
http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/hs/compliance/guides/index.html,
http://www.ermanz.govt.nz/resources/hs-pubs_cop.html.
Ministry for the Environment – http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/.
Dairy New Zealand –
http://www.dairynz.co.nz/page/pageid/2145836872/Sustainable_dairying.
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – http://www.maf.govt.nz/climatechange/slm/.
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Definitions
Land-based industry may include but is not limited to those workplaces associated
with sports turf, horticultural, equine, or agricultural industries.
Council plans refer to councils’ district and regional plans.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the environmental relevance of legislation, council plans, and resource consents
to a land-based industry.
Performance criteria
1.1
Key pieces of environmental legislation are described in terms of intent and
affect on environmental management in a land-based industry.
Range
evidence is required for the affect on a minimum of six of –
fuel, agrichemical, fertiliser – use, storage, transport, and disposal
of;
drainage discharge; fires; earthworks and construction; water
takes and management of waterways; vegetation clearance;
dangerous goods; solid and liquid waste management; flood
protection and control; tree works.
1.2
Regional councils and territorial local authority’s are described in terms of their
roles in environmental management.
1.3
The scope and intent of councils plans are described in terms of environmental
management for a land-based industry.
Range
1.4
scope includes but is not limited to – activities undertaken, the
persons involved, time taken.
Resource consents are described in terms of their intent, coverage, and
implications for environmental management for a land-based industry.
Range
evidence is required for at least two activities requiring resource
consents which may include but are not limited to – use of flood
plains, irrigation water, chemical and fertiliser application,
maintenance, new construction.
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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 standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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