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Demonstrate knowledge of deer welfare and stockmanship
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
deer breed characteristics, stockmanship, and welfare.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Deer Farming
Status
Registered
Status date
22 August 2008
Date version published
22 August 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2012
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
1
Legislation includes but is not limited to the Animal Welfare Act 1999.
2
Performance of all aspects of this unit standard should comply with the Animal
Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, 2007,
available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz.
3
The DeerQA On-Farm Programme Operating Standards can be obtained from Deer
Industry New Zealand, PO Box 10-702, Wellington, or
http://www.deernz.org/n30.html.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of deer breed characteristics and stockmanship.
Performance criteria
1.1
Behaviour characteristics for breeds and classes of deer are described in terms
of season and age.
Range
1.2
classes include but are not limited to – hind and fawn relationship,
fawn behaviour, reproductive behaviour, stag behaviour, feeding
behaviour, behaviour when moving;
breeds include but are not limited to – red deer, fallow deer, red
wapiti, cross bred, red elk.
Stock handling and welfare are described in terms of current legislation, codes
of practice, and DeerQA On-Farm Programme Operating Standards.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of deer welfare.
Performance criteria
2.1
Deer welfare requirements are described in accordance with the Animal Welfare
(Deer) Code of Welfare 2007.
Range
2.2
food, water, shade and shelter, facilities, husbandry practices,
health, disease, injury control.
The legal obligations of deer owners are described in accordance with the
Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007.
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.
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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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