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Describe a kit of shearing gear, and maintain and rectify faults in combs
Level
2
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the quantity and
quality of a kit of gear for minimum shearing requirements; and select gear,
and identify and rectify faults in combs.
Subfield
Wool Harvesting
Domain
Shearing
Status
Registered
Status date
21 August 2009
Date version published
21 August 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
0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1
The following documents provide both a source of the national standard as stated in
the performance criteria, and useful background information relating to this unit
standard –
Shearing Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2007). ISBN 0-9582522-2-X.
Available from Tectra Ltd., PO Box 7327, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240.
Best practice guideline for the New Zealand shearing industry: A guide for
workplaces (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2008), available from
http://www.dol.govt.nz.
2
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the quantity and quality of a kit of gear for minimum shearing requirements.
Performance criteria
1.1
Cutters required for one day or eight hours shearing are described in terms of
quantity and quality, and in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
1.2
Combs required for one day or eight hours shearing are identified in terms of
quantity and quality, and in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
Range
1.3
flat combs, winter combs.
Other essential equipment required is identified in accordance with the Shearing
Handbook.
Element 2
Select gear, and identify and rectify faults in combs.
Performance criteria
2.1
Full kit of own gear presented meets the minimum requirements for one day or
eight hours shearing in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
Range
2.2
number, type.
Relevant comb to shear sheep is identified and selected in accordance with the
Shearing Handbook.
Range
bevel, wool type, breed of sheep, season, safety.
2.3
Combs and cutters are inspected to determine optimum operating condition in
accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
2.4
Comb faults are manually rectified in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
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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