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Describe the application of the National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest
Management Strategy and animal identification schemes
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the application of
the National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy, National
Operational Plan: 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2013 operational policies, and the
legal powers of accredited persons; and describe cattle and deer
identification schemes.
Subfield
Animal Care and Handling
Domain
Tuberculosis (Tb) Testing of Domestic Cattle and Deer
Status
Registered
Status date
22 May 2009
Date version published
22 May 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation includes but is not limited to – Animal Products Act 1999, Biosecurity Act
1993, Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy) Order
1998, Biosecurity (Animal Identification Systems) Regulations 1999, Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Privacy Act 1993.
2
References
National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy, National Operational Plan:
1 July 2005 – 30 June 2013, Animal Health Board, July 2005.
Authorisation and Accreditation Quality Management Manual, Version 8.1 (referred to
as the Manual), Animal Health Board, January 2008.
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Cattle Tb Tester Guidelines, Issue 5, Animal Health Board, October 2008.
Deer Tb Tester Guidelines, Issue 1, Animal Health Board, March 2008.
National Identification Programme – Cattle and Deer, Animal Health Board,
September 2006.
The latest versions of the above references must be used and are available from the
Animal Health Board website, http://www.ahb.org.nz.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the application of the National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy,
National Operational Plan: 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2013 operational policies, and the legal
powers of accredited persons.
Performance criteria
1.1
The system used to classify livestock, herds, herd status and management
areas is described in accordance with National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest
Management Strategy, National Operational Plan: 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2013,
Policy 1.
Range
herd statuses – clear, suspended, infected;
herd classifications – dairy, beef breeding, beef dry, dairy dry, deer
breeding, deer dry, game estates.
1.2
Approved diagnostic tests and on-farm testing specifications are described in
accordance with National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy,
National Operational Plan: 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2013, Policies 2 and 5 and
the Manual.
1.3
The specifications for herds which are overdue for testing and test positive
animals which are overdue for ancillary tests are described in accordance with
National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy, National Operational
Plan: 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2013, Policy 7 and the Manual.
1.4
Compensation restrictions for cattle and deer, and reactor slaughter are
described in terms of the process, timeframes, and situations where they may
be implemented, and in accordance with National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest
Management Strategy, National Operational Plan: 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2013,
Policy 8.
1.5
Movement control restrictions for cattle and deer, and procedures for testing
suspended and infected herds are described in terms of National Bovine
Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy, National Operational Plan: 1 July
2005 – 30 June 2013, Policies 9, 10, and 11 and the Manual.
Range
movement control restrictions – herd movement control, area
movement control.
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1.6
The release of personal information for the purposes of Tb testing is described
in terms of the Privacy Act 1993, National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest
Management Strategy, National Operational Plan: 1 July 2005 – 30 June 2013,
Policy 15 and the Manual.
1.7
The National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy rules are
described in terms of obligations and breaches in the Biosecurity (National
Bovine Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998, Sections 10-17.
1.8
The legal powers of an accredited person are described in terms of the
Biosecurity Act 1993 and Biosecurity (National Bovine Tuberculosis Pest
Management Strategy) Order 1998.
Element 2
Describe cattle and deer identification schemes.
Performance criteria
2.1
Cattle and deer identification schemes are described in terms of their features in
accordance with the Animal Health Board, National Identification Programme –
Cattle and Deer, September 2006.
Range
Livestock Improvement Corporation, Animal Health Board.
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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