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Compare maintenance requirements for major sports turf surfaces, and
maintain a sports turf surface
Level
4
Credits
25
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in or intending to work in the sports
turf industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: compare the maintenance
requirements of the major sports turf surfaces in New Zealand; and evaluate
the advantages and disadvantages of using them to replace natural turf; and
maintain a sports turf surface.
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.
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Special notes
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Definitions
Maintenance requirements include – mowing; species selection; fertilising; irrigating;
topdressing; renovating; rolling; physical treatment; thatch control; pest, disease, and
weed control; usage and/or traffic control;
sports specific – marking, presentation, in-season preparation, out-of-season
maintenance requirements;
may include any or all of – bulk density, penetrometer readings, levelling, raking,
edging, stone removal, sand replacement, drainage, in-season preparation.
Major sports turf surfaces include – golf (putting greens, tees, surrounds, fairways,
roughs, bunkers); winter sports – football, rugby (union, league, touch); hockey;
cricket (wicket block, outfield); bowls; tennis; croquet; race track.
Artificial surfaces include – construction and composition – tufted, woven, knitted,
polymeric, dynamic, engineered, water-based, sand-filled, shockpad, clay, limestone,
sand, rubber filled (G3).
Industry standards – the maintenance requirements and standards for sports turf
specified by the relevant sports body.
Enterprise standards – the standards and procedures set by the client or employing
organisation for the selection, use and storage of equipment, and sports turf
maintenance procedures.
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Workplace safety requirements must comply with the Health and Safety in
Employment Act 1992 and its subsequent amendments.
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Assessment
Candidates who are assessed for this unit standard are expected to have been
closely involved in the maintenance of a sports turf surface for either a continuous 12
month period for a non-seasonal sport, for example, golf; or a 12 month period
comprised of two complete playing seasons, for example, cricket, rugby or soccer.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Compare the maintenance requirements of the major sports turf surfaces in New Zealand,
and evaluate artificial surfaces and the advantages and disadvantages of using them to
replace natural turf.
Performance criteria
1.1
The comparison establishes the similarities and differences between the
maintenance requirements for major sports turf surfaces, and findings are in
accordance with industry standards.
1.2
The evaluation identifies the types of artificial surfaces, and the advantages and
disadvantages of using them to replace natural turf, in terms of their
maintenance requirements and their suitability for particular sports.
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Element 2
Maintain a sports turf surface.
Performance criteria
2.1
Equipment and machines required for the maintenance of the sports turf surface
are selected, used, and stored in accordance with manufacturer’s
recommendations and enterprise standards.
2.2
Maintenance procedures are carried out, and the surface is maintained, in
accordance with enterprise standards.
Range
may include but is not limited to – botanical composition,
levelness, height of cut, ball roll, ball bounce, traction, surface
hardness, surface density, green speed, presentational quality.
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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