NZQA registered unit standard
28934 version 1
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Title
Determine irrigation system requirements for a commercial
enterprise
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in the irrigation industry
and recognises the knowledge and skills required to determine
the irrigation system requirements for a design brief for an
agricultural or horticultural property, sports turf, or public
ground
Classification
Water Industry > Irrigation
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
All regulations including Resource Management Act 1991, Building Act 2004, Health
and Safety and Employment Act 1992, National Policy Statement for Freshwater
Management 2014, local and regional council regulations and consent requirements
and any other relevant legislation is followed.
2
The following technical publications are referenced and adhered to:
Irrigation Legislation Regulation and Sustainability Resource Book, Irrigation New
Zealand, ISBN 978-0-473-24112-4
Irrigation New Zealand Technical Glossary
Irrigation Essentials Resource Book
Irrigation ‘Design Brief’ Checklist
Available from the Irrigation New Zealand website, http://irrigationnz.co.nz/
3
In the context of this unit standard, understanding means that there should be
evidence of a learners’ thorough comprehension of a topic. A learner with a good
understanding of a topic should have applied, or should be able to apply what they
have learnt to a workplace situation and will be able to alter their practices to different
contexts they are applying their learning to. Assessors should be confident that the
learners’ understanding is embedded in their practices and behaviour.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Demonstrate understanding of the regulatory environment and the implications for
sustainable use of water for irrigation.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28934 version 1
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Describe the impacts of the Resource Management Act for irrigation systems in
accordance with Irrigation Legislation Regulation and Sustainability Resource
Book.
1.2
Describe the consenting requirements and the impacts on irrigation systems in
accordance with Irrigation Legislation Regulation and Sustainability Resource
Book.
Outcome 2
Demonstrate understanding of soil, crop and climate characteristics and how they impact
with each other on an irrigation site.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Describe soil characteristics and profile soil types on an irrigation site in
accordance with the Irrigation Essentials Resource Book.
2.2
Describe the implications of climate and weather features on an irrigation site in
accordance with the Irrigation Essentials Resource Book.
2.3
Describe the implications of crop features on an irrigation system in accordance
with the Irrigation Essentials Resource Book.
2.4
Describe how the characteristics of soil crop and climate impact on one another
in accordance with the Irrigation Essentials Resource Book.
Outcome 3
Prepare a design brief for an irrigation system.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Collects the site specific information and identify implications and limitations for
an irrigation system in accordance with the Irrigation ‘Design Brief’ Checklist.
3.2
Calculates KPI’s for the design brief for an irrigation system in accordance with
the Irrigation ‘Design Brief’ Checklist.
3.3
Compiles a design brief that will determine irrigation system requirements
consistent with the Irrigation “Design Brief” Checklist.
Planned review date
31 December 2020
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
28934 version 1
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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.
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