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Identify seafood species in the New Zealand seafood industry
Level
2
Credits
3
Purpose
This unit standard is designed for those people working or intending to work
in the seafood processing sector.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe the features of
seafood species, and explain the different naming systems for seafood
species in the New Zealand seafood industry.
Subfield
Seafood
Domain
Seafood Processing
Status
Registered
Status date
23 January 2009
Date version published
23 January 2009
Planned review date
31 December 2014
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
0123
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
Definitions
Approved name and foreign name refers to New Zealand names contained in New
Zealand Fishing Industry Agreed Implementation Standard 004.2, 1995 and
subsequent amendments available at
http://www.nzfsa.govt.nz/animalproducts/seafood/iais/.
Location in relation to scientific names refers to written documents where scientific
names are listed eg Ministry of Fisheries Species Codes, which are available at
http://www.fish.govt.nz.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the features of seafood species in the New Zealand seafood industry.
Performance criteria
1.1
The description identifies the distinguishing features of seafood species.
Range
1.2
four features for each of shellfish, fish, crustacean.
The description identifies features of seafood species.
Range
evidence is required for three species.
Element 2
Explain the different naming systems for seafood species in the New Zealand seafood
industry.
Performance criteria
2.1
The explanation outlines the different naming systems for identifying seafood
species in terms of their purpose.
Range
2.2
common name, scientific name;
common name may include but is not limited to – approved name,
approved foreign name, Māori name;
evidence is required for two naming systems for two species.
The explanation includes sources of information for locating the scientific name
for seafood species from a common name.
Range
evidence is required from two sources.
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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