NZQA registered unit standard
20562 version 3
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Title
Prune and train nursery plants
Level
4
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard will be able to: identify
the need to prune and train nursery plants; prune and train
nursery plants; and remove prunings.
Classification
Horticulture > Nursery Production
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definitions
Nursery crop refers to a crop of no less than 50 plants.
Workplace procedures refer to oral or written instructions to staff on procedures for
the worksite and equipment.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, the Resource Management Act 1991, the Plant
Variety Rights Act 1987; and their subsequent amendments.
3
Work may involve exposure to chemical, dangerous, or hazardous substances.
Safety procedures are observed in accordance with NZS 8409:2004 Management of
Agrichemicals, available from Standards New Zealand http://standards.co.nz, or the
NZ Agrichemical Education Trust http://growsafe.co.nz/.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify the need to prune and train nursery plants.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The reasons for pruning and training plant growth are identified, with an
example given for each.
Range
may include optimising plant shape, managing plant size, removal
of unwanted or damaged growth, removal of reverted growth,
supporting long shoots.
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NZQA registered unit standard
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The reasons for root pruning and undercutting plants are identified, with an
example given for each.
Range
may include encouraging fibrous roots, condition shoot growth,
preparing plants for lifting.
Outcome 2
Prune and train nursery plants.
Range
two nursery crops, pruned and trained for one growing season.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Plants are pruned and trained in accordance with the crop production schedule,
and workplace procedures.
2.2
The timing of pruning is appropriate in terms of achieving plant shape, size, and
quality standards, by target date.
2.3
Tools are selected and maintained to ensure they are appropriate for plant
growth and health and the pruning or training required.
Range
may include secateurs, knives, hedge clippers, florist’s scissors.
2.4
Unwanted growth is removed so that cuts will heal quickly, and plant shape is
maintained, with no damage to the rest of the plant or surrounding plants.
2.5
Plants are staked and tied, where appropriate, in terms of providing plant
support, maintaining upright growth, and holding the plant firmly.
Outcome 3
Remove prunings.
3.1
Prunings are removed from the production area and disposed of in accordance
with workplace procedures and in a sustainable manner, so that they cause no
plant health risk, or interfere with any other operations.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 835.
Planned review date
31 December 2017
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
20562 version 3
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 February 2004
31 December 2014
Revision
2
24 February 2006
31 December 2014
Review
3
19 April 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0032
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 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.
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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SSB Code 101558
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