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Fertilise a sports turf area
Level
3
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: calculate the fertiliser
requirements for a sports turf area; apply fertiliser to a sports turf area; and
maintain the fertiliser applicator.
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
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This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Definition
Enterprise standards – the standards and procedures set by the client or employing
organisation for fertiliser application and maintenance of the fertiliser applicator.
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Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health
and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
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Application of the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992 for sports turf
managers is described in 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.
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Reference
Code of Practice for Manual Handling (Wellington: Occupational Safety and Health
Service, 2001) available at http://www.osh.dol.govt.nz.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Calculate the fertiliser requirements for a sports turf area.
Performance criteria
1.1
Sports turf area to be fertilised is measured and the area calculated in
accordance with enterprise standards.
1.2
The amount of fertiliser for the selected area is calculated in accordance with
the requirements of a predetermined fertiliser programme.
Element 2
Apply fertiliser to a sports turf area.
Performance criteria
2.1
Fertiliser applicator is selected and calibrated to obtain uniform coverage at the
calculated rate in accordance with enterprise standards.
Range
at least one fertiliser application method which may include but is
not limited to – pedestrian spreaders, tractor-mounted spreaders,
boom sprayers, ejectors, hand application.
2.2
Damage, wear, or malfunctions of the fertiliser applicator are identified and
reported to the work supervisor in accordance with enterprise standards.
2.3
Specified fertiliser is loaded in accordance with the Code of Practice for Manual
Handling.
2.4
Weather conditions are assessed prior to application in terms of temperature,
sunlight, rainfall, and irrigation.
2.5
Soil moisture status and turf conditions are assessed in terms of suitability for
fertiliser application.
Range
at least four of – requirement for fertiliser, waterlogging, surface
firmness, disease potential, time of year.
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Fertiliser is distributed evenly at the specified rate, with minimal overlap and no
coverage gaps.
2.7
Post-application procedures are followed in accordance with enterprise
standards.
Range
irrigation, recording fertiliser application details.
Element 3
Maintain the fertiliser applicator in accordance with enterprise standards.
Performance criteria
3.1
Applicator is emptied and thoroughly washed down.
3.2
Moving parts are lubricated where necessary in accordance with the operator’s
manual.
3.3
Applicator is stored.
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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