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HORTICULTURE PROPERTY
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Assess implications of development,
diversification, and refocussing of a
horticulture operation
level:
6
credit:
6
planned review date:
June 2008
sub-field:
Horticulture
purpose:
People credited with this unit standard will be able to assess, monitor, and manage the financial implications of
major changes in a horticulture operation including
expansion, diversification, and changes of management and
production methods; and identify the implementation
requirements of a selected change option.
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:
A case study may be used as the basis for this unit standard.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Identify basis for change consideration.
performance criteria
1.1
Evaluation of present situation identifies reasons why changes must be
considered.
1.2
Implications of no change are predicted from evaluation of present situation.
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1.3
Major change options are identified for further evaluation.
Range:
expansion, diversification, production and management methods.
element 2
Evaluate expansion as a change option.
performance criteria
2.1
Available acquisitions evaluation uses pre-determined criteria to identify costbenefit and risk factors.
Range:
2.2
current
production
levels,
sustainability,
development
opportunities, production costs, overhead costs, purchase cost
and conditions, projected return on investment, legal and
regulatory factors, integration and articulation costs.
On-site expansion evaluation uses pre-determined criteria to identify costbenefit and risk factors.
Range:
development costs, projected return on investment, overhead cost
implications, cost of disruption to existing operations, legal and
regulatory factors, integration and articulation costs.
element 3
Evaluate diversification as a change option.
performance criteria
3.1
Possible diversification evaluation is undertaken against pre-determined criteria
to identify cost-benefit and risk factors.
Range:
establishment costs, sustainability, legal and regulatory factors,
production costs, return on investment, marketing and selling
costs, integration and articulation costs, appropriateness of option
for site.
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element 4
Evaluate alternative production methods as a change option.
performance criteria
4.1
Alternative production and management method evaluation is undertaken
against pre-determined criteria to identify cost-benefit and risk factors.
Range:
development costs, transition production losses or costs,
environmental influences, standards requirements, legal and
regulatory factors and compliance costs, marketing and selling
costs, integration and articulation problems and costs, long-term
production costs and development opportunities.
element 5
Identify implementation requirements of a selected change option.
performance criteria
5.1
Operational implications of the selected option are identified for consideration in
decision making.
Range:
financial, social, physical, production disruption.
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.
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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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