Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Land Based Sustainability Practices (Level 3)
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
40
NZSCED
050199
Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies > Agriculture >
Agriculture not elsewhere classified
Qualification developer
Primary ITO
Next review
December 2019
Approval date
May 2015
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the land based
primary industries with individuals who are able to apply
sustainable practices to current operations or to a new activity.
This qualification is designed to recognise those graduates who
have undertaken projects that focus specifically on improving
sustainability in our environment.
Learners will benefit by having the skills and knowledge to
actively contribute to the performance of a land based industry or
process using best practice to enhance sustainability.
Primary industries and local communities will benefit by having
graduates who can apply sustainability practices for the long
term benefit of the community and the environment.
This qualification is targeted at people who work or live in, or
have an interest in, land based primary industries.
Graduates will be capable of working under limited supervision
with responsibility for work outcomes.
Graduate profile
Graduates of the qualification will be able to:
-
identify and apply options for sustainability practices in a
land based process or activity
Outcome Statement
(40 credits)
Education pathway
This qualification may build on the New Zealand Certificate
Primary Industry Skills (Level 2) [Ref: 2211] and may lead on to
the New Zealand Certificate in Sustainable Primary Production
(Level 4) [Ref: 2685].
Employment pathway
Graduates of this qualification are likely to be employed as Iwi
workers, Community Council workers, growers, farmers, or farm
workers.
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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
assuring 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.
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.
Other requirements for the
qualification (including regulatory
body or legislative requirements
None.
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General conditions for the programme leading to the qualification
General conditions for
programme
Sustainability is defined as a healthy environment based on
healthy functioning ecosystems that provides for the well-being of
society both now and into the future (MEnv).
TEOs offering programmes leading to this qualification must
maintain currency with amendments to, and replacements of,
relevant legislation, and regulations including, but not limited to,
the Resource Management Act (1991), Treaty of Waitangi; and
consideration of New Zealand’s obligations under the Kyoto
Protocol.
Health and safety applies across all outcomes.
Conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
1
Examples of practices that focus on sustainability:
Identify and apply options for
sustainability practices in a land
based process or activity

Management practices (soil structure, waste, effluent, air
quality, water)

Plant health and protection

Water use and quality enhancement

Planting (riparian, wetland, companion, green crop,
animal fodder, land stabilisation)

Local food production

Ecosourcing and propagation

Conservation (land, energy)
At least two types of sustainable practices.
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