NZQA registered unit standard
25853 version 2
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Title
Shear sheep under supervision
Level
2
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to, under
supervision: catch and present sheep for shearing; apply
sequence and pattern to shear sheep; and identify wool faults,
contaminants, damaged sheep, and injuries to sheep.
Classification
Wool Harvesting > Shearing
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The following documents provide the standard for the performance of and
assessment against the outcomes specified in this unit standard:
 Shearing Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2011). 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.
 Animal Welfare (Sheep and Beef Cattle) Code of Welfare 2010 New Zealand
Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (2010), and its subsequent amendments,
available from http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare/codes/sheep-beefcattle.
2
Range
A minimum of three sheep are required to be shorn within thirty minutes of
continuous shearing.
3
Definitions
Workplace procedures – the verbal and written instructions to staff and contractors
on procedures for identification and notification of injuries to sheep, remedial action,
and wool faults and contaminants.
5
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Animal Welfare Act 1999, and its subsequent
amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Catch and present sheep for shearing under supervision.
Primary Industry Training Organisation SSB Code
101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
25853 version 2
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Evidence requirements
1.1
Sheep are approached, caught, and presented for shearing.
1.2
Sheep are controlled and moved to the stand in a manner which enables the
consistent application of the shearing pattern.
Outcome 2
Apply sequence and pattern to shear sheep under supervision.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Handpiece is applied in accordance with the Shearing Handbook.
Range
2.2
Shearing pattern and sequence are consistent with the Shearing Handbook.
Range
2.3
footwork, timing, body position.
Sheep are shorn with a minimum of faults in accordance with the Shearing
Handbook.
Range
2.4
entry, blow, return.
faults – second cuts, skin cuts, ridges, tassels.
Sheep are handled during shearing in accordance with the Animal Welfare
(Sheep and Beef Cattle) Code of Welfare 2010.
Outcome 3
Identify wool faults, contaminants, damaged sheep, and injuries to sheep under
supervision.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Specific wool faults and contaminants are identified and notified in accordance
with workplace procedures.
Range
3.2
Damaged sheep are marked in accordance with workplace procedures
Range
3.3
may include but are not limited to – black wool, wire, lambs
purses, flystrike;
evidence is required for at least two.
mastitis, existing injury, disease.
Injuries to sheep that occur during shearing are identified and notified, and
remedial action is taken in accordance with workplace procedures.
Primary Industry Training Organisation SSB Code
101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
25853 version 2
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Status and review information
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
21 August 2009
31 December 2013
Revision
2
15 March 2012
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0052
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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.
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 the Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training Organisation SSB Code
101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016