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Title
Control common turf pests
Level
4
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to plan and
implement turf pest control programmes, and evaluate pest
control procedures for effectiveness of control.
Classification
Sports Turf > Sports Turf Weeds and Pests
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
The standard relevant to this unit standard is NZS 8409:2004 Management of
agrichemicals, available from http://www.standards.co.nz.
2
Definition
Enterprise standards – the standards and procedures set by the client or employing
organisation for evaluating the effectiveness of the pest control programme.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Plan and implement turf pest control programmes.
Range
at least three pests from – 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 and selected for control, based on an assessment of
the pest population.
1.2
Control options are evaluated in terms of an integrated pest management
approach.
Range
1.3
at least one of – regulatory, biological, genetic, cultural, physical,
chemical.
Methods for controlling the pest are selected and implemented taking into
account their effect on the environment, turf use, and budget constraints.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
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Agrichemicals are applied, if required, in accordance with NZS 8409:2004
Management of agrichemicals.
Outcome 2
Evaluate pest control procedures for effectiveness of control.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Methods used to evaluate the effectiveness of control programme comply with
standard population analysis methodology and enterprise standards.
methods – extent of turf damage; presence of pest – adults,
larvae.
Range
2.2
Results of evaluation are used to confirm control programme or to identify
necessary changes to programme to achieve effectiveness required.
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Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions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 2015
Revision
2
4 August 1995
31 December 2015
Revision
3
16 September 1996
31 December 2015
Revision
4
10 December 1997
31 December 2015
Revision
5
8 June 1999
31 December 2015
Review
6
15 December 2000
31 December 2015
Revision
7
12 January 2006
31 December 2015
Review
8
17 October 2008
31 December 2015
Review
9
18 August 2011
31 December 2015
Rollover
10
20 June 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.
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.
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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
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016