NZQA registered unit standard
28853 version 1
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Title
Assist with managing the environmental impacts of a primary
industry production operation
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
This unit standard is intended for people who are working in a
primary industry operation and recognises the skills and
knowledge necessary to assist with the management of
environmental impacts on water, soil, and air.
Classification
Agriculture > Agricultural Resource Maintenance
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
Workplace procedures refer to verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for
reporting farming activities.
2
Management of environmental impacts must comply with legislation and bylaws,
including the Resource Management Act 1991, and territorial and local authority
bylaws.
3
The environmental impacts used as evidence for assessment against this unit
standard must relate to the learner’s workplace. Learners whose primary workplace
is a dairy farm must include evidence of the management of the environmental
impacts of effluent.
4
Examples of appropriate actions to manage soil status may include – minimal tillage,
crop rotation, grazing management strategies, vegetation management, erosion
management, adjusting stock class or rates, erosion control, complying with industry
recommendations for agri-chemical and fertiliser, complying with industry
recommended effluent application procedures.
5
Examples of appropriate actions to manage water quality include – timing of fertiliser
application, minimising run off or leaching, fencing and bridging waterways, riparian
planting, complying with industry recommendations for agri-chemical and fertiliser,
complying with industry recommended effluent application procedures.
6
Demonstration of understanding may be assessed in a number of ways, which could
include the ability to complete practical tasks, if it is clear that the understanding is
essential underpinning understanding to the task/s, and that the task/s could not be
completed without the learner having that understanding.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28853 version 1
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate understanding of potential environmental impacts of a primary industry
production operation.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Demonstrates understanding of relevant legislative requirements.
1.2
Demonstrates understanding of nutrient cycles related to land, water or air
quality.
Range
1.3
must include nitrogen and one other nutrient.
Demonstrates understanding of practices that minimise the effects of primary
industry production systems on soil, water and air.
Outcome 2
Assist with managing the environmental impacts of a primary industry production
operation.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Evaluates the soil health status of a specified soil type.
2.2
Minimises environmental impacts on soil.
Range
2.3
at least 2 impacts.
Minimises environmental impacts on water.
Range
2.4
at least 2 impacts.
Records and reports relevant environmental related data, according to
workplace procedures.
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
18 June 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28853 version 1
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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 2016