Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Wool Handling (Level 4)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
4
Credits
70
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 plan wool grading, and supervise the wool
handling team in the shed.
The trainee will benefit by having a qualification within a training
pathway that recognises progression through the industry, as
well as increased skills and knowledge acquisition to enable
improved job performance and remuneration.
The sheep farming, wool harvesting, and textile industries will
benefit by having people with wool grading skills that will ensure
a high level of quality control in the wool shed and thereby
maximise financial returns at all stages of the wool growing and
harvesting process.
Graduates will have the skills to work in a self-directed capacity,
and will have some responsibility for the quality and quantity of
output of the wool handling team.
Outcome Statement
Graduate profile
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
–
Plan wool grading and supervise the wool handling team.
–
Grade wool with a full range in variation of characteristics
allowing for variation within and between mobs.
–
Manage the completion of wool grading documentation.
Education pathway
This qualification can build on the New Zealand Certificate in
Crossbred Wool Handling (Level 3) with optional endorsement in
Fine Wool [Ref: 2402] and may lead on to higher level
qualifications in wool technology.
Employment pathway
Graduates of this certificate may be employed as commercial
wool handlers in the wool harvesting industry with responsibility
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for overseeing shed operations to maintain workflow and quality.
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
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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.
Learners who are involved in grading fine wool are required
to have completed the fine wool endorsement in the New
Zealand Certificate in Crossbred Wool Handling (Level 3)
with optional endorsement in Fine Wool [Ref: 2402] or have
the equivalent skills and knowledge.
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
Plan wool grading and supervise
the wool handling team.
Programmes may include the following unit
standard:
Optional
Credit 20
–
Grade wool with a full range in
variation of characteristics
allowing for variation within and
between mobs.
Programmes may include the following unit
standards:
2
–
20118 (L4, C40) Plan grading, grade
wool, supervise and monitor wool
harvesting, and make adjustments
(Outcome 2)
–
15049 (L4, C20) Source and interpret
wool market information and wool
Credit 40
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20118 (L4, C40) Plan grading, grade
wool, supervise and monitor wool
harvesting, and make adjustments
(Outcome 1).
Optional
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processing requirements.
3
Manage the completion of wool
grading documentation.
Programmes may include the following unit
standard:
Credit 10
–
Optional
20118 (L4, C40) Plan grading, grade
wool, supervise and monitor wool
harvesting, and make adjustments
(Outcome 3).
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Wool Harvesting
(Wool Handler) (Level 4) [Ref: 1548].
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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