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Handle, restrain, move, and hold pigs as directed
Level
2
Credits
8
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of
the requirements for pig handling and welfare; move pigs to and from pens
and paddocks; catch, pick up, carry, and hold pigs.
Subfield
Pork Production
Domain
Pig Husbandry
Status
Registered
Status date
19 March 2010
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0052
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 Animal
Welfare Act 1999, and Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2
Performance of all aspects of this unit standard should comply with the New Zealand
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005,
Wellington (referred to as the welfare code), available at
http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare/codes/pigs/index.htm.
3
Definition
On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for pig
health, welfare, and management.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the requirements for pig handling and welfare.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pig handling and welfare are described in terms of the personal attributes
required of a competent pig handler.
1.2
The factors contributing to pig welfare are described in terms of their influence
on productivity.
Range
factors include but are not limited to – environment, nutrition,
husbandry.
Element 2
Move pigs to and from pens and paddocks as directed.
Range
one of – sows, piglets, weaners, grower pigs, boars.
Performance criteria
2.1
Pigs are moved with minimal disturbance to other stock.
2.2
Pigs are moved with minimum stress or discomfort.
2.3
Moving is carried out in accordance with the welfare code and on-farm
procedures.
Element 3
Catch, pick up, and carry pigs as directed.
Range
piglets, weaners.
Performance criteria
3.1
Pigs are caught and restrained in accordance with the welfare code and onfarm procedures.
3.2
Pigs are picked up in a manner that minimises risk of injury to the pig in
accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.
3.3
Pigs are carried in accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.
3.4
Pigs are caught, picked up, and carried without risk of injury to handler and in
accordance with on-farm procedures.
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3.5
Sows or growers are restrained in accordance with the welfare code and onfarm procedures.
Element 4
Hold pigs.
Range
piglets, weaners.
Performance criteria
4.1
Pigs are held and presented for husbandry procedures in accordance with the
welfare code and on-farm procedures.
Range
husbandry procedures may include but are not limited to – teeth
clipping, tail docking, injection, tagging;
evidence is required for at least two.
4.2
Pigs are held in a manner that avoids undue discomfort or risk of injury in
accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.
4.3
Pigs are held without risk of injury to handler or pigs.
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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