Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Crossbred Wool Handling (Level 3) with
optional endorsement in Fine Wool
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
60-105
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 prepare and grade crossbred wool.
The trainee will benefit by having a qualification within a training
pathway that recognises progression through the industry, as
well as having increased skills and knowledge acquisition to
enable improved job performance.
Trainees may choose to specialise in fine wool handling on
completion of the New Zealand Certificate in Crossbred Wool
Handling by completing the optional endorsement in Fine Wool.
This endorsement recognises the additional specialised skills
and knowledge required to identify and remove faults when
preparing fine wool.
The sheep farming, wool harvesting, and textile industries will
benefit by having people with wool preparation and grading
skills that will maximise financial returns at all stages of the
wool growing and harvesting process.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
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Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
–
Work collaboratively as part of a wool handling team to
achieve wool shed production goals.
–
Set up shed for grading crossbred wool to meet farmer and
contractor requirements, and grade wool with a limited range
of characteristics.
–
Plan cut outs.
Graduates of the Fine Wool optional endorsement will also be
able to:
–
Set up the shed for grading fine wool to meet farmer and
contractor requirements, and grade fine wool.
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Education pathway
This qualification can build on the Wool Handling strand of the
New Zealand Certificate in Wool Harvesting (Level 2) with
strands in Crutching, Wool Handling, and Crutching and
Shearing [Ref: 2391] and can lead on to the New Zealand
Certificate in Wool Handling (Level 4) [Ref: 2403].
Employment pathway
Graduates of this certificate may be employed as a commercial
wool handler in the wool harvesting industry.
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
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Education organisations must have policies and procedures
in place for managing credit transfer, and assessing
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prior learning arrangements
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.
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 Wool Harvesting (Level 2) with strands in Crutching, Wool
Handling, and Crutching and Shearing [Ref: 2391] before
commencing this qualification.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
Mandatory
or Optional
1
Work collaboratively as part of a wool
handling team to achieve wool shed
production goals.
Programmes may include the following
topics:
Optional
–
expected team behaviours
Credit 10
–
work ethics
–
throughput adjustments
–
communicating changes to work
pattern.
2
Set up shed for grading crossbred
wool to meet farmer and contractor
requirements, and grade wool with a
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Programmes may include the following
topics:
–
Optional
20114 (L3, C35) Prepare and grade
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limited range of characteristics.
the wool clip where the table is
required
Credit 40
3
Plan cut outs.
Credit 10
–
20115 (L3, C30) Prepare and grade
the wool clip at the board
–
20117 (L3, C5) Describe wool clip
preparation and the sale of wool
process.
Assessment must take place in a shed
with a throughput of at least 250 sheep
per day per wool handler.
Mandatory
Programmes may include the following
topics:
Optional
–
communicating with wool harvesting
team and farmer around cut outs
–
planning press cut outs to industry
standards.
Fine Wool optional endorsement
4
Set up the shed for grading fine wool
to meet farmer and contractor
requirements, and grade fine wool.
Programmes may include the following unit
standards:
–
20316 (L3, C40) Prepare and grade
the fine wool clip in the wool
harvesting industry
–
20117 (L3, C5) Describe wool clip
preparation and the sale of wool
process.
Credit 45
Assessment must take place in a shed with
a throughput of at least 160 sheep per day
per wool handler.
Optional
Mandatory
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Wool Harvesting
(Wool Handler) (Level 3) [Ref: 1058].
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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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