Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Wool Pressing (Level 3)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
45
NZSCED
050110
Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies > Agriculture >
Wool and Fibre Harvesting
Qualification developer
Primary ITO
Next review
April 2018
Approval date
17 April 2014
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the wool
harvesting industry with people who have gained the knowledge
and practical skills to press wool in a wool shed.
The trainee will benefit by having this qualification within a
training pathway that recognises progression through the
industry, as well as increased skills and knowledge acquisition
to enable improved job performance.
The individual grower will benefit from maximised returns
through having the clip pressed and branded to market
requirements.
The sheep farming and wool harvesting industries will benefit
by having people with wool pressing skills who can maximise
returns to the industry and the national economy.
Graduates will be capable of working under limited supervision.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:

Press wool to meet market requirements.

Brand bale and record details in the bale book.

Maintain flow of sheep to shearers.

Work collaboratively to maintain the flow of wool across the
floor.
Education pathway
This qualification can build on the New Zealand Certificate in
Wool Harvesting (Level 2) with strands in Crutching, Wool
Handling, and Crutching and Shearing [Ref: 2391] and may lead
on to further qualifications in the wider wool harvesting industry.
Employment pathway
Graduates of this certificate may be employed as commercial
wool pressers in the wool harvesting industry.
Qualification Reference 2393
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Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification may be awarded by the Primary ITO as the
qualification developer and the industry training organisation
arranging training leading to the qualification under section 5
of the Industry Training Act 1992.
This qualification may also be awarded by an education
organisation accredited under section 250 of the Education
Act 1989 to deliver an approved programme leading to this
qualification.
The formal document certifying the award of this qualification
will display the NZQF logo and may also include the name
and/or logo of the awarding education organisation.
Evidence requirements for managing
consistency
All education organisations offering programmes leading to
the qualification must engage with arrangements for
managing consistency, including covering actual and
reasonable related costs.
Each education organisation is responsible for deciding what
specific evidence it will provide to demonstrate how well its
graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes of the
qualification.
Evidence of the following must be provided:
• Student feedback on course delivery and qualification
achievement, their perception of the value of the training,
and suggestions for improvements
• Feedback from employers on the level of skills, knowledge
and behaviour demonstrated by graduates of the
qualification
• Evidence of effective internal quality assurance systems
• Portfolios of work and/or assessment samples
demonstrating the range of student performance within a
programme
TEOs can also provide any other relevant evidence that
supports the consistency review.
Credit transfer and recognition of
prior learning arrangements
Education organisations must have policies and procedures
in place for managing credit transfer, and assessing
recognition of prior learning and recognition of current
competency. These policies and procedures, and
information about associated fees, must be available to the
candidate prior to enrolment.
To facilitate credit transfer, education organisations must
clearly demonstrate the equivalency or comparability
between each of the outcomes in the graduate profile, and
the assessment components of their programmes.
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Minimum standard of achievement
and standards for grade
endorsements
The minimum standard of achievement required for award of
the qualification will be the achievement of all graduate
outcomes in the graduate profile through successful
completion of an NZQA approved programme.
Entry requirements (including
prerequisites to meet regulatory body
or legislative requirements)
There are no mandatory prerequisites to meet regulatory
body, or legislative requirements for this qualification.
Qualification conditions
Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
Conditions for programme
structure
None.
Conditions for programme
context
None.
Other conditions
It is recommended that trainees complete the New Zealand Certificate
in Crossbred Wool Handling (Level 3) with optional endorsement in
Fine Wool [Ref: 2402] before commencing this qualification.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
Mandatory
or Optional
1
Press wool to meet market
requirements.
Programmes may include the following unit
standard:
Optional
Credit 25

Brand bale and record details in
the bale book.
Programmes may include the following unit
standard:
Credit 5

Maintain flow of sheep to
shearers.
Programmes may include the following unit
standard:
Credit 10

2
3
Qualification Reference 2393
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20116 (L3, C30) Prepare for wool pressing,
and press wool (Outcomes 1, 2 and 4).
Optional
20116 (L3, C30) Prepare for wool pressing,
and press wool (Outcome 3).
Optional
20315 (L3, C12) Maintain and record sheep
flow for shearing.
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4
Work collaboratively to maintain
the flow of wool across the floor.
Programmes may include the following topics:

own role in the team
Credit 5

team objectives

respect for others in the team and their
contribution

attendance and commitment to team effort.
Optional
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Wool Harvesting
(Wool Pressing) (Level 3) [Ref: 1057].
Trainees currently enrolled in programmes leading to the replaced qualification should complete its
requirements rather than transfer their results to this replacement qualification.
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2016. The
last date for award of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2018 at which time it will be designated
as discontinued.
It is the intention of Primary ITO that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition
arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the Primary
ITO.
Republication information
Version 1 of this qualification was republished In February 2015 to update the Evidence requirements for
managing consistency
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