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Level 4
Credits 15
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan, implement, and monitor a weaner herd feeding programme; maintain weaner herd health and environment; and monitor weaner herd performance.
Subfield Pork Production
Domain
Status
Status date
Date version published
Pork Production Unit Management
Registered
19 March 2010
19 March 2010
Planned review date
Entry information
31 December 2014
Open.
Replacement information
Accreditation
This unit standard replaced unit standard 4474.
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and teaching professional in the same field from another provider.
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 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the Animal
Welfare Act 1999, and Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.
2 Performance of all aspects of this unit standard should comply with the New Zealand
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005 ,
Wellington (referred to as the welfare code), available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare/codes/pigs/index.htm.
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3 Definitions
Veterinary guidelines – advice received directly from veterinarians, or literature recommended by veterinarians or providers accredited to assess against this unit standard.
On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for pig health, welfare, and management.
Element 1
Plan, implement, and monitor a weaner herd feeding programme.
Performance criteria
1.1 Feeding programme is planned to match feed levels with predetermined growth and weight targets in accordance with on-farm procedures.
1.2 Feeding programme is planned to match diet specifications with the nutritional requirements of the different ages of stock in accordance with on-farm procedures.
1.3 Feeding programme is implemented in accordance with planned target growth and weight requirements in accordance with on-farm procedures.
1.4
Element 2
Feeding programme and water supply is monitored and remedial action taken in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Maintain weaner herd health.
Performance criteria
2.1 Preventative health programmes are implemented in accordance with the welfare code and veterinary guidelines on handling, treatments, and timing.
2.2 Health problems are identified and managed with reference to all symptoms and signs in accordance with veterinary guidelines.
2.3 Weaners are treated using medication appropriate to the diagnosis in accordance with veterinary guidelines.
2.4 Health records are maintained in accordance with veterinary guidelines and onfarm procedures.
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4.5
4.6
Element 3
Maintain weaner herd environment.
Performance criteria
3.1 Weaner facility environment is monitored in accordance with on-farm procedures.
3.2 Environmental temperature is controlled in accordance with on-farm procedures and the welfare code.
3.3 Stocking densities are maintained at predetermined levels in accordance with on-farm procedures and the welfare code.
3.4 Problems are identified at earliest sign and remedial action is taken in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Element 4
Monitor weaner herd performance.
Performance criteria
4.1 Pens of monitor pigs are selected and weighed in accordance with on-farm procedures.
4.2 Weaner pig growth rates are calculated and compared to predetermined growth and weight targets.
4.3 Problems and adverse trends are identified from analysis of weaner pig performance records.
Range includes but is not limited to
– growth rate, mortality, efficiency of feed use.
4.4 Causes of below target performance are identified and remedial action taken in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Weaner facility throughput is optimised in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Records are maintained in accordance with on-farm procedures.
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.
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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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