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level:
4
credit:
2
planned review date:
March 2004
sub-field:
Wool Harvesting
purpose:
This unit standard is for people working in the rural servicing
industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: take a
grab sample from a bale of wool; take a core sample from a
bale of wool; weigh wool; and describe wool for the auction
catalogue.
entry information:
Open.
accreditation option:
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and
teaching professional in the same field from another
provider.
moderation option:
A centrally established and directed moderation system has
been set up by the Primary Industry Training Organisation.
special notes:
1
Performance of the elements of this unit standard must
comply with following legislation and code of practice:
Health and Safety in Employment Act (1992);
Code of Practice for Sampling and Testing of NZ Raw
Wool, 1991 (Code of Practice) published by the
National Council of New Zealand Wool Interests Inc;
New Zealand Wool Group Valuing Descriptor Chart
(Third Edition), published by New Zealand Wool Group,
PO Box 3225, Wellington, New Zealand;
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Conditions of Sale agreed by the New Zealand Wool
Brokers Association and the New Zealand Council of
Wool Exporters Inc, available from the New Zealand
Wool Group, PO Box 3225, Wellington, New Zealand;
and their subsequent amendments.
2
In the context of this unit standard company
requirements refers to instructions on policy and
procedures which are documented and available in the
workplace.
Elements and Performance Criteria
element 1
Take a grab sample from a bale of wool.
performance criteria
1.1
The number and aggregate weight of samples taken per sale lot is in
accordance with the Code of Practice.
1.2
Samples are obtained before weighing and core sampling of the bale.
1.3
The grab jaws are inserted and withdrawn from a slit in the bale in accordance
with the Code of Practice.
1.4
The weight of the grab sample taken is within the tolerance prescribed in the
Code of Practice.
1.5
Bagging, storage, and documentation of the individual samples comply with the
Code of Practice.
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1.6
The bale has no wool protruding from it after the sampling in accordance with
company requirements.
1.7
Safety and operational procedures are complied with in accordance with
company requirements.
element 2
Take a core sample from a bale of wool.
performance criteria
2.1
The minimum number, weight, and precision of core samples taken are in
accordance with the core sampling schedules and principles prescribed in the
Code of Practice).
2.2
After being weighed, each bale in a sale lot is sampled with equipment of the
same type and dimensions in accordance with company requirements.
2.3
Machine and manual coring are carried out in accordance with the Code of
Practice.
2.4
Bagging, sealing, storage, and documentation of the aggregate sample comply
with the Code of Practice.
2.5
Safety and operational procedures are complied with in accordance with
company requirements.
2.6
Core sample is verified as of same line as grab sample.
2.7
Core sample and documentation are delivered together to the test house in
accordance with company requirements.
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element 3
Weigh wool.
performance criteria
3.1
Weigh scales are operated according to the Code of Practice.
3.2
Gross bale weight and tare are keyed into the computer in accordance with the
Regulations to the Conditions of Sale and the Code of Practice.
3.3
Gross bale weight is written legibly on bale in accordance with the Regulations
to the Conditions of Sale.
3.4
Weight of grab samples is in accordance with the Code of Practice.
3.5
Weigh scales are left tidy, clean and in good operating order in accordance with
company requirements.
element 4
Describe wool for the auction catalogue.
performance criteria
4.1
Draft catalogue entry is altered where wool in the bale is different from
description noted on the bale in accordance with company requirements.
4.2
Wool description chosen matches the wool in the bale.
4.3
Additional codes for the wool are recorded with the description in accordance
with company 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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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 0052 which can be accessed at
http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
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