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Title
Determine key issues in employment in forestry
Level
5
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
factors influencing employment in the forestry industry;
describe the requirements to be met by employers; and outline
the employment arrangements used in forestry.
Classification
Forestry > Forestry Business Management
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All explanations, descriptions, and plans must meet the documentation requirements
established by the assessing body, and comply with relevant legislative and
regulatory requirements including:
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992
Resource Management Act 1991
Employment Relations Act 2000
and their subsequent amendments.
2
Reference to industry best practice in this unit standard refers to minimum standards
for forest operations as described in: Forest Industry Best Practice Guidelines
published by Forest Industries Training (2000) and available from Forest Industries
Training, PO Box 6216, Rotorua; and the environmental standards contained in the
New Zealand Forest Industry Code of Practice published by the Logging Industry
Research Organisation (LIRO) (1993) and available from LIRO, Private Bag 3020,
Rotorua. The purpose of these documents is to plan, manage and carry out forestry
operations in a manner which is sustainable, environmentally and socially
acceptable, physically achievable, and economically viable.
3
For the purpose of this unit standard, the term certifying agency standards refers to
the standards of sustainable forest management defined by national and international
certifying agencies, including but not limited to: International Standards Organisation
(ISO), Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), as is appropriate to the particular forest, or
forests, being managed.
4
Case studies may be used as the basis for this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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Outcome 1
Identify factors influencing employment in the forestry industry.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description identifies market factors and details their influence on employment
in the forest industry.
Range
1.2
Description identifies technological factors and details their influence on
employment in the forest industry.
Range
1.3
building materials, furniture, fuels.
Description identifies geographical factors and details their influence on
employment in the forest industry.
Range
1.5
sophistication of planning and research, advances in equipment
and techniques, industry best practice, skill and knowledge levels
required by workers, competitive nature of the industry, new
product development, added value operations.
Description identifies products developed as alternatives to forest based
products and details their influence on employment in the forestry industry.
Range
1.4
level of local and international market demand, variation in product
type demand, prices obtained for timber and wood products,
import controls, tariffs, international market competition, certifying
agency standards.
location of forestry activities, amount of forestry activity in the
region, alternative employment opportunities.
Description identifies forest age and class distribution factors and their influence
on employment in the forest industry.
Range
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
age of the estate, market requirements, natural disaster
implications.
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Outcome 2
Describe the requirements to be met by employers.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Description identifies general requirements placed on forestry employers by the
Employment Relations Act 2000.
Range
2.2
Description identifies requirements placed on forestry employers by the
Accident Compensation Corporation.
Range
2.3
involvement of employees in safety management, hazard
identification and management, development of a safety plan,
training and supervision, visitors to a work site, provision of
records, maintenance of liaison with controlling and resourcing
agencies including Occupational Safety and Health.
Description identifies the general requirements placed on forestry employers by
the Resource Management Act 1991.
Range
2.5
levy payments, classification as employees, provision of records of
earnings payments, loadings and penalties, site or workplace
accident records and reporting.
Description identifies general requirements placed on forestry employers under
the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
Range
2.4
negotiation of employment agreements, statutory holiday and
disputes mechanisms requirements, Industrial Relations section of
the Department of Labour requirements, personal grievance and
redundancy requirements.
environmental performance, quality management, penalties.
Description identifies the general requirements placed on forestry employers by
the requirements of industry best practice, and certifying agency standards.
Range
forest values, impact assessment.
Outcome 3
Outline the employment arrangements used in forestry.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Outline provides details of wages based employment arrangements in forestry.
Range
Competenz
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hourly rates, allowances, simplicity and low cost of administration,
tax and levy responsibilities.
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3.2
Outline provides details of piece rate systems used as the basis for employment
in forestry.
Range
3.3
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related to production, based on established unit rates, workers
determine income, arrangements for payment on non-working
days, employer and employee sharing of cost or profit, grade
differentials, tax and levy responsibilities.
Outline provides details of use of sub-contracting as an employment option in
forestry.
Range
employer responsibility, sub-contractor responsibilities, payment
methods, Inland Revenue Department requirements, Accident
Compensation Corporation requirements.
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
1
7 August 1995
31 December 2017
Review
2
27 May 1998
31 December 2017
Review
3
27 May 2002
31 December 2017
Review
4
10 December 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0173
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.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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