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Demonstrate knowledge of exotic disease response in poultry flocks
and legal responsibilities
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of:
poultry diseases classified as exotic, and their symptoms; and exotic disease
response, and the legal responsibilities and obligations in the case of a
suspected or confirmed exotic disease outbreak in poultry.
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
Performance of all aspects of this unit standard must comply with:
Animal Welfare Act 1999;
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;
Biosecurity Act 1993;
Animal Welfare (Layer Hens) Code of Welfare 2005;
Animal Welfare (Broiler Chickens: Fully Housed) Code of Welfare 2003;
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/animalwelfare;
Above codes collectively referred to as welfare codes.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Demonstrate knowledge of poultry diseases classified as exotic, and their symptoms.
Performance criteria
1.1
Poultry diseases are described in terms of those that are classified as exotic.
Range
1.2
Newcastle disease, avian influenza, infectious bursal disease.
Exotic diseases are described in terms of their symptoms.
Range
may include but is not limited to – morbidity, mortality, paralysis,
respiratory symptoms, nervous symptoms.
Element 2
Demonstrate knowledge of exotic disease response, and the legal responsibilities and
obligations in the case of a suspected or confirmed exotic disease outbreak in poultry.
Performance criteria
2.1
A suspected exotic disease outbreak is described in terms of the likely
symptoms that would be seen in a poultry flock and the procedures that should
be followed according to legislative requirements.
2.2
A confirmed exotic disease outbreak is described in terms of the procedures
that would be implemented by Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF)
officials.
2.3
Legal responsibilities and obligations in the case of a suspected or confirmed
exotic disease outbreak are described in terms of immediate and ongoing
action.
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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