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Advise clients on crop or pasture selection and inputs
Level
5
Credits
45
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the rural servicing industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: determine client
requirements for crop or pasture production; recommend crop or pasture
types for which the land is suitable; recommend inputs required for a specific
crop husbandry; estimate gross margin for crop production; and describe,
and protect Plant Variety Rights (PVR) in crop production.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Grain, Seeds, and Crops
Status
Registered
Status date
20 June 2006
Date version published
20 June 2006
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 17333 and unit
standard 17334.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Performance of the elements of this unit standard must comply with the following
legislation and their subsequent amendments:
Resource Management Act 1991;
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993;
Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;
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Toxic Substances Regulations 1983;
Plant Variety Rights Act 1987.
2
Definitions
Crops refer to grains, pulses, seeds, supplementary feed crops, and brassicas.
Organisational procedures refer to verbal and written instructions to staff on
procedures for communicating with clients.
3
Evidence is required of at least three clients with at least two different crop types.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Determine client requirements for crop or pasture production.
Performance criteria
1.1
Client objectives are identified in relation to the purpose of the crop or pasture.
1.2
Options for meeting client requirements are explained to the client in terms of
the advantages and disadvantages and in accordance with organisational
procedures.
Range
1.3
fodder crop, forage crop, pasture type.
The crop or pasture identified and selected matches the information supplied by
the client, and meets client objectives.
Element 2
Recommend crop or pasture types for which the land is suitable.
Performance criteria
2.1
Land is analysed to determine the characteristics for suitability for crops.
Range
topography, soil type, paddock history, weeds, pests and
diseases, irrigation, drainage, fertility.
2.2
Requirements of crop and pasture are identified in relation to fertility, moisture,
weather tolerance, and agronomic information.
2.3
Recommendations meet legislative, and health and safety requirements,
organisational procedures, end user’s requirements, and manufacturer’s
recommendations.
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Element 3
Recommend inputs required for a specific crop husbandry.
Range
seeds, irrigation, fertiliser, insurance, equipment, machinery;
chemicals – pesticide, herbicide, fungicide, growth inhibitors;
protection from insects and bird attack.
Performance criteria
3.1
The recommended crop is analysed in terms of the inputs required for
productive growth.
3.2
Inputs are distinguished in terms of those for conventional farming and those
permitted for organic farming.
3.3
The client’s requirements of the crop are analysed in terms of the purpose of
crop, the farm rotation plans, and long-term plans.
3.4
Recommendations match input requirements and property management plan
requirements.
3.5
Recommendations meet legislative, and health and safety requirements,
organisational procedures, end user requirements, and manufacturer’s
recommendations.
Element 4
Estimate gross margin for crop production.
Performance criteria
4.1
Estimate of costs associated with crop production are consistent with current
industry information.
4.2
Estimated costs and returns match client’s information requirements.
4.3
Gross margin calculations are based on latest market information, and are
consistent with organisational parameters.
4.4
Gross margin estimate is updated based on the results of crop monitoring and
return expectations.
Element 5
Describe, and protect Plant Variety Rights (PVR) in crop production.
Performance criteria
5.1
The Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 is described in terms of its purpose and legal
obligations.
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5.2
The obligations of plant variety legislation and the consequences of breaches
are described in accordance with organisational procedures.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority, or an inter-institutional body
with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report 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 organisations
wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for
tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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