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HORTICULTURE PRODUCTION
MANAGEMENT
Apply the principles of trial design,
implementation, and evaluation in
horticulture
level:
5
credit:
4
planned review date:
June 2008
sub-field:
Horticulture
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard will be able to
establish and manage uncomplicated field trials of new or
alternative horticulture products and procedures using
control, monitoring, recording, and evaluation techniques
valid for the trial complexity.
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:
Uncomplicated field trials are deemed to be those which
have a limited range of trial samples and have simple
recording and analysis requirements.
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Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Define the trial.
performance criteria
1.1
Objectives of trial are stated in performance terms and clearly identify the
outcomes to be measured.
1.2
The range and extent of work to be covered by the trial is documented.
Range:
1.3
duration, size, variables.
Procedures to be used in management of the trial are documented for
reference.
Range:
controls, recording patterns and methods, evaluation procedures.
1.4
Trial design adopted enables valid conclusions to be reached.
1.5
Occurrences which would make the trial invalid are determined, and procedures
required to prevent or manage them are defined for implementation.
element 2
Manage implementation of trial.
performance criteria
2.1
Management procedures adopted ensure that conditions and procedures
established for the trial are maintained.
2.2
Provisions made for recording unplanned influences on the trial identify all
significant details of those occurrences.
2.3
Information recorded during trial conforms with defined trial requirements.
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element 3
Evaluate and determine application of trial results.
performance criteria
3.1
Information recorded during trial is assembled in a format which enables results
to be evaluated against stated trial objectives and performance criteria.
3.2
Application options selected reflect adoption of trial results.
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.
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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