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Title
Plan and coordinate pasture management and the feeding of deer
Level
4
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess deer
pasture quality, and implement pest and weed control and
pasture management programmes; implement grazing
management systems, and provide supplementary feeding
according to production and seasonal requirements for deer;
manage rotational and integrated grazing of deer with other
animals; and perform calculations.
Classification
Agriculture > Deer Farming
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
1
2
Definition
On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on the procedures for
deer health, care, and handling.
This unit standard is
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.
expiring
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
Reference
Code of Practice for Nutrient Management, New Zealand Fertiliser Manufacturer’s
Research Association Incorporated (NZFMRA), 2007, available at
http://www.fertresearch.org.nz.
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8623 version 5
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Assess deer pasture quality, and implement pest and weed control and pasture
management programmes.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Grass species, forage herbs, and legumes are described in terms of their
suitability for grazing by deer.
Range
forage herbs – plantain, chickory;
grasses may include but are not limited to – perennial ryegrass,
short rotation rye grass, annual rye grass, timothy, fescue;
legumes may include – white clovers, red clovers, lucerne;
evidence is required for a minimum of two grasses and two
legumes.
1.2
Pasture species and quality are assessed in terms of suitability for regional
circumstances, on-farm procedures, and preferred grazing systems.
1.3
The programme implemented to control pests and weeds that present potential
health and production risks is in accordance with the DeerQA On-Farm
Programme Operating Standards, and the Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of
Welfare 2007.
1.4
Pasture management systems maintain optimum grazing potential for deer on a
seasonal basis.
This unit standard is
Outcome 2
expiring
Implement grazing management systems, and provide supplementary feeding according
Range
management systems include but are not limited to – regrass,
cultivate, fertilise, oversow.
to production and seasonal requirements for deer.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Grazing management systems allow pasture feed to meet individual deer
requirements by bodyweight and according to seasons.
Range
class of stock – breeding hinds, pregnant hinds, hinds and fawns,
stags, young stock, weaner hinds, weaner stags;
deer production requirements – weight gain, velvet production,
venison production;
grazing management systems – set stocking, rotational grazing,
strip grazing.
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Availability of roughage and concentrates is managed in terms of times where
there is insufficient pasture to meet deer bodyweight and production
requirements.
Outcome 3
Manage rotational and integrated grazing of deer with other animals.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Rotational or integrated grazing with other animals complements feeding
patterns of deer without affecting productivity of pasture.
3.2
Deer management on pastures is managed in terms of grazing patterns and
habits, grazing systems, and stocking rates.
Outcome 4
Perform calculations.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Feeds are converted into pasture equivalent Dry Matter (DM) terms.
Range
4.2
Total mixed ration is calculated for a specified time period.
Range
4.3
evidence is required for at least four different feeds.
at least three different feeds.
Surplus or deficit of feed is calculated from given supply and demand figures.
at least two different feeds in the ration.
This
unit standard is
expiring
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 19101, unit standard
Range
19153, unit standard 19079, and unit standard 24627
have been replaced by unit standard 28859
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
8623 version 5
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 December 1996
31 December 2020
Revision
2
9 November 1998
31 December 2020
Review
3
25 June 2002
31 December 2020
Review
4
22 August 2008
31 December 2020
Review
5
18 June 2015
31 December 2020
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016