NZQA registered unit standard
24087 version 2
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of conversion factors used in seafood
processing
Level
4
Credits
10
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain how
conversion factors are used in the New Zealand Quota
Management System; and measure the production conversion
factor of a seafood processing system.
Classification
Seafood > Seafood Generic
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legislation which applies to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the
Fisheries Act 1996, and associated regulations.
2
Definitions
Conversion factors are factors applied for the purpose of converting the weight of
processed fish to greenweight (the weight of the fish before processing or removal of
any part), for the purposes of Quota Management.
Company requirements refer to documented or undocumented procedures for the
determination of production conversion factors issued by the candidates’ employer.
Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) conversion factors, are those from the Fisheries
(Conversion Factors) Notice 2005, and subsequent gazetted amendments.
Production conversion factor is the conversion being produced by a seafood
processing process.
State refers to the definition in the Fisheries (Reporting) Regulations 2001 and the
Fisheries (Conversion Factors) Notice 2005.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Explain how conversion factors are used in the New Zealand Quota Management System.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The explanation includes the purpose of conversion factors in terms of quota
management.
Range
includes but is not limited to – sustainable management of the
fishery, the allocation of fishery resources, the reporting of the use
of fishery resources.
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1.2
The explanation includes the application of conversion factors to processed
states of seafood.
1.3
The explanation relates the conversion factors to the species of seafood, in
accordance with the MPI conversion factors.
1.4
The explanation includes the importance of ensuring that the correct conversion
factor is applied according to the way in which the fish or fish products have
been produced.
1.5
The explanation illustrates the use of conversion factors by using calculations to
produce greenweight from processed weights of seafood in accordance with the
MPI conversion factors.
Outcome 2
Measure the production conversion factor of a seafood processing system.
Evidence requirements
2.1
The mass of seafood product is measured before and after processing in
accordance with company requirements.
2.2
The production conversion factor is calculated in accordance with company
requirements.
2.3
The production conversion factor is compared with the MPI conversion factor in
accordance with the species and state of the seafood product.
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
24 August 2007
31 December 2013
Review
2
19 July 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0123
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
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Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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 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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