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Level 4
Credits 3
Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: select market pigs for sale; manage transport of market pigs to destination; and prepare market pigs for transport and sale.
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 4476.
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; and the Animal Status Declaration (ASD) for Pigs. The ASD is under the general umbrella of the Animal Products Act 1999, and regulated under the Animal Products
(Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption) Notice 2004.
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3 Definition
On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for preparation and management of market pigs for transport and sale.
Element 1
Select market pigs for sale.
Performance criteria
1.1 Pigs are selected in the weight range chosen with regard to meeting market requirements and maximising return.
1.2
Element 2
Pigs selected meet ASD requirements and are acceptable for transport in accordance with the welfare code.
Manage transport of market pigs to destination.
Performance criteria
2.1 Information is agreed with the receivers in accordance with on-farm procedures.
2.2
Element 3
Transport is organised to pick up pigs to ensure delivery to the destination at the agreed time.
Prepare market pigs for transport and sale.
Performance criteria
3.1 Timing of pigs' final feed before transporting is in accordance with on-farm procedures and the welfare code.
3.2 Pigs are moved to loadout area prior to transport arrival with minimal stress and without injury to pigs in accordance with the welfare code.
3.3 Pigs are identified prior to loading and transport to destination in accordance with on-farm procedures.
3.4 Sale details are recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures and legislative requirements.
3.5 Pigs are managed to ensure loading is carried out with minimal stress and without injury to pigs or handler(s).
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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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