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Title Identify common turf weeds
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Level
Purpose
3 Credits 5
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify common weeds of turf and describe their detrimental effects on turf; describe the ways in which common turf weeds survive and spread; and describe the features and spread of moss and algae on turf surfaces.
Classification Sports Turf > Sports Turf Weeds and Pests
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
Reference
Harrington, K.C., Weeds of lawns and sports turf – identification and control (Palmerston
North: NZ Sports Turf Institute, 2000).
Outcome 1
Identify common weeds of turf and describe the detrimental effects of weeds on turf.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Turf weeds are identified by visual observation of their vegetative features.
Range a minimum of thirty common turf weeds.
1.2 The effects of weeds are described in terms of their detrimental effect on sports turf.
Outcome 2
Describe the ways in which common turf weeds survive and spread.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Turf weed survival is described in terms of methods of adaptation.
Range adaptations – rhizomes, tubers, root or root segments, bulbs, seeds, stolons, physical and chemical defences.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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2.2
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Turf weed spread is described in terms of weed characteristics, environmental effects, and cultural effects.
Outcome 3
Describe the features and spread of moss and algae on turf surfaces.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Moss and algae of significance to turf are identified and described in terms of their features.
Range green moss, silver moss, algal slime, liverwort.
3.2 The spread of moss and algae on turf surfaces is described in terms of the environmental and management factors that encourage it.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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
Revision
Revision
1
2
3
4 August 1995
4 August 1995
16 September 1996
31 December 2013
31 December 2013
31 December 2013
Revision
Revision
Review
Revision
4
5
6
7
10 December 1997
8 June 1999
15 December 2000
12 January 2006
31 December 2013
31 December 2013
31 December 2013
31 December 2013
Review
Review
8
9
17 October 2008
18 August 2011
31 December 2015
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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
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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
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020