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Title
Milk dairy cows and isolate milk unsuitable for collection
Level
3
Credits
Purpose
6
People credited with this unit standard are able to milk dairy
cows; and isolate milk unsuitable for collection.
This unit standard is for people who have responsibility for
milking cows, without assistance, on dairy farms.
Classification
Agriculture > Dairy Farming
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation includes but is not limited to - Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992,
Animal Products Act 1999, Animal Welfare Act 1999.
2
On-farm quality management procedures refer to the documented procedures for
farm dairy hygiene practices, which must meet legislative and dairy company
requirements. On-farm quality management procedures are available from all dairy
companies.
3
Cups can also be referred to as clusters.
This unit standard is
Outcome 1
expiring
Milk dairy cows.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Evidence requirements
1.1
Cows are bailed quietly and smoothly.
1.2
Cows are checked and prepared for milking in accordance with milk processing
company’s requirements.
1.3
Cows are cupped according to on-farm quality management procedures.
Range
1.4
one of – circle, flick, cross over, block.
Cows are milked hygienically in accordance with on-farm quality management
procedures.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Cups are changed and/or removed according to on-farm quality management
procedures.
Outcome 2
Isolate milk unsuitable for collection.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Cows whose milk is unsuitable for collection are identified and/or isolated from
the herd, and recorded in accordance with on-farm quality management
procedures.
2.2
Hygiene practices are consistently followed when isolating milk in accordance
with on-farm quality management procedures.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 24551 has been
replaced by unit standard 28937
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
14 December 2007
31 December 2020
Review
2
16 July 2015
31 December 2020
This unit standard is
Please note
Providers must be granted consentexpiring
to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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 (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