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Maintain and record sheep flow for shearing
Level
3
Credits
12
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to take the tally; and pen up
sheep for shearing, and maintain woolshed workflow.
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 and visit by NZQA, industry
and teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
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 –
Clip Preparation – Best Practice Guideline (Wellington: NZ Wool Classers
Association, May 2007). Available from Meat and Wool NZ, PO Box 121, Wellington
6140.
Shearing Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2007). ISBN 0-9582522-2-X.
Available from Tectra Ltd., PO Box 7327, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240.
Wool Handling Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2007). ISBN 0-9582522-0-3.
Available from Tectra Ltd., PO Box 7327, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240.
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Wool Pressing Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2007). ISBN 0-9582522-3-8.
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
Performance of all aspects of this unit standard should comply with the New Zealand
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (1996), Code of Recommendations and Minimum
Standards for the Welfare of Sheep, Wellington, and its subsequent amendments.
3
Definitions
On-farm procedures – the verbal and written instructions to staff on procedures for
recording the tally, and separating mobs of sheep.
Contractor’s policy – the verbal and written requirements for recording the tally.
4
Assessment should be carried out in a shearing shed with a flow rate of a minimum
of 1000 sheep per day.
5
Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Take the tally.
Performance criteria
1.1
Sheep are tallied in accordance with the shed system in use.
1.2
The tally is recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures and contractor’s
policy.
Element 2
Pen up sheep for shearing and maintain woolshed workflow.
Performance criteria
2.1
Mobs to be kept separate are identified and confirmed in accordance with onfarm procedures.
2.2
Sheep are moved to catching pens with minimum stress, avoiding injury to self
and animals, and in accordance with the Code of Recommendations and
Minimum Standards for the Welfare of Sheep.
2.3
Sheep are penned in a manner that minimise the risk of smothering.
Range
numbers, matching workflow.
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2.4
The flow of the sheep within the shed is maintained to meet woolshed workflow.
2.5
Shearers’ catching pens are co-ordinated for cut-out.
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.
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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