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HORTICULTURE RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT
Plan and manage the human resource needs for a defined horticultural operation
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June 2008
Horticulture
People credited with this unit standard will be able to
– determine the human resource needs for a defined horticulture operation; determine requirements to meet production, harvest, and performance schedules; oversee recruitment and selection; plan succession and promotion in the workforce; meet legal and social responsibilities; and monitor performance. entry information: Open, but it is recommended that the trainee develop skill and knowledge in supervision, production planning, and administration of employment contracts before credit is sought for this unit standard. 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: Case studies may be used as the basis for this unit standard.
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Elements and Performance Criteria element 1
Determine human resource requirements. performance criteria
1.1 Analysis of the horticultural operation under consideration provides details of work processes undertaken.
1.2 Work analysis provides details of labour required to undertake each process in the defined operation.
1.3 Collation of information from available production, harvesting, marketing, capital development, and maintenance schedules provides details of work distribution on an annual basis.
1.4 Application of job description development skill identifies the profiles of labour required.
Range: job descriptions and skill requirements, numbers, timing of employment and duration, levels of experience.
1.5 element 2
Integration of work analysis and work distribution analysis outcomes and labour profiles provides information for definition of human resource requirements to meet production, harvest, and performance schedules.
Determine current human resource profile. performance criteria
2.1 Analysis of current human resources provides details for each person working in the operation against established criteria.
Range: training, amount and type of experience, special skills and knowledge, availability, perceived attitudes and long-term potential.
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2.2 Strategies adopted to assess potential of individuals within the workforce provide indicators for establishment of promotion and succession planning.
2.3 Procedures adopted to compare the existing human resource with identified requirements of the operation enable additional resource requirements to be defined. element 3
Plan and manage human resource acquisition requirements. performance criteria
3.1 Assessment of labour market identifies availability of human resources to meet identified acquisition requirements.
3.2 Recruitment, selection, and employment strategies adopted conform with the requirements of applicable legislation.
3.3 Strategies adopted for the induction, training, and integration of new people provide methods for development of workplace harmony and efficiency.
3.4 element 4
Procedures adopted for assessment of new employees measure performance against criteria agreed in their employment contract.
Meet legal and social responsibilities of a good employer. performance criteria
4.1 Strategies adopted for managing people in the operation conform with the good employer requirements of the Employment Contracts Act 1991.
4.2 Strategies adopted encourage positive workplace relations and foster employee contribution to improvement of standards and performance levels within the operation.
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4.3 Procedures adopted for the monitoring of the work environment ensure that employer and employee requirements under the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992 are met.
4.4 Methods adopted monitor human resource focus on maintenance and development of individuals, groups, and the operation team.
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 which can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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