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Enter, and walk through a pork production section, and inspect pigs
and equipment
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to enter a pork
production section; enter and walk through a pork production section; and
inspect pigs, environmental conditions, and equipment in a pork production
section.
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, available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animalwelfare/codes/pigs/index.htm.
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Definitions
On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for pig
health, welfare, and management.
Pork production section – one part of the total pork production unit. A pork
production unit is a collective term for several pork production sections. For example,
a farrowing section, a grower section, and a dry sow section together make up a pork
production unit.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Prepare to enter a pork production section.
Performance criteria
1.1
Section entry procedure is carried out in accordance with on-farm procedures.
1.2
Protective clothing worn is in accordance with on-farm procedures.
1.3
Hands are sanitised, and footwear sanitised or changed, in accordance with onfarm procedures.
Element 2
Enter and walk through a pork production section.
Performance criteria
2.1
Door or gate is opened and closed in accordance with on-farm procedures.
2.2
Progress made through the pork production section causes minimal disturbance
to the pigs in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Element 3
Inspect pigs, environmental conditions, and equipment in a pork production section.
Performance criteria
3.1
Equipment is checked for normal function, and faults are identified and
reported, in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Range
3.2
may include but is not limited to – drinkers, feeders, lights, fans,
heaters, air vents, drains, electric fences;
evidence is required for at least three.
Environmental conditions are assessed for general comfort and reported in
accordance with on-farm procedures.
Range
temperature, air quality.
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3.3
Signs of stress and ill health in pigs are recognised and reported in accordance
with the welfare code and on-farm procedures, and remedial action is taken as
directed, in accordance with on-farm procedures.
3.4
Feeding and drinking behaviour is monitored, and problems are identified, and
reported in accordance with on-farm procedures, and remedial action is taken
as directed, in accordance with on-farm procedures.
3.5
Dead pigs are removed from the pen and actions are reported in accordance
with on-farm procedures.
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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