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Level 2
Credits 5
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe woolshed hazards, activities, and responsibilities; and health hazards and physical requirements of employment in the wool harvesting industry.
Subfield Wool Harvesting
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Wool Handling
Registered
21 August 2009
21 August 2009
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2014
Open.
Accreditation Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
Standard setting body (SSB) Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0052
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
1 The following documents provide both a source of the national standard as stated in the performance criteria, and useful background information relating to this unit standard –
Clip Preparation
– Best Practice Guideline
(Wellington: NZ Wool Classers
Association, May 2007). Available from Meat and Wool NZ, PO Box 121, Wellington
6140.
Shearing Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2007). ISBN 0-9582522-2-X.
Available from Tectra Ltd., PO Box 7327, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240.
Wool Handling Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2007). ISBN 0-9582522-0-3.
Available from Tectra Ltd., PO Box 7327, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240.
Wool Pressing Handbook (Christchurch: Tectra Ltd, 2007). ISBN 0-9582522-3-8.
Available from Tectra Ltd., PO Box 7327, Sydenham, Christchurch 8240.
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Best practice guideline for the New Zealand shearing industry: A Guide for
Workplaces (Wellington: Department of Labour, 2008), available from http://www.dol.govt.nz.
2 Definition
Wool handling – may include board or table handling.
In-house procedures
– refer to the verbal or written procedures for reporting woolshed work hazards.
3 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Health and
Safety in Employment Act 1992, and its subsequent amendments.
Element 1
Describe woolshed hazards, activities, and responsibilities.
Performance criteria
1.1 The functions and responsibilities of woolshed workers during shearing are described in terms of the inter-dependent nature of their activities.
Range penning, shearing, board work, skirting, grading, pressing.
1.2 Woolshed work hazards are identified and described in terms of ways to avoid or minimise the risk of each hazard.
Range woolshed activities – penning, shearing, board work, skirting, grading, pressing; woolshed hazards – protruding objects, slippery and/or faulty ramps, steps and walkways; woolshed machinery
– grinder, handpiece, overhead gear, belts, electrical fittings, wool press, bale hooks, gates, counter weights.
1.3
Element 2
Woolshed work hazard reporting is described in accordance with in-house procedures.
Describe health hazards and physical requirements of employment in the wool harvesting industry.
Performance criteria
2.1 Workplace related health hazards are identified and described in terms of strategies which minimise their effects.
Range effects – abscesses, dermatitis, grease boils, hepatitis, dehydration, stress, joint stresses, giardia, zoonosis, occupational overuse syndrome (OOS).
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2.2 Fitness requirements for employment in the wool harvesting industry are described in terms of the requirements of the particular job.
Range penning, shearing, board work, skirting, grading, pressing.
2.3 Personal hygiene recommendations for employment in the wool harvesting industry are described in terms of their effect on personal health, and the health of others.
Range drugs, personal hygiene, eating and drinking containers, sharing cigarettes.
Please note
Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA 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 organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource 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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