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Demonstrate knowledge of pests of
plants, animals, and their products for
biosecurity purposes
level:
5
credit:
22
planned review date:
April 2006
sub-field:
Biosecurity
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
demonstrate knowledge of invertebrate and exotic pests
relevant to biosecurity; identify signs and symptoms of pest
attack and presence in plants and plant products; and
prepare pest 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.
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special notes:
1
Definitions
Any 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.
2
Import Health Standards are issued by, and are
available through, the MAF Biosecurity Authority, PO
Box 2526, Wellington, or from the MAF website at
www.maf.govt.nz.
3
The International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
1992 and the FAO Glossary of Phytosanitary Terms
1990 are available through MAF Quarantine Service
(MQS) offices, and from Forest Industries Training, PO
Box 6216, Rotorua.
4
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 6216, Rotorua.
5
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.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of invertebrate pests relevant to biosecurity.
performance criteria
1.1
Vertebra and invertebra are differentiated in accordance with the reference text.
1.2
The classification of invertebrates is described in accordance with the reference
text.
1.3
The form, function, and variability of insects are described in accordance with
the reference text.
Range:
1.4
The life cycle associations of insects are explained in accordance with the
reference text.
Range:
1.5
external features and adaptions, internal structure and function,
life cycles, growth stages.
associations - symbiotic,
alternative, host, nonhost.
parasitic,
saprophytic,
primary,
The classification and nomenclature of insect orders of biosecurity significance
are described in accordance with the reference text.
Range:
orders - Diptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera,
Hemiptera, Thysanoptera, Orthoptera, Siphonaptera, Phthiraptera,
Isoptera.
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1.6
Population dynamics of insects and establishment factors are explained in
accordance with the reference text.
Range:
1.7
population dynamics, host range, host type, host availability,
climatic factors, hemisphere synchronisation.
Mechanisms used by insects to transmit disease are described in accordance
with the reference text.
Range:
biological, mechanical.
element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of exotic pests relevant to biosecurity.
performance criteria
2.1
Animal parasites and disease vectors are described in accordance with the
reference text.
Range:
2.2
Exotic pests on plants, plant products, and fresh plant produce are described in
accordance with the reference text.
Range:
2.3
mites, ticks, lice, fleas, flies, mosquitoes, midges, assassin bugs.
Diptera, Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Hemiptera, Thysanoptera,
Orthoptera.
Exotic pests on stored plant products are described in accordance with the
reference text.
Range:
Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, Lepidoptera
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2.4
Exotic pests on conveyances are described in accordance with the reference
text.
Range:
2.5
venomous spiders, snails, Lymantriid moths, vertebrates.
Exotic pests of trees and wood products, and disease vectors, are described to
order and family level in accordance with the reference text.
Range:
Coleoptera, Lepidoptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Thysanoptera,
Isoptera, Mollusca, Crustacea.
element 3
Identify signs and symptoms of pest attack and presence in plants and plant products.
performance criteria
3.1
Pest orders are identified from signs and symptoms on plants, plant products,
and other materials.
Range:
3.2
life stage - adult, nymph, larva, pupa, egg.
signs and symptoms include but are not limited to - bore holes,
tunnels, workings, nuptial chambers, bore dust, faecal pellets,
faecal droppings, silk webs, soil moulding, clay moulding, plant
fibre chewings and/or moulding, pupal cases, discolouration
(staining), secretions, abnormal surface appearance; silvering.
plant material condition - fresh green, moisture saturated, partially
dry, dry, decayed.
Non-related similarities to signs and symptoms of pest attack are identified in
accordance with the reference text.
Range:
includes but is not limited to – mechanical holes, sawdust, fibre
particles, leakage from packaging containing powdered organic or
chemical products.
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element 4
Prepare pest specimens for biosecurity purposes.
performance criteria
4.1
Pest specimens are collected and packaged in accordance with Process
Procedures.
4.2
Forms to be completed for pest specimens being submitted for further
identification are completed in accordance with Process Procedures.
Comments to:
Competenz
Unit Standard Revision
PO Box 9005
Auckland 1149
by April 2006.
Please Note:
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority
before they can offer programmes of education and training
assessed against unit standards.
Accredited providers assessing against unit standards must
engage with the moderation system that applies to those unit
standards. [Please refer to relevant Plan ref: 0173]
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