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Demonstrate knowledge of the characteristics and requirements of
sports turf surfaces
Level
2
Credits
10
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 how the natural
environment is modified for sports turf use, and assess a site for suitability for
a selected sports turf use; describe the visual and functional quality of turf;
identify the playing quality characteristics of major sports turf surfaces; and
relate the rules of major sports to their surface preparation requirements.
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
None.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe how the natural environment is modified for sports turf use, and assess a site for
suitability for a selected sports turf use.
Performance criteria
1.1
Desirable plants or surface media are described in terms of the way in which
they are able to tolerate the requirements of sport.
1.2
Turf plants are described in terms of their ecological habitats.
Range
1.3
must include but is not limited to – pH, fertility, light, moisture,
temperature.
Components of sports turf management are described in terms of their
integration.
Range
components of management must include but are not limited to –
irrigation, fertilisation, turf cultural practices, traffic management,
agrichemical use, mowing.
1.4
Desirable growing media are identified in terms of their ability to sustain sports
turf traffic.
1.5
Characteristics of a site are assessed in terms of its suitability for the selected
sports turf use.
Element 2
Describe the visual and functional quality of turf.
Performance criteria
2.1
Factors are described in terms of their influence on the visual quality of turf.
Range
2.2
factors must include but are not limited to – density, texture,
uniformity, colour.
Factors are described in terms of their influence on the functional quality of turf.
Range
factors must include but are not limited to – rigidity, resiliency,
wear tolerance, rooting ability, spreading ability.
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Element 3
Identify the playing quality characteristics of major sports turf surfaces.
Performance criteria
3.1
Desirable playing quality characteristics are identified for golf course turf.
3.2
Desirable playing quality characteristics are identified for bowling green turf.
3.3
Desirable playing quality characteristics are identified for cricket wicket and
outfield turf.
3.4
Desirable playing quality characteristics are identified for winter games.
Range
winter games include but are not limited to – rugby union and
league, football, hockey.
3.5
Desirable playing quality characteristics are identified for race tracks and trotting
tracks.
3.6
Desirable playing quality characteristics are identified for croquet lawns and
lawn tennis courts.
Element 4
Relate the rules of major sports to their surface preparation requirements.
Range
major sports refer to – golf courses, bowling greens, cricket wickets and
outfields, race tracks, trotting tracks, winter sports turf areas, croquet lawns,
lawn tennis courts.
Performance criteria
4.1
Rules of major sports are identified and related to ideal and acceptable
orientations and gradient of the playing surface.
4.2
Rules of major sports are identified and related to marking requirements of the
playing surface.
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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