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Title
Manage a deer herd before, during, and after fawning
Level
5
Purpose
Credits
10
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for
fawning; recognise and manage problems of fawning; tag, sex,
and weigh fawns; and wean and manage weaners.
This unit standard is for people involved in supervisory
management on a deer farm.
Classification
Agriculture > Deer Farming
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on the procedures for
deer health, care, and handling.
2
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.
3
This unit standard is
expiring
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.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Prepare for fawning.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Fawning paddocks selected meet the requirements of deer and on-farm
procedures during and after fawning.
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1.2
Grouping of hinds according to estimated time of fawning aims to result in post
fawning mobs of fawns of similar age.
1.3
Body condition of hinds is maintained in accordance with lactation needs and
fawning requirements.
1.4
Additional management needs due to artificial insemination or synchronised
mating are described in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Outcome 2
Recognise and manage problems of fawning.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Implemented management practices implemented ensure stress free normal
birth for hinds in accordance with the Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare
2007.
Range
routine check; avoid unnecessary human, animal, or vehicle
presence; ensure sufficient ground cover is available to meet fawn
needs.
2.2
Management of problems associated with birth is in the best interests of the
hind and fawn.
2.3
Fawning problems are described in terms of the reasons for their occurrence
and ways of preventing future occurrence.
2.4
Management of hand-reared fawns is carried out in accordance with the Animal
Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007.
This unit standard is
Tag, sex, and weigh fawns.
expiring
Evidence requirements
Outcome 3
3.1
Tagging, sexing, and weighing of fawns are carried out in accordance with onfarm procedures, DeerQA On-Farm Programme Operating Standards, and the
Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007.
3.2
Losses from fawning to weaning are described in terms of their causes.
Range
3.3
environment, congenital, management related.
Records maintained are in accordance with on-farm procedures and DeerQA
On-Farm Programme Operating Standards.
Outcome 4
Wean and manage weaners.
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Evidence requirements
4.1
Effect of weaning on fawns and hinds, and subsequent management practices
are assessed in terms of early and late weaning.
4.2
Weaning occurs in a manner which is least stressful for fawns, and is in
accordance with the Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007.
4.3
Preventative health procedures implemented after weaning are in accordance
with on-farm procedures, and the Animal Welfare (Deer) Code of Welfare 2007.
4.4
Weaning is managed in a manner which minimises damage to pasture and
facilities.
Replacement information
This unit standard, unit standard 1521, unit standard
1530, unit standard 19078, unit standard 19085, unit
standard 25378, unit standard 25379, unit standard
25382, unit standard 25383 and unit standard 25829
have been replaced by unit standard 28857 and unit
standard 28858.
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
Revision
Review
Review
Review
This
standard
is2020
2
9unit
November 1998
31 December
3
25 June 2002
31 December 2020
expiring
4
22 August
2008
31 December 2020
1
20 December 1996
31 December 2020
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.
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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
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