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Care for grower pigs
Level
3
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out daily routine
husbandry checks of grower pigs; check and report on feed supplies, and
feed grower pigs; and monitor grower pig growth.
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 replaced unit standard 4450.
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 grower pigs.
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 growers 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.
Information is recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Range
1.4
stock behaviour, environmental sensor and control equipment.
may include but is not limited to – environmental conditions, stock
behaviour, health of growers.
Water supply is checked in accordance with on-farm procedures and the
welfare code.
Range
quantity, quality.
Element 2
Check and report on feed supplies, and feed grower pigs.
Performance criteria
2.1
Feed storage bins are checked for condition and adequate supply of feed, and
feed supply shortages are reported, in accordance with on-farm procedures.
2.2
Hoppers, troughs, and pens are checked, and stale and/or contaminated feed
removed prior to dispensing fresh feed, in accordance with on-farm procedures.
2.3
Feeding equipment is calibrated to dispense accurate feed levels in accordance
with manufacturer’s instructions.
2.4
Safety equipment and clothing are worn when feeding pigs in accordance with
on-farm procedures.
2.5
Growers are fed the diet appropriate to that class of stock in accordance with
the feed schedule, on-farm procedures, and the welfare code.
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2.6
Growers that are not eating are identified and reported, and remedial action is
taken, in accordance with on-farm procedures.
2.7
Identified water supply problems are dealt with and/or reported in accordance
with on-farm procedures.
Element 3
Monitor grower pig 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 to pigs or handler(s) in
accordance with on-farm procedures.
3.3
Pig weights and ages are recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures.
3.4
Grower pig growth rates are calculated and compared in terms of specified
target figures.
3.5
Growers with growth rates below specified target figures are identified and
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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