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SPORTS TURF WEEDS AND PESTS
Design pest and disease control programmes for sports turf surfaces
6
15
March 2010
Sports Turf
This unit standard is for people who are required to design pest and disease control programmes for sports turf surfaces. People credited with this unit standard are able to: use information on the biology of common turf pests and diseases to identify factors influencing the effectiveness of control measures; identify the types of control methods for a range of pests and diseases of sports turf; complete a preliminary diagnosis of a pest or disease problem of a sports turf area; and design and present a pest and disease management programme for a sports turf organisation. entry information: accreditation option: moderation option:
Open.
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and industry.
A centrally established and directed national moderation system has been set up by the Primary Industry Training
Organisation. special notes: 1 For elements 3 and 4, evidence submitted for assessment must include the assessment of pest and disease control needs of an operational sports turf organisation. The evidence must contain documented permission from that organisation for the assessment to be undertaken.
Evidence submitted for assessment must be accurate, written in a style and language which meets the client organisation’s needs, requirements of current industry practice, and the presentation standards generally accepted for sports turf technical documentation.
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Design pest and disease control programmes for sports turf surfaces
2 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Resource Management Act 1991, Hazardous
Substances and New Organisms Act 1996.
3 Definition
IPM refers to Integrated Pest Management.
Elements and Performance Criteria element 1
Use information on the biology of common turf pests and diseases to identify factors influencing the effectiveness of control measures.
Range: minimum of five common turf pests and diseases
– insects and non-insects,
(including mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, vertebrate pests), and pathogenic fungi, bacteria, viruses, bacteria-like organisms. performance criteria
1.1 Documented findings identify significant details of selected pests and diseases.
Range: significant details may include but are not limited to – identification features, life cycle, season and likelihood of occurrence, signs and symptoms, risk imposed by the pest or disease, food and host range, populations, damage thresholds.
1.2 Documented findings identify how key factors influence the control of selected pests and diseases.
Range: key factors may include but are not limited to
– susceptible parts of the life cycle, environmental factors, management practices, soil conditions, plant condition, health and safety considerations, compliance with requirements of applicable legislation.
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Design pest and disease control programmes for sports turf surfaces element 2
Identify the types of control methods for a range of pests and diseases of sports turf.
Range: includes but is not limited to – IPM (to include cultural, biological, physical, genetic, chemical aspects), applicable legislation, decision support systems; minimum of five common turf pests and diseases – insects and non-insects,
(including mites, nematodes, slugs, snails, vertebrate pests), and pathogenic fungi, bacteria, viruses, bacteria-like organisms performance criteria
2.1 Documented findings identify significant aspects of detection methods and cultural control measures.
Range: significant aspects may include but are not limited to – pest monitoring, fertilisation, pH adjustment, mowing, thatch control, exposure to dew, sanitation, irrigation, shading, wind, sowing time, use of resistant varieties.
2.2 Documented findings identify significant aspects of biological control measures.
Range: for pests significant aspects may include but are not limited to – predators and parasites, sterile insect release, endophyte, resurgence, replacement, resistance; for diseases significant aspects may include but are not limited to
– competition, hyperparasitism, antibiosis, plant resistance and genetic modification.
2.3 Documented findings identify significant aspects of chemical control measures.
Range: significant aspects include but are not limited to – insecticides, miticides, fungicides, bactericides, timing of applications, water rates, mode of action, formulations, adjuvants, residual activity, health and safety issues, compliance with requirements of applicable legislation.
2.4 Documented findings identify significant aspects of other control measures.
Range: other control measures include but are not limited to – biosecurity, physical controls, genetic controls, legislation and regulations.
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Design pest and disease control programmes for sports turf surfaces element 3
Complete a preliminary diagnosis of a pest or disease problem of a sports turf area. performance criteria
3.1 Methods used to diagnose a pest or disease problem are identified and explained.
Range: methods may include but are not limited to – pathway analysis, experimental tasks, laboratory analysis (cultures, plant and soil),
Koch’s postulates, identification of turf species which may be affected, signs and symptoms, season of appearance.
3.2 Method selected for completion of preliminary diagnosis identifies the initial problem and determines if further investigation is required.
3.3 Preliminary diagnosis is supported and justified by documented findings.
Range: includes evidence for rejection or elimination of alternative pest and/or disease causes of the problem. element 4
Design and present a pest or disease management programme for a sports turf organisation. performance criteria
4.1 Analys is of organisation’s records identifies current pest and disease management methods.
4.2 Design of the pest and disease management programme is based on information which is relevant and applicable to the organisation’s requirements.
Range: may include but is not limited to
– information available in relevant commercial and research documents and publications, accepted procedures and formats for programme design and presentation.
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4.3 Pest and disease management programme addresses the requirements identified for the sports turf and the organisation.
Range: may include but are not limited to
– current level of pest and disease control and status of control programme, operational and environmental factors to be considered, external influences and requirements; pest and disease management programme includes justification and alternative controls, implementation schedule, basic cost/benefit analysis, health and safety factors, legislation and/or regulation compliance requirements.
4.4 Presentation of the pest and disease control programme meets established criteria.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact Primary Industry Training Organisation standards@primaryito.ac.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Please Note
Providers must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority or a delegated interinstitutional body before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by the Qualifications Authority 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 providers wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements.
This unit standard is covered by AMAP 0037 which can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/site/framework/search.html.
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