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Demonstrate knowledge of farm dairy design, and the effluent system
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
farm dairy design, and the farm dairy effluent system.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Dairy Farming
Status
Registered
Status date
20 May 2008
Date version published
20 May 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of farm dairy design features, layout, and components.
Performance criteria
1.1
The components of farm dairies are described in terms of their design features.
Range
tanker loop, entry and exit races, yard layout, bail areas, animal
movement areas, location of milking plant, milk storage area.
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1.2
Farm dairies are described in terms of their advantages and disadvantages for
operators and animals.
Range
1.3
herringbone, rotary.
Milk plants are described in terms of their components and functions.
Range
components – vacuum pump, teat cups, milk and vacuum tubes,
milk line, air line, receiver, sanitary trap, milk filter, cooler, delivery
line, refrigeration unit, regulator, silo or bulk milk tank, milk pump.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the farm dairy effluent system.
Performance criteria
2.1
The farm dairy effluent system is described in terms of the components.
Range
2.2
components for – collection, storage, treatment, disposal.
The farm dairy effluent system is described in terms of key maintenance tasks,
and associated requirements under the Resource Management Act 1991.
Range
may include but is not limited to – shifting irrigators, disposal of
effluent from storage, weed control, sediment control, cleaning
stone traps and gratings, flushing lines
evidence is required for at least two maintenance tasks.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated
authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against
unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA 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 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.
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