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FRUIT PRODUCTION
Train and prune vine crops
level:
3
credit:
4
planned review date:
June 2008
sub-field:
Horticulture
purpose:
This unit standard is for people working, or intending to work,
in any kind of horticulture. People credited with this unit
standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of pruning and
training vines; train and prune vines for the first three years;
prune mature vines according to a training system; and
dispose of prunings.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed national moderation
system has been set up by the Primary Industry Training
Organisation.
special 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.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of pruning and training fruit vines.
performance criteria
1.1
The effects of apical dominance are explained in terms of vine growth.
1.2
How plant wounds callus and heal are explained in terms of plant health.
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1.3
Training systems are described in terms of structures and the vines for which
they are most suitable.
Range:
1.4
vertical trellis, Scott Henry, double curtain, T-bar, pergola.
Leaders, crowns, fruit arms, laterals, and water shoots are identified with a
description of their functions on the vine.
element 2
Train and prune vines for the first three years.
Range:
evidence can be obtained by pruning and training vines of one, two, and three
years of age in the same pruning season.
performance criteria
2.1
Main trunk is supported until it reaches its wire in accordance with the training
system to be used and workplace procedures.
2.2
Leaders are developed and held along the wires in accordance with the training
system to be used and workplace procedures.
2.3
Unwanted canes are removed in accordance with the training system to be
used and workplace procedures, and wanted canes are held so that they do not
become over-twisted or blown off.
element 3
Prune mature vines according to a training system.
performance criteria
3.1
Fruitful and unfruitful wood are distinguished between, and unfruitful wood is
removed in accordance with target crop loading.
3.2
Access is enhanced by spacing of producing canes.
3.3
Diseased, damaged, or pest infested wood is removed in accordance with
workplace procedures.
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3.4
Replacement cycles for framework wood are set up in accordance with
workplace procedures.
3.5
Hygiene and other disease prevention measures are undertaken in accordance
with workplace policy and procedures.
3.6
Vines are summer pruned or leaf plucked to enhance fruit colour, maturation,
and future bud development.
element 4
Dispose of prunings.
performance criteria
4.1
Management options for prunings disposal are described in terms of the
advantages and disadvantages of each method.
4.2
Prunings are removed and disposed of in accordance with workplace policy and
procedures, or mulched where they lie.
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.
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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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