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Describe pests in crops and pasture and agrichemicals for their control
Level
4
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: crop and pasture
pest plants and agrichemicals for their control; crop plant pests and disease
organisms and agrichemicals for their control; and pasture plant pests and
disease organisms and agrichemicals for their control.
Subfield
Rural Contracting
Domain
Agrichemical Application
Status
Registered
Status date
25 June 2007
Date version published
25 June 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2012
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 6252 and unit
standard 6253.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Infrastructure ITO
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0101
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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The following legislation and requirements apply to this unit standard:
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
NZS 8409:2004 Management of agrichemicals (NZS 8409), available from
http://www.standards.co.nz;
Label directions.
Any legislation or other requirement superseding any of the above will apply, pending
review of this unit standard.
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Assessment against this unit standard may be based on evidence from a workplace
and/or provider context.
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Definitions
Agrichemical – any substance, whether inorganic or organic, man-made or naturally
occurring, modified or in its original state, that is used in any agriculture, horticulture,
or related activity to eradicate, modify, or control flora or fauna.
Pests refers to pest plants, plant pests, disease organisms. Pest plants refers to
unwanted plants that are counter-productive in terms of the agricultural purpose. Plant
pests refers to insect and/or other animal plant pests. Disease organisms refers to
plant and/or animal disease organisms.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe crop and pasture pest plants and agrichemicals for their control.
Performance criteria
1.1
Six pest plants present in crops and pasture are identified and are described in
terms of effect on product.
1.2
Agrichemicals to control the identified pest plants are described in terms of key
factors.
Range
key factors – growth stages, crop and pasture growth stages, label
directions, formulations, hazard schedule rating, compatibility,
solubility, toxicity, volatility, selectivity, target resistance,
withholding period, destination market requirements, persistence,
re-entry.
Element 2
Describe crop plant pests and disease organisms and agrichemicals for their control.
Performance criteria
2.1
Two plant pests and two disease organisms present in crops are identified and
are described in terms of effect on product.
2.2
Agrichemicals to control the identified plant pests and disease organisms
present in crops are described in terms of key factors.
Range
key factors – plant pest lifecycles, disease organism lifecycles,
type of crop and crop growth stages, lifecycles of beneficial insects
and/or other animals, label directions, formulations, hazard
schedule rating, compatibility, solubility, toxicity, volatility,
selectivity, target resistance, withholding period, destination
market requirements, persistence, re-entry.
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Element 3
Describe pasture plant pests and disease organisms and agrichemicals for their control.
Performance criteria
3.1
Two plant pests and two disease organisms present in pasture are identified
and are described in terms of effect on product.
3.2
Agrichemicals to control the identified plant pests and disease organisms
present in pasture are described in terms of key factors.
Range
key factors – plant pest lifecycles, disease organism lifecycles,
type of pasture and pasture growth stages, lifecycles of beneficial
insects and/or other animals, label directions, formulations, hazard
schedule rating, compatibility, solubility, toxicity, volatility,
selectivity, target resistance, withholding period, destination
market requirements, persistence, re-entry.
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 Infrastructure ITO askus@infratrain.co.nz if you wish to suggest changes to
the content of this unit standard.
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