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Identify facilities and pig types, and describe equipment
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to identify facilities and
describe equipment used in a pork production unit, and identify pig types.
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.
3
Definition
Pork production unit – 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.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Identify facilities and describe equipment used in a pork production unit.
Performance criteria
1.1
Facilities are identified using industry accepted terms in accordance with their
function(s).
Range
1.2
facilities include but are not limited to – farrowing pen, stall, feed
storage, feeding equipment, water supply, housing, sleeping area,
quarantine facility, chemical storage, effluent drain, staff
washroom, paddock, loading race, offal site.
Equipment is described using industry accepted terms in accordance with its
function(s).
Range
equipment and supplies include but are not limited to – vehicles,
feeders, drinkers, hoppers, troughs, heaters, lights, scales, stock
board, drench equipment, squeegee, scraper, cleaners, water
blaster, scoops, ear muffs, dust mask.
Element 2
Identify pig types.
Performance criteria
2.1
Pig types are identified according to class.
Range
2.2
sows, piglets, gilts, boars, weaners, growers, cull pigs, dead pigs.
Pigs on the pork production unit are identified according to genotype.
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.
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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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