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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of agricultural/horticultural property water
systems
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
sources of water available for property use; the cause of poor
quality water in a water supply, the problems it can lead to, and
the possible solutions; common agricultural or horticultural
property water supply systems; and methods of storing water
for an agricultural or horticultural property water supply.
Classification
Agriculture > Agricultural Resource Maintenance
Available grade
Achieved
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe sources of water available for property use.
Range
rainwater, surface run-off, water races, stream and river, springs and wells,
regional and/or community supply.
Evidence requirements
1.1
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Range
characteristics
– quality, collection and storage, reliability,
Common water sources are identified and described in terms of the
characteristics of the water and the supply.
suitability.
1.2
Water sources suitable for a primary production property are described in terms
of property and production requirements.
Range
property and production requirements may include – domestic
supply, livestock supply, permanent crops and tree;
evidence is required for at least one property.
Outcome 2
Describe the cause of poor quality water in a water supply, the problems it can lead to, and
the possible solutions.
Range
contamination, impurities.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Evidence requirements
2.1
Poor quality water is described in terms of the source of the causes.
2.2
Poor quality water is described in terms of the consequences.
Range
2.3
human and stock health, systems clogging, corrosion, hard water,
staining.
Practical solutions are described for identified problems.
Outcome 3
Describe common agricultural or horticultural property water supply systems.
Range
natural gravity system, pumped to reservoir gravity system, hydropneumatic
pressure system, community water schemes.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Water supply system configurations are identified in terms of system
components.
Range
3.2
supply source, pipes and fittings, tanks and troughs, filters.
The suitability of the different types of water reticulation systems is identified in
terms of their advantages and disadvantages.
Range
factors – sources, quality, quantity.
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Range
maintenance
– locating and repairing leaks, repairing or replacing
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faulty valves, replacing broken pipes, pump lubrication where
3.3
Water supply systems are described in terms of their working principles.
3.4
Water supply systems are described in terms of maintenance requirements.
appropriate, checking flow rate with regard to obstructions.
Outcome 4
Describe methods of storing water for an agricultural or horticultural property water supply.
Range
tanks, dams.
Evidence requirements
4.1
The suitability of each method is described in relation to a specified type of
operation.
4.2
Water storage methods are described in terms of their maintenance needs
relative to the property.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Replacement information
This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard
28924
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
28 February 1993
31 December 2018
Review
2
29 September 1995
31 December 2018
Review
3
28 February 1997
31 December 2018
Review
4
25 June 2002
31 December 2018
Rollover
5
20 May 2008
31 December 2018
Review
6
16 July 2015
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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.
This unit standard is
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards
must engage with the moderation system that
expiring
applies to those standards.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit 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 (CMR). 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016