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Manage the care of the grower pig herd
Level
4
Credits
15
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan, implement, and
monitor the feeding programme for the grower herd; maintain grower herd
health; maintain grower herd environment; and monitor grower herd
performance.
Subfield
Pork Production
Domain
Pork Production Unit Management
Status
Registered
Status date
19 March 2010
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2014
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
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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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.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Plan, implement, and monitor the feeding programme for the grower herd.
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.
1.4
Feeding programme and water supply is monitored and remedial action taken,
in accordance with on-farm procedures.
Element 2
Maintain grower herd health.
Performance criteria
2.1
Preventative health programmes are implemented in accordance with the pork
section preventative health programme, the welfare code, and veterinary
guidelines on handling, treatments, and timing.
2.2
Problems and adverse trends are identified from analysis of grower herd
performance records and slaughter health check reports.
2.3
Health problems are identified and managed with reference to all symptoms and
signs in accordance with veterinary guidelines.
2.4
Growers are treated using medication appropriate to the diagnosis in
accordance with veterinary guidelines.
2.5
Health records are maintained in accordance with veterinary guidelines and onfarm procedures.
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Element 3
Maintain grower herd environment.
Performance criteria
3.1
Grower 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 the earliest sign and remedial action is taken in
accordance with on-farm procedures.
Element 4
Monitor grower herd performance.
Performance criteria
4.1
Pigs in monitor pens are selected for weighing in accordance with on-farm
procedures.
4.2
Grower pig growth rates are calculated and compared to predetermined growth
and weight targets.
4.3
Problems and adverse trends are identified from analysis of grower herd
performance records.
Range
4.4
includes but is not limited to – growth rate, mortality, efficiency of
feed use.
Problems and adverse trends are identified from analysis of slaughter sheets.
Range
backfat, slaughter weights.
4.5
Problems and adverse trends are managed in accordance with veterinary
guidelines and on-farm procedures.
4.6
Grower facility throughput is optimised in accordance with on-farm procedures.
4.7
Records are maintained in accordance with on-farm procedures.
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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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