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Demonstrate knowledge of the pork industry
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of:
the NZ Pork Industry Board (NZPIB) and pork industry associations; the
systems of pig farming; the marketing of pigmeat in New Zealand; research,
technology transfer, and the benefits of training in the pork industry; and
sources of information available to the pork producer.
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 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
The Pork Quality Improvement Process (PQIP) is available from http://www.pork.co.nz/.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of the NZPIB and pork industry associations.
Performance criteria
1.1
The history of the NZPIB is described in terms of the formative pressures and
events leading to its current structure and functions.
1.2
The NZPIB is described in terms of its structure, function and relationship with
the pork producer.
1.3
The marketing, research, technology transfer, and training roles of the NZPIB
are described in terms of the benefits to the pork producer.
1.4
Pork industry associations are described in terms of their structure and function
and relationship with pork producers.
Range
evidence is required for at least three industry associations which
may include but are not limited to – Bacon Curing Association.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of the systems of pig farming.
Performance criteria
2.1
The major pig farming systems are described in terms of their historical
development and degree of intensification.
Range
2.2
systems – outdoor, indoor;
intensification of – housing, nutrition, pig improvement, feed
sources, management.
The major pig producing areas in New Zealand are identified in terms of the
reasons for pork production concentrating in those areas.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of the marketing of pigmeat in New Zealand.
Performance criteria
3.1
Pigmeat products in each market segment marketed in New Zealand are
described in terms of pig and market characteristics.
Range
market segments – bacon, ham, traditional pork, trim pork,
smallgoods;
pig characteristics – weight, leanness, type;
market characteristics – requirements, size, location.
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3.2
The carcass classification scheme used in the pork industry is described in
terms of the ways the consumer, the pork producer, and the pork industry
benefit from the scheme.
3.3
The major objectives of the NZPIB marketing strategy are identified, and
marketing strategies for two pigmeat products are described in terms of aims
and objectives.
3.4
The PQIP for pork producers is described in terms of the ways the pork
producer and the pork industry may benefit.
Element 4
Demonstrate knowledge of research, technology transfer, and the benefits of training in
the pork industry.
Performance criteria
4.1
Research organisations servicing the pork industry are identified and their role
is described in terms of benefits to the pork producer.
4.2
The methods of technology transfer in the pork industry are described in terms
of the ways the pork producer may benefit.
4.3
Training available in the pork industry is described in terms of the ways the pork
producer may benefit.
Element 5
Demonstrate knowledge of the sources of information available to the pork producer.
Performance criteria
5.1
Information available to all pork producers is identified in terms of its relevance
for specified pork producers.
5.2
Information from identified sources is described in terms of type and validity.
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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