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Level 4
Credits 4
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: the legal requirements for animal welfare, the use of prescription animal remedies, and the role of the veterinary supervisor in the removal of velvet antler; the system and steps of velvet antler removal; and of deer observation and attention after velvet antler removal.
Subfield Agriculture
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Deer Farming
Registered
22 August 2008
22 August 2008
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2012
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 Legislation includes but is not limited to the Animal Welfare Act 1999, Animal
Remedies (Develveting) Regulations 1994, and their subsequent amendments.
2 References
The New Zealand Deer Farmers’ Landcare Manual, Deer Industry Manual New
Zealand, and Deer Industry New Zealand Guidelines are available from Deer
Industry New Zealand, PO Box 10-702, Wellington.
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3 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
.
4 The Training Manual refers to the National Velveting Standards Body Training
Manual, available when registered with the National Velveting Standards Body
(NVSB).
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the legal requirements for animal welfare, the use of prescription animal remedies and the role of the veterinary supervisor in the removal of velvet antler.
Performance criteria
1.1 Legal requirements for animal welfare are described.
Range Animal Welfare Act 1999, the Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of
Welfare 2007.
1.2 Legal requirements for the use of prescription animal remedies (PARs) are described in terms of the Animal Remedies (Develveting) Regulations 1994.
1.3 Animal Remedies Board requirements for the use of Class II PAR drugs are described in terms of the Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007 .
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Element 2
The role of the veterinary supervisor in the removal of velvet antler is described in terms of the Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007.
Demonstrate knowledge of the system and steps of velvet antler removal.
Performance criteria
2.1 Steps for the selection of stags ready for velveting are described in terms of their purpose in the system and the ways of minimising stress during these steps.
Range steps – mustering, drafting, settling period.
2.2 Processes of stag restraint are described in accordance with the Training
Manual, and the Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the
Welfare of Deer during the Removal of Antlers 1992.
Range physical, chemical.
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2.3 Drug selection and administration that induces analgesia in velvet antler is described in accordance with the Training Manual, and the Code of
Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Deer during the
Removal of Antlers 1992.
2.4 Processes of surgical removal of velvet antler are described in accordance with the Training Manual, and the Code of Recommendations and Minimum
Standards for the Welfare of Deer during the Removal of Antlers 1992.
Range instrument types include but are not limited to – hand saw, meat saw.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of deer observation and attention after velvet antler removal.
Performance criteria
3.1 Treatment of wound is described in accordance with the Training Manual, and the Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Deer during the Removal of Antlers 1992.
3.2 Reverse restraint mechanisms are described in accordance with the Animal
Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007.
Range physical, chemical.
3.3 Monitoring factors of develveted deer are described in accordance with the
Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Deer during the Removal of Antlers 1992.
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.
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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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