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FLORICULTURE
Demonstrate knowledge of floriculture
level:
2
credit:
5
planned review date:
December 2008
sub-field:
Horticulture
replacement information:
This unit standard replaced unit standard 1797.
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard are able to:
demonstrate knowledge of the main commercial flower and
foliage crops grown in New Zealand; demonstrate knowledge
of the common marketing channels for floriculture crops in
New Zealand.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by the Primary Industry Training
Organisation.
special notes:
Commercial flower crops may include carnations, roses,
leucadendrons, proteas, gypsophila, orchids, gentiana,
paeonies, sandersonia, zantedeschia, daffodils, limonium,
nerines, eustoma, matthiola, alstromeria, iris, lilium,
chrysanthemum, antirrhinum, gerbera; and foliage crops may
include pittosporum, magnolia, fan palm, aspidistra, snake
grass.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the main commercial flower and foliage crops grown in
New Zealand.
performance criteria
1.1
Ten commercial flower and foliage crops grown in New Zealand are described.
1.2
Important cultivars are listed and recognised for five main floriculture crops.
1.3
Brief notes are provided to explain the crop range in each of the significant
floriculture districts of New Zealand.
element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the common marketing channels for floriculture crops in New
Zealand.
performance criteria
2.1
Marketing systems for the domestic market are described in terms of their
functions, advantages, and disadvantages to growers.
Range:
2.2
auction, wholesale/brokerage, private sales, retail sales, contract
sales.
Marketing systems for the export market are described in terms of their
functions, advantages, and disadvantages to growers.
Range:
auction, wholesale/brokerage, private sales, retail sales, contract
sales.
2.3
One marketing organisation is described in terms of its functions and the crops
it affects.
2.4
Workings of export companies are described in terms of their functions,
advantages, and disadvantages to growers.
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Primary Industry Training Organisation http://www.primaryito.ac.nz if you
wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards
or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority 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 providers wishing to
develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and
assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0032
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
which can
be
accessed at
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