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Demonstrate knowledge of the maintenance of a sportsfield
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, for a sportsfield, to describe:
the playing surface requirements; the year round maintenance; fertiliser
requirements; and management of common weeds, pests, and diseases.
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
Legislation applicable to this unit standard includes but is not limited to – Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
2
Range
one of – cricket outfield, football, hockey, touch, softball, rugby union or league, other
specified sportsfield.
3
The maintenance of cricket blocks is covered in Unit 17211, Demonstrate knowledge
of the maintenance of cricket blocks.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Describe the playing surface requirements of a sportsfield.
Performance criteria
1.1
Description specifies requirements related to the laws of the game.
Range
1.2
dimensions, marking.
Description specifies playing performance qualities of a sportsfield.
Range
performance qualities may include but are not limited to –
hardness, bounce, pace, smoothness, levelness, uniformity, cover.
Element 2
Describe the in-season maintenance requirements of a sportsfield.
Performance criteria
2.1
Description specifies in-season mowing management requirements of the
sportsfield.
Range
2.2
Description specifies irrigation management requirements of the sportsfield.
Range
2.3
mower selection, mowing frequency, height of cut, grooming,
effect on playing characteristics.
rate and frequency of application, method of application.
Description specifies in-season preparation and playing surface management
requirements of the sportsfield.
Range
marking, patching and repairs, playing quality.
Element 3
Describe the renovation of, and out-of-season maintenance procedures for, a sportsfield.
Performance criteria
3.1
Description specifies procedures for the renovation and out-of-season
maintenance of the sportsfield.
Range
physical treatment, thatch control, levelling, topdressing,
reseeding, mowing.
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Element 4
Describe the fertiliser requirements of a sportsfield.
Performance criteria
4.1
Description specifies fertiliser requirements of a sportsfield.
Range
nutrient and pH requirements, seasonal fertilisation.
Element 5
Describe the management of common weeds, pests, and diseases of a sportsfield.
Performance criteria
5.1
Description outlines the management of common weeds, pests, and diseases of
the sportsfield.
Range
seasonal occurrence, chemical control, integrated pest
management (IPM), legislation.
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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