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Title
Describe possum population monitoring using residual trap-catch
(RTC) index methodology
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
4
This unit standard is for people involved with monitoring
possum populations in rural environments.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe
possum population monitoring using residual trap-catch (RTC)
index methodology.
Classification
Pest Management > Pest Monitoring
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation and regulations relevant to this unit standard include but are not limited to
the: Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation,
and Compensation Act 2001, Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996,
Consumer Guarantees Act 1993, Biosecurity Act 1993, Conservation Act 1987, Local
Government Act 1974, National Parks Act 1980, Reserves Act 1977, Resource
Management Act 1991, Animal Welfare Act 1999, Biosecurity (National Bovine
Tuberculosis Pest Management Strategy) Order 1998, Wildlife Act 1953, and Wild
Animal Control Act 1977.
Reference
National Possum Control Agencies, Possum population monitoring: using the trapcatch method: protocol. (Wellington: 2004). ISBN-0-9583736-0-4, (referred to as
‘the protocol’).
The protocol is the nationally accepted standard for possum population monitoring
using the trap-catch method.
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Definitions
Residual trap-catch (RTC) index – a method of determining relative possum
abundance.
Contract – the monitoring contract that the monitoring contractor is engaged under.
The contract will specify a range of requirements that have been agreed between the
monitoring contractor and the principal or client. The principal or client may be a
local authority, government department, or a private organisation.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
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Describe possum population monitoring using residual trap-catch (RTC) index
methodology.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Estimation of relative population abundance is described in terms of RTC index
methodology for possum population monitoring.
1.2
Trap-catch monitoring is described in terms of its use in possum management in
a particular area.
includes but is not limited to – performance monitoring, trend
monitoring, timing of future operations, research;
evidence is required for at least two.
Range
1.3
The protocol and contract requirements are described in terms of their use in
possum population monitoring.
Range
1.4
national consistency, comparability, repeatability.
Possum population monitoring is described in terms of the roles of local and
national government in its implementation.
Range
tendering process, contractual requirements and performance,
impact on payment contracts, repeat contracts, management
decisions (payment), disease management and ecological
decisions.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Replacement information
This unit standard was replaced by unit standard 29339.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 November 2005
31 December 2018
Review
2
17 March 2016
31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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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 Consent and Moderation Requirements (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
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