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Care for newly weaned pigs
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out daily routine
husbandry checks of weaners; feed weaners; monitor weaner growth; and
move weaners to the grower facility.
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.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 22075 replaced unit
standard 4449.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
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
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.
2
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
Carry out daily routine husbandry checks of weaners.
Performance criteria
1.1
Environmental conditions are checked and reported and adjustments made, in
accordance with on-farm procedures and the welfare code.
Range
1.2
The health of weaners is checked, problems are identified and reported, and
remedial action is taken, in accordance with on-farm procedures and the
welfare code.
Range
1.3
symptoms – physical, behavioural.
Water supply is checked in accordance with on-farm procedures and the
welfare code.
Range
1.4
adjustments made – in response to stock behaviour, to
environmental sensor and control equipment.
quantity, quality.
Information is recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Element 2
Feed weaners.
Performance criteria
2.1
Weaners are fed with the diet appropriate to that class of stock according to the
feed schedule and on-farm procedures.
2.2
Safety equipment and clothing are worn during the feeding of pigs in
accordance with on-farm procedures.
2.3
Weaners that are not eating are identified and reported, and remedial action is
taken, in accordance with on-farm procedures and the welfare code.
2.4
Identified water supply problems are dealt with and/or reported in accordance
with on-farm procedures.
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Element 3
Monitor weaner growth.
Performance criteria
3.1
Pigs in monitor pens are identified and checked in accordance with on-farm
procedures.
3.2
Pigs are weighed with minimal stress and without injury in accordance with onfarm procedures.
3.3
Pig weights and ages are recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.
3.4
Weaners with growth rates below specified target figures are identified and
reported in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Element 4
Move weaners to the grower facility.
Performance criteria
4.1
Receiving pen is checked to ensure feeders and drinkers are operational in
accordance with on-farm procedures.
4.2
Route over which pigs are to be moved is checked to ensure barriers are in
required position and there are no obstacles in accordance with on-farm
procedures.
4.3
Weaner pigs are moved to grower accommodation causing minimal stress and
no injury in accordance with on-farm procedures.
4.4
Transfer details are recorded 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.
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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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