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Title
Manage workforce development in a forestry operation
Level
6
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the
work attributes of forestry personnel; plan forestry personnel
distribution to use identified attributes; plan forestry personnel
development; and plan for the development of workplace unity
and performance focus within a forestry operation.
Classification
Forestry > Forestry Business Management
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open. However, it is recommended people have gained
introductory level skills and knowledge in the development of
performance of teams and individuals before seeking credit for
this unit standard.
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
Case studies may be used as the basis for this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify work attributes of forestry personnel.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Assessment of individual member work attributes identifies strengths and
weaknesses against a set group of factors.
Range
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technical forestry skills, communication skills, commitment to
target achievement, contribution to colleague development and
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upskilling, organisational skills, leadership, recognition given by
colleagues.
1.2
Evaluation of findings enables appropriate roles to be defined for individuals.
Range
leader, follower, motivator, organiser, standard setter.
Outcome 2
Plan forestry personnel distribution to use identified attributes.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Structures developed for work teams balance individual attributes and
characteristics to achieve functional work unit standards and facilitate
achievement of work team production targets.
2.2
Provision is made in planning for work team balance requirements to be
addressed when team membership is changed.
Outcome 3
Plan forestry personnel development.
Evidence requirements
3.1
System proposed for definition of personnel development needs uses identified
attributes of individuals as the basis for development planning.
3.2
System proposed includes procedures for discussion of identified development
requirements with the individual concerned to determine appropriate
development strategies and required outcomes.
Range
3.3
range and focus of skills and knowledge to be developed, method
of development, timing, support available, management
expectations, individual benefit.
Procedures adopted to incorporate individual development plans into an
operation-wide plan define implementation requirements and processes to be
used.
Range
scheduling development activities, replacements in work teams,
resource requirements, placement or use of individuals with
increased skills and knowledge.
3.4
Workforce development plans facilitate achievement of business plans for the
operation through articulation of business development and personnel
development focus.
3.5
Procedures developed for implementation include procedures for evaluation of
personnel development achievements against targets established for individuals
and the business.
Competenz
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Outcome 4
Plan for development of workplace unity and performance focus within a forestry
operation.
Evidence requirements
4.1
Strategies adopted for setting of workplace targets incorporate input from
business personnel and seek to accommodate the needs of all staff members.
Range
social, cultural, financial, personal.
4.2
Procedures planned for reaching solutions to workplace problems acknowledge
expertise in the workforce and provide for drawing on that expertise as identified
problems require.
4.3
Plans developed include strategies for recognition and reward of workplace and
personal achievements of business personnel.
4.4
Strategies developed to deal with workplace change ensure workplace
members participate in solution development.
4.5
Strategies developed to deal with workplace conflict are based on standards of
work and behaviour agreed to at employment, facilitate conflict resolution, and
conform with legal requirements of the employment situation.
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.
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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
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