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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of key issues in forestry production
management
Level
5
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
factors which influence forestry production, and identify
features of an effective production record system.
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, and
the Resource Management Act 1991, 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.
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Case studies may be used as the basis for this unit standard.
Competenz
SSB Code 101571
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe factors which influence forestry production.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Description identifies market factors which influence forestry production.
Range
1.2
Description identifies mechanical factors which influence forestry production.
Range
1.3
ground type and condition, understory, topography, weather,
condition of trees, crew size, legislative requirements, industry
best practice.
Description identifies human factors influencing forestry production.
Range
1.5
productive hours per day, equipment selection, operator efficiency,
systems selection.
Description identifies environmental and stand factors influencing forestry
production.
Range
1.4
customer requirements, transport variances, volume and type of
product requirement identified by markets, certifying agency
standards.
training, motivation, job satisfaction and rewards, standards,
accountability, targets.
Description identifies abnormal events, which may influence forestry production.
Range
wind blow, fire, insect infestation, disease, historic or cultural
artefact find, volcanic activity.
Outcome 2
Identify features of an effective production record system.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Identification provides details of achievements against targets as the basis for
review of procedures and practices where variations are identified.
2.2
Features identified include provision of reliable information for use in a range of
management applications.
Range
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costing of future work, estimating and negotiating of production
targets, business planning.
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Analysis of a record system, which provides required information, identifies
factors, which are the basis of an effective system.
Range
defined procedures and responsibilities for information recording,
established format, logical progression of information recorded,
system clarity and simplicity.
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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