NZQA registered unit standard
Title
28974 version 1
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Demonstrate understanding of livestock selection for increased
productivity
Level
Purpose
3 Credits 4
This unit standard is intended for people who are required to apply knowledge of livestock selection to a livestock farming system.
Classification
Available grade
Agriculture > Livestock Husbandry
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Candidates are expected to apply understanding of this topic to specific farming industry contexts. Examples of contexts include beef, dairy, deer, goats or sheep.
2 Candidates are not expected to demonstrate understanding of the stages of meiosis, or perform statistical calculations.
3 Demonstrate understanding may be assessed in a number of ways, which could include ability to complete practical tasks, if it is clear that the understanding is essential underpinning knowledge to the task/s, and that the task/s could not be completed without the candidate having that knowledge.
4 Performance of all aspects of this unit standard should comply with the Welfare Code relevant to the type of livestock with which the candidate is involved, Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, sustainable practices, and on farm procedures.
Outcome 1
Demonstrate understanding of livestock selection for increased productivity.
Evidence requirements
Demonstrates understanding of how desirable traits are determined. 1.1
1.2 Demonstrates understanding of the use of livestock breeding indices for increased productivity.
1.3 Demonstrates understanding of the importance of heritability for increased productivity.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard
1.4
28974 version 1
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Demonstrates understanding of the use of hybrid vigour for increased productivity.
1.5 Demonstrates understanding of techniques used for livestock identification and recording.
1.6 Demonstrates understanding of the relationship between culling and increased productivity.
Replacement information This unit standard replaced unit standards 1518 and 24809.
Planned review date 31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment
Registration 1 16 July 2015 N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558

New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020