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Assess land-based workplace practices for their environmental impact,
and the impact of sustainability strategies
Level
5
Credits
7
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to assess: current practices
in a land-based workplace for their positive and negative environmental
impact; and the impact of sustainability strategies on key industry outputs,
the environment, and assess their financial implications.
Subfield
Environment
Domain
Land-Based Environmental Management
Status
Registered
Status date
19 March 2010
Date version published
19 March 2010
Planned review date
31 December 2015
Entry information
Open.
Accreditation
Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA and
industry.
Standard setting body (SSB)
Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference
0037
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Special notes
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Legislation, standards and codes of practice may include but are not limited to –
Resource Management Act 1991, Local Government Act 2002, and Health Act 1956;
NZS 8409:2004, Management of Agrichemicals; Code of Practice for Nutrient
Management (with emphasis on fertiliser use), New Zealand Fertiliser Manufacturer’s
Research Association incorporated (NZFMRA), 2007, available from
http://www.fertresearch.org.nz.
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Further information can be found on the following websites –
Local Government Online – http://www.localgovt.co.nz/
Ministry for the Environment – http://www.mfe.govt.nz/publications/rma/.
Sports Turf Research Institute – http://www.stri.co.uk/
The R&A, St Andrews – http://www.randa.org/.
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Dairy New Zealand –
http://www.dairynz.co.nz/page/pageid/2145836872/Sustainable_dairying.
Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry – http://www.maf.govt.nz/climatechange/slm/.
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Definition
Land-based workplace may include but is not limited to those workplaces associated
with sports turf, horticultural, equine, or agricultural industries.
Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Assess current practices in a land-based workplace for their positive and negative
environmental impacts.
Range
may include but is not limited to practices related to – fuel; agrichemical and
fertiliser – transport, storage, use and disposal; drainage discharge; earthworks
and construction; management of waterways; vegetation clearance and tree
works; dangerous goods; solid and liquid waste management; management of
amenity and other non turf areas; mowing practices; management of wildlife
areas and natural habitats; water storage and use;
evidence is required for the positive and negative environmental impacts for at
least six practices.
Performance criteria
1.1
Current practices in a land-based workplace are assessed in terms of their
positive and negative environmental impacts.
Element 2
Assess the impact of sustainability strategies on key industry outputs and the environment,
and assess their financial implications.
Range
sustainability strategies may include but are not limited to – integrated pest
management (IPM); recycling and waste minimisation; reuse and sources of
sands and soils; change of turf species composition; mowing patterns; change
from introduced trees to native trees; protection and restoration of areas of
native habitat; machinery selection, design and maintenance; sports turf facility
design and landscaping; riparian plantings; sustainable use of water, fertiliser,
agrichemicals, energy – fuel, lighting; minimisation of carbon footprint;
evidence is required for at least six strategies.
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Performance criteria
2.1
Sustainability strategies are assessed in terms of their positive and negative
impact on key industry outputs.
Range
key industry outputs may include but are not limited to –
sports turf industry – surface playing quality;
horticulture industry – productivity goals, contractual obligations;
equine industry – quality racing surfaces;
agriculture industry – productivity goals, optimum food and fibre
yield and quality.
2.2
Sustainability strategies are assessed in terms of their financial implications for
the land-based workplace.
2.3
Sustainability strategies are assessed in terms of their positive and negative
environmental impacts.
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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