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Use sports turf machinery and equipment
Level
3
Credits
10
Purpose
This is 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 function and
operation of sports turf machinery and equipment; and operate, service, and
store a range of sports turf machinery and equipment.
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 and visit 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
1
Definition
Enterprise standards – the standards and procedures set by the client or employing
organisation for the operation, maintenance, and storage of sports turf equipment.
2
Application of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 for sports turf
managers is described in the reference, McLeod, 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.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the function and operation of sports turf machinery and equipment.
Performance criteria
1.1
Horizontal and vertical mowing machinery is described in terms of its function
and operation in the sports turf industry.
Range
1.2
Turf conditioning and aeration equipment is described in terms of its function
and operation in the sports turf industry.
Range
1.3
at least five of – spikers, slicers, verti-drain, corers, vibramoles,
mole ploughs, water injection, borers, drillers, subsoilers, gas
injectors, sprayable soil conditioners.
Seedbed cultivation equipment is described in terms of its function and
operation in the sports turf industry.
Range
1.4
machinery must include but is not limited to – reel, rotary, flail,
cord trimmers, groomers, verticutters, dethatchers, groovers.
at least five of – rotary hoes, power harrows, harrows, discs,
ploughs, spring tyne cultivators, scarifiers, groovers.
Spreaders, seeders and planters are described in terms of their function and
operation in the sports turf industry.
Range
at least three of – drop spreaders, rotary spreaders, seed
broadcasters, seed drills, spriggers.
1.5
Turf tractors and utility vehicles are described in terms of their function and
operation in the sports turf industry.
1.6
Surface preparation machinery and equipment is described in terms of their
function and operation in the sports turf industry.
Range
1.7
machinery and equipment must include but is not limited to –
rollers, sweepers, line markers, turf cutters, water removers,
covers.
Surface performance measurement equipment is described in terms of its
function and operation in the sports turf industry.
Range
at least two of – clegg hammer, stimp meter, straight edge, ball roll
devices.
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Element 2
Operate a range of sports turf machinery and equipment.
Range
at least three of – mowing equipment, turf conditioning and aerating equipment,
seedbed cultivation equipment, spreaders and seeders, surface preparation
machinery and equipment.
Performance criteria
2.1
Pre-operation checks are carried out in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations.
Range
2.2
pre-operation checks include but are not limited to – lubrication,
fuel, water, tyres, freedom from obstructions, wear.
Sports turf machinery and equipment is operated in accordance with work
supervisor’s instructions and enterprise standards.
Element 3
Service and store a range of sports turf machinery and equipment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Machinery and equipment is serviced and stored in accordance with
manufacturers’ guidelines and enterprise standards.
Range
at least three of – mowing equipment, turf conditioning and
aerating equipment, seedbed cultivation equipment, spreaders
and seeders, surface preparation machinery and equipment.
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.
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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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