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Title
Identify and monitor common turf pests
Level
3
Credits
5
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify
common pests of turf grasses and Leptinella species in New
Zealand, the damage they cause, and their life cycles; and
monitor turf pests.
Classification
Sports Turf > Sports Turf Weeds and Pests
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Definition
Enterprise standards – the standards and procedures set by the client or employing
organisation for monitoring turf pests.
2
References
Howard, D. R., Gobbs R. J., Scotter M.D., Establishment and management of cotula
greens (Palmerston North [N.Z.]: NZ Turf Culture Institute, 1993) or subsequent
versions; and posters titled Turfgrass Diseases and Cotula Diseases are available
from the NZ Sports Turf Institute, website http://www.nzsti.org.nz/shop/.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Identify common pests of turf grasses and Leptinella species in New Zealand, the damage
they cause, and their life cycles.
Range
a minimum of four pests from the following – New Zealand grass grub, porina,
black beetle, sod webworm, Tasmanian grass grub, Argentine stem weevil,
black field cricket, nematodes, ants, earthworms, cotula weevil, mealy bug,
greasy cutworm.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Turf pests are identified by observation of symptoms and/or visual examination
of pests.
1.2
Pest damage is described in terms of the signs and symptoms which occur on
turf.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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Pest life cycles are described in terms of the host species, mode of feeding,
growth pattern, damaging stage, and timing of turf damage.
Outcome 2
Monitor turf pests.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Methods of pest detection are identified and described in terms of their
relevance to turf.
at least three methods from – light traps, pyrethrum, detergents,
boards, soil sampling.
Range
2.2
A pest population is monitored in accordance with enterprise standards.
one of – light trap, pyrethrum, detergents, boards, soil sampling.
Range
2.3
The monitored pest population is evaluated in terms of damage threshold for
turf.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
4 August 1995
31 December 2013
Revision
2
4 August 1995
31 December 2013
Revision
3
16 September 1996
31 December 2013
Revision
4
10 December 1997
31 December 2013
Revision
5
8 June 1999
31 December 2013
Review
6
15 December 2000
31 December 2013
Revision
7
12 January 2006
31 December 2013
Review
8
17 October 2008
31 December 2015
Review
9
18 August 2011
31 December 2015
Rollover
10
17 October 2013
31 December 2015
Rollover
11
17 September 2015
31 December 2019
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0037
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016