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Demonstrate knowledge of the sale, purchase, and transportation of
deer
Level
3
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of
the sale, purchase, and transportation of deer.
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 and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
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
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.
2
DeerQA On-Farm Programme Operating Standards and DeerQA Transport
Programme Operating Standards can be obtained from Deer Industry New Zealand,
PO Box 10-702, Wellington, or http://www.deernz.org.
3
Movement control regulations can be obtained from the Animal Health Board (AHB)
website – http://www.ahb.org.nz, or the local veterinarian.
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Deer transport requirements are found on the National Animal Identification and
Tracing (NAIT) project website – http://www.nait.org.nz.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the sale, purchase, and transportation of deer.
Range
public auction, contract supply, private treaty, stock agent.
Performance criteria
1.1
Methods and venues for sale and purchase are described in terms of the
requirements of each.
1.2
Methods of sale are described in terms of the costs and risks.
1.3
Tuberculosis is described in terms of compliance requirements of the deer
farmer as stipulated by the AHB National Pest Management Strategy.
1.4
The sale and movement of deer are described in terms of the associated
tuberculosis compliance requirements, and Animal Status Declaration (ASD)
requirements.
1.5
Transport of deer between sale and purchase is described in terms of the
DeerQA compliance requirements, and NAIT.
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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