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Catch, restrain, lift, and move pigs
Level
3
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: catch, restrain, and lift
pigs manually; and move 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.
Replacement information
This unit standard and unit standard 22082 replaced unit
standard 4457.
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
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and
the 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.
The Animal Status Declaration (ASD) for Pigs. The ASD is under the general
umbrella of the Animal Products Act 1999, and regulated under the Animal Products
(Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption) Notice 2004.
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Definition
On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for pig
health, welfare, and management.
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Assessment
Assessment for element 2 requires that people move pigs without assistance.
Situations where more than one handler is required for safety reasons should not be
used for assessment.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Catch, restrain, and lift pigs manually.
Range
must include – piglets;
may include – weaners, mature pigs.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pigs are caught and restrained in accordance with the welfare code and onfarm procedures.
1.2
Pigs are lifted in accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.
1.3
Pigs are restrained and lifted with minimal stress and without injury to pigs or
handler(s) in accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.
Element 2
Move pigs.
Range
weaners, growers, sows, boars.
Performance criteria
2.1
The route the pigs are to move over is prepared in advance in accordance with
on-farm procedures.
Range
no obstructions, exits blocked, gates in required position.
2.2
Pigs are moved with minimal stress and without injury to pigs or handler(s) in
accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.
2.3
Pig behaviour is anticipated and controlled in accordance with the welfare code.
2.4
On-farm safety procedures are observed in accordance with health and safety
legislation.
Range
use of stock board, handler’s position in relation to pigs, specific
requirements for boars.
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2.5
Pigs are moved in a timeframe appropriate to the distance moved and number
and class of animals in accordance with on-farm procedures.
2.6
Group size enables safe movement by one person.
2.7
Transfer details are recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures and ASD
requirements.
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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