NZQA registered unit standard
28925 version 1
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Title
Carry out an irrigation system performance assessment
Level
4
Credits
25
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the irrigation
industry, and recognises the knowledge and skills required to
plan and carry out an irrigation system performance
assessment for an agricultural or horticultural property, sports
turf, or public ground.
Classification
Water Industry > Irrigation
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
2
3
All regulations including Resource Management Act 1991, Building Act 2004, Health
and Safety and Employment Act 1992, National Policy Statement for Freshwater
Management 2014 and any other relevant legislation is followed.
The following technical publications are adhered to:
Irrigation New Zealand Technical Glossary
New Zealand Piped Irrigation System Performance Assessment Code of Practice,
Irrigation New Zealand, ISBN 978-0-473-31451-4
New Zealand Water Measurement Code of Practice
Available from the Irrigation New Zealand website, http://irrigationnz.co.nz/
Assessment for this unit standard has to be performed on two separate commercial
irrigation systems.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan an irrigation system performance assessment.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Collates information prior to the visit in accordance with the New Zealand Piped
Irrigation System Performance Assessment Code of Practice.
1.2
Produces a plan for an assessment performance visit in accordance with the
New Zealand Piped Irrigation System Performance Assessment Code of
Practice.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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NZQA registered unit standard
28925 version 1
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Outcome 2
Conduct on-site irrigation system performance assessment.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Carries out pre-start checks in accordance with the New Zealand Piped
Irrigation System Performance Assessment Code of Practice.
2.2
Carries out the assessment in accordance with the New Zealand Piped
Irrigation System Performance Assessment Code of Practice.
2.3
Records the results of the assessment in accordance with the New Zealand
Piped Irrigation System Performance Assessment Code of Practice.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 20959
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
20 August 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0179
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the (CMR). The CMR 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28925 version 1
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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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016