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Demonstrate knowledge of poultry biosecurity principles
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of:
biosecurity and the disease process; potential sources of pathogens and their
methods of transmission to poultry operations; and biosecurity rules and
procedures, and the possible outcomes of biosecurity breakdown.
Subfield
Poultry Production
Domain
Poultry Husbandry
Status
Registered
Status date
22 August 2008
Date version published
22 August 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
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
Performance of all aspects of this unit standard must comply with:
Animal Welfare Act 1999;
Animal Welfare (Layer Hens) Code of Welfare 2005;
Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed) Code of Welfare 2003;
Code of Recommendations and Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Animals
Transported within New Zealand (Code of Animal Welfare No 15);
Welfare codes are available from Animal Welfare Advisory Committee, C/- Ministry of
Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington, or at
http://biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare;
Above codes collectively referred to as welfare codes.
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In-house procedures refer to the documented procedures for workplace practices
and safety and must meet the requirements of current legislation and codes of
practice.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of biosecurity and the disease process.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pathogens are described in terms of their spread and mode of action.
Range
1.2
Biosecurity is defined in terms of minimising the risk of pathogen introduction.
Range
1.3
bacteria, virus, mould, fungi, parasites.
quarantine, isolation, vaccination, health monitoring.
The disease process is described in relation to the role of pathogens.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of potential sources of pathogens and their methods of
transmission to poultry operations.
Range
includes but is not limited to – rodents, insects, wild poultry, people, vehicles,
facilities and equipment, water, dust, waste.
Performance criteria
2.1
Pathogens are described in terms of their potential sources outside the poultry
operation.
2.2
Pathogens are described in terms of their methods of transmission to poultry
operations.
Element 3
Demonstrate knowledge of biosecurity rules and procedures, and the possible outcomes
of biosecurity breakdown.
Performance criteria
3.1
Biosecurity is described in terms of in-house procedures.
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3.2
The potential outcomes of biosecurity failure are described in terms of the
consequences for the operation.
Range
3.3
flock disease, threat to public health, flock destruction, loss of
production and sales.
Failure to observe in-house biosecurity rules or carry out in-house biosecurity
procedures is described in terms of consequences specified in in-house
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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