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Demonstrate knowledge of the structure and organisation of the New
Zealand sports turf industry
Level
2
Credits
5
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the sports turf
industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the features of
the sports turf industry in New Zealand; and the role and core business of
organisations, characteristics of employment, and career opportunities and
career development strategies in the New Zealand sports turf industry.
Subfield
Sports Turf
Domain
Sports Turf Management
Status
Registered
Status date
17 October 2008
Date version published
17 October 2008
Planned review date
31 December 2013
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
0037
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
References
McLead, T.J., Legislative and environmental issues: a practical handbook for sports turf
managers (Palmerston North [N.Z.]: NZ Turf Culture Institute, 1995) or subsequent
revisions.
Professor John Haydu, Economic Characteristics of the New Zealand Sports Turf Industry,
NZ Turf Management Journal, Volume 22, Number 4, November 2007, pp 4-6.
Professor John Haydu, Labour Skills Assessment of the NZ Sports Turf Industry, NZ Turf
Management Journal, Volume 23, Number 1, February 2008, pp 8-10.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the features of the sports turf industry in New Zealand.
Performance criteria
1.1
The sports turf industry in New Zealand is described in terms of its features.
Range
at least three of – area, value, industry sectors, numbers
employed, volunteers, user groups.
Element 2
Describe the role and core business of organisations, and characteristics of employment in
the New Zealand sports turf industry.
Performance criteria
2.1
The organisations involved in sports turf education and research are described
in terms of their role and core business.
Range
2.2
The organisations governing major sports are described in terms of their role
and core business.
Range
2.3
at least four organisations from – New Zealand Qualifications
Authority, Tertiary Education Commission, Primary Industry
Training Organisation, New Zealand Sports Turf Institute, The
Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Otago Polytechnic, Massey
University, Lincoln University, Landcare Research, AgResearch
Grasslands, New Zealand Plant Breeding and Research
Association, New Zealand Agrichemical Education Trust.
at least four organisations from – New Zealand Rugby Union,
New Zealand Rugby League, New Zealand Racing Board, Touch
New Zealand, New Zealand Football, Hockey New Zealand,
Croquet New Zealand, New Zealand Golf Incorporated,
New Zealand Cricket, Bowls New Zealand, SPARC.
The organisations representing sports turf employees are described in terms of
their role and core business.
Range
at least four organisations from – New Zealand Golf Course
Superintendents Association, Bowls New Zealand Greenkeepers
Association, Sports Field Forum NZ, New Zealand Race Course
Managers Guild, New Zealand Recreation Association,
Amalgamated Workers Union.
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2.4
The commercial organisations servicing the sports turf industry are described in
terms of their role and core business.
Range
2.5
at least four organisations from – contractors, consultants,
irrigation, chemicals, machinery, seed, fertilisers, drainage,
general merchandise.
Employment in the New Zealand sports turf industry is described in terms of the
characteristics.
Range
at least three characteristics from – employer expectations,
employment conditions, employment agreements, training.
Element 3
Describe career opportunities and career development strategies in the New Zealand
sports turf industry.
Performance criteria
3.1
Major career paths for sports turf industry sectors are described in terms of
entry points, prerequisite skills and attitudes, and required qualifications and
experience.
Range
3.2
at least five industry sectors from – golf, bowls, local authorities,
cricket, horse racing, contracting, education, commercial
organisations.
Strategies are described in terms of how they enhance career development in
the sports turf industry.
Range
at least four strategies from – information gathering, establishing
personal goals, job search, developing supportive relationships,
acquiring skills and/or expertise and qualifications which contribute
to goals, attending conferences and field days, collecting and
presenting evidence of personal qualities, skills, and
achievements, producing and implementing a career plan.
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
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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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