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Maintain sand and plough equine racetrack surfaces
Level
3
Credits
4
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to drive the tractor and
equipment to the work site, and maintain the surface of a track used for
working horses through a range of weather conditions.
Subfield
Equine
Domain
Racetrack Maintenance
Status
Registered
Status date
26 November 2007
Date version published
26 November 2007
Planned review date
31 December 2011
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0018
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
2
Race club procedures are the documented practices and polices required within a
particular workplace, and do not contravene the Code of Recommendations and
Minimum Standards for Welfare of Horses. (Wellington: Ministry of Agriculture and
Forestry, 1993); or available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animalwelfare/codes/horses/index.htm.
3
For this unit standard the practical assessment evidence must be provided in the
context of a commercial business operation under normal working conditions.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Drive the tractor and equipment to the work site.
Performance criteria
1.1
A three point linkage implement is attached to a tractor in accordance with
manufacturer’s requirements.
Range
1.2
harrows, rotatill, roller, ripper.
Tractor and implement are prepared to move to work site in a manner which
does not cause damage to equipment.
Range
implement raised, adjustment made to allow minimum sideways
movement, arm secured to tractor frame, pin clips secured,
operation angle set.
1.3
Care taken while driving through gateways ensures that machinery does not
make contact with fences or gates.
1.4
Implement is lowered when not working or during movement to or between
worksites in accordance with manufacturer’s requirements.
Element 2
Maintain the surface of a track used for working horses.
Range
sand, plough, spring, summer, autumn, winter.
Performance criteria
2.1
Area to be worked is free of horses and other obstacles.
2.2
Area is worked in either left or right direction without redoing areas of last round,
at a uniform speed using suitable equipment to produce a consistent surface
free of lumps, at a depth which enables horses to work on throughout the year
without jarring.
Range
harrows, rotatill, roller, tyne harrows, light ripper.
2.3
Track is graded to provide a water table of three percent fall on the inside,
cambered on the outside, free of mounds or depressions in accordance with
race club procedures.
2.4
Equipment is returned to storage area, left prepared for next user and any
damage reported to supervisor in accordance with race club procedures.
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Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, 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 NZQA 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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