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AERIAL AGRICHEMICAL APPLICATION
Describe the configuration of aerial
agrichemical application equipment
level:
4
credit:
5
planned review date:
May 2009
sub-field:
Agriculture
purpose:
This unit standard is for people who apply agrichemicals,
liquid fertilisers, or suspension fertilisers, by aircraft.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
nozzles used for aerial agrichemical application; nozzle and
boom selection for a specified aerial agrichemical application
task; and nozzle and boom configuration for aerial
agrichemical application.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed moderation system has
been set up by the Primary Industry Training Organisation.
special notes:
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is
not limited to –
Civil Aviation Act 1990, and relevant Rules;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
Health Act 1956;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
The New Zealand Standard applicable to this unit
standard is NZS 8409:2004 The management of
agrichemicals, available from
http://www.standards.co.nz.
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Definition
agrichemical – any substance, whether inorganic or
organic, man-made or naturally occurring, modified or
in its original state, that is used in any agriculture,
horticulture or related activity, to eradicate, modify or
control flora and fauna. For the purposes of aerial
agrichemical application, it includes liquid fertilisers,
and suspension fertilisers.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Describe nozzles used for aerial agrichemical application.
Range:
nozzles – hydraulic, rotary, impact.
performance criteria
1.1
Nozzles are described in terms of their characteristics.
Range:
1.2
droplet size, droplet range, flow rate.
Nozzles are described in terms of the relationship between their orientation on
the boom, and droplet size.
element 2
Describe nozzle and boom selection for a specified aerial agrichemical application task.
performance criteria
2.1
Nozzle selection is described in accordance with the droplet size required, and
the type of agrichemical used.
Range:
nozzles – hydraulic, rotary, impact.
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2.2
Boom selection is described in accordance with a specified task.
Range:
must include – placement spraying, drift spaying;
evidence is required for at least one other task.
element 3
Describe nozzle and boom configuration for aerial agrichemical application.
Range:
evidence is required for at least three configurations.
performance criteria
3.1
Nozzle and boom configuration is described in accordance with the task, rate,
prevailing conditions, and in order to maximise efficacy of the agrichemical.
3.2
Nozzle and boom configuration is described in terms of the likelihood of spray
drift for specified tasks.
3.3
Strategies which reduce the likelihood of spray drift from specified nozzle and
boom configurations are described in accordance with NZS 8409:2004.
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.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority 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.
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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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0052 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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