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Title
Select and apply post harvest treatments - floriculture
Level
4
Credits
4
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in floriculture. People
credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate
knowledge of post harvest treatments needed for floriculture
crops; select post harvest treatments; and apply post harvest
treatments.
Classification
Horticulture > Floriculture
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
Workplace procedures mean work practice guidelines which meet the requirements of the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, other regulatory requirements, and their
subsequent amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate knowledge of post harvest treatments needed for floriculture crops.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Materials and equipment needed are described in terms of their functions.
1.2
Precautions or techniques needed to safely and effectively handle each material
are described so that the work is done with no harm to health, and to maximise
the effectiveness of the treatments.
1.3
Timing constraints are stated for specified treatments.
1.4
Specialist post harvest treatment processes are described relative to a specified
crop.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
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Outcome 2
Select post harvest treatments.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Post harvest treatments for floriculture crops are selected so that the treatments
minimise deterioration of the crop parts.
2.2
Processes within the harvested crop parts are described in terms of the effects
of the post harvest treatments.
Outcome 3
Apply post harvest treatments.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The equipment and materials required for the post harvest treatment are
prepared safely so that the treatment will meet workplace procedure
requirements.
3.2
The crop is prepared for post harvest treatment in accordance with workplace
procedures.
3.3
Post harvest treatments are applied in accordance with workplace procedures
and crop requirements.
3.4
The crop is prepared ready for the next process.
3.5
The equipment is left ready for when it is next required in accordance with
workplace procedures.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
1783 version 9
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
1 February 1994
31 December 2013
Review
2
28 November 1997
31 December 2013
Revision
3
19 July 2001
31 December 2013
Revision
4
13 March 2003
31 December 2013
Revision
5
16 May 2005
31 December 2013
Revision
6
24 February 2006
31 December 2015
Review
7
18 August 2011
31 December 2015
Rollover
8
17 October 2013
31 December 2015
Rollover
9
17 September 2015
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0032
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016