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Demonstrate knowledge of disease
signs and symptoms for biosecurity
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level:
5
credit:
20
planned review date:
April 2006
sub-field:
Biosecurity
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
organisms causing disease, diseases of plants and plant
products, and diseases of animals and animal products; and
prepare disease specimens for biosecurity purposes.
entry information:
Recommended: prior credit for Unit 16820, Demonstrate
knowledge of plants and plant products for biosecurity
purposes; and Unit 16821, Demonstrate knowledge of
animals and animal products for biosecurity purposes; or
demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by Forest Industries Training.
special notes:
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Definitions
Process Procedures are the standard operating
procedures approved by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry Biosecurity Authority (MAFBA) for the direction
of MAF Quarantine Service (MQS) staff in the delivery
of biosecurity services.
Any other biosecurity terms that are used in this unit
standard and are defined in the Biosecurity Act 1993,
Import Health Standards, International Plant Protection
Convention (IPPC) 1992, or the FAO Glossary of
Phytosanitary Terms 1990, are to be taken as having
the same meanings as defined in those documents.
Where definitions appear in more than one document,
the documents are to be given the order of precedence
as listed here.
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Import Health Standards are issued by, and are
available through, the MAF Biosecurity Authority,
PO Box 2526, Wellington.
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The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
1992 and the FAO Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms
1990 are available through Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry Quarantine Service (MQS) offices, and from
Forest Industries Training, PO Box 137 067, Parnell,
Auckland.
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The reference text for this unit standard is Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry, Basic Skills Manual
(Wellington, 1999).
Copies are available through
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry Quarantine Service
(MQS) offices, and from Forest Industries Training
PO Box 137 067, Parnell, Auckland.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Describe organisms causing disease.
Range:
bacteria, fungi, nematodes, viruses, viroids, prions, protozoa, phytoplasmas,
parasites;
evidence is required for one of each.
performance criteria
1.1
The biology of organisms causing disease is described in accordance with the
reference text.
1.2
The structure and life stages of organisms causing disease are described in
accordance with the reference text.
1.3
The biosecurity significance, and transmission of organisms causing disease
and their indication of their presence, are described in accordance with the
reference text.
element 2
Describe diseases of plants and plant products.
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performance criteria
2.1
Signs and symptoms of diseases on plants and plant products are described in
accordance with the reference text.
Range:
2.2
Exotic plant diseases of biosecurity significance to New Zealand are described
in accordance with the reference text.
Range:
2.3
soil, air, water, insects.
Essential conditions for fungal infections and the biology and life stages of fungi
infecting wood products are described in accordance with the reference text.
Range:
2.5
diseases – viral, bacterial, fungal, nematode diseases,
phytoplasmas;
evidence is required for two examples of each disease type.
Transmission mechanisms for plant infection are described in accordance with
the reference text.
Range:
2.4
mycelium, sclerotia, fruiting bodies, sporophores, spores, mould,
rust, smut, mildew, mosaic, chlorosis, silvering, anthracnose, leaf
and fruit spot, shot hole, scab, blight, soft rot, dry rot, canker,
distortion, wilting, stains, incipient decay, wood rotting fungi;
plants and plant products – whole living plants, parts of living
plants, dried plant parts, cut flowers and foliage, fresh produce,
trees, wood products.
fungal disease triangle – pathogen, environment, host.
Signs of physical damage to plants and plant products are differentiated from
signs and symptoms of disease in accordance with the reference text.
Range:
impact damage, animal damage, staining, weathering, fire, growth
stress.
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2.6
Signs, symptoms, and tests for fungal infection on wood products are described
and differentiated from non-related similarities in accordance with the reference
text.
Range:
signs – spores, fruiting body, mycelium;
symptoms – discolouration, weight and strength loss, fibre
breakdown, texture and appearance changes, smell, moisture
saturation, dryness;
non-related similarities – metal stains, chemical stains, water
stains, weathering.
element 3
Describe diseases of animals and animal products.
performance criteria
3.1
Terminology associated with animal diseases is described.
Range:
3.2
Notifiable diseases affecting animal hosts are identified in terms of causal
agent, hosts, epidemiology, symptoms, and distribution.
Range:
3.3
endemic, enzootic, epizootic, exotic.
hosts – horses, poultry, other birds, pigs, bees, fish, multiple
hosts;
evidence is required for two diseases for each host.
Notifiable diseases already in New Zealand are described in terms of their hosts
and method of introduction.
Range:
hosts – horses, poultry, other birds, pigs, bees, fish, multiple
hosts;
evidence is required of one disease for each host.
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element 4
Prepare disease specimens for biosecurity purposes.
performance criteria
4.1
Disease specimens are collected and packaged in accordance with Process
Procedures.
4.2
Forms to be completed for disease specimens being submitted for further
identification are completed in accordance with Process Procedures.
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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.
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 0173
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