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level:
4
credit:
3
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 type wool
of New Zealand wool group types, and estimate the price for
typed wool.
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:
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.
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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
Type wool of New Zealand wool group types.
performance criteria
1.1
Sample is assessed according to testable characteristics.
Range:
1.2
micron, colour, yield, vegetable matter, bulk;
for Merino wool - length, strength.
Sample is assessed according to untested characteristics.
Range:
breed - halfbred, crossbred, merino;
age - lamb, hogget, ewe;
category - bellies, pieces, fleece;
quality - micron, yield, length;
grade - style, colour, vegetable matter, other faults.
1.3
Typing decision written in draft catalogue is made on the basis of the
assessments.
1.4
Subjective assessment of tested characteristics matches test results.
1.5
Sample is re-tested according to the subjective assessment.
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1.6
Decisions made on receipt of the re-tested result resolve any discrepancies
between subjective assessment and test result.
1.7
Additions and amendments made to descriptions in catalogue comply with the
Regulations to the Conditions of Sale and broker’s requirements.
element 2
Estimate the price for typed wool.
performance criteria
2.1
All lots are priced according to market information.
Range:
recent wool sales, prices, trends, volume and types of wool, wool
stockpile, wool in pipeline, overseas exchange rates.
2.2
Calculation of greasy price is based on clean price valuation for that type and
the yield.
2.3
Estimate written in draft catalogue is in accordance with pricing decision made.
2.4
Prices offered by exporters for same or like wool types are consistent and
selling price is in line with valuation.
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.
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.
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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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