Qualification details
Title
New Zealand Certificate in Pork Production (Level 3) with an optional strand in
Reproduction
Version
1
Qualification type
Certificate
Level
3
Credits
50 – 80
NZSCED
050105
Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies > Agriculture >
Animal Husbandry
Qualification developer
Primary Industry Training Organisation (Primary ITO)
Next review
December 2018
Approval date
November 2014
Strategic purpose statement
The purpose of this qualification is to provide the pork production
industry with individuals who have the knowledge and skills to
assist with all aspects of pig feeding and health in a pork
production unit.
The qualification has an optional strand in Reproduction to
recognise the specialist nature of breeding activities. Learners
who work on breeding farms may choose to complete the
additional strand in reproduction.
Employees will benefit by having improved skills which would
enable the industry to remain internationally competitive, and
also enhance their own employment opportunities across the
pork industry.
The community will benefit by having trained people who are
able to manage biosecurity risks and waste management within
their workplaces and thereby reducing the potential to
negatively affect the wider community and nation.
Graduates will be working under general supervision and may be
collaborating with others in the team.
Graduate profile
Graduate of the qualification will be able to:
Outcome Statement
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Monitor and maintain optimum environmental conditions in
the pork production unit.
Prepare feed, and supply feed to pigs.
Assist with maintaining optimum pig health.
Assist with the husbandry needs of pigs.
Graduates of the Reproduction strand will also be able to:
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Assist with procedures from pre-farrowing to weaning.
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Education pathway
This qualification can build on the New Zealand Certificate in
Primary Industry Skills (Level 2) [Ref: 2218], or the National
Certificate of Educational Achievement (Level 2) with
Vocational Pathways Primary Industries endorsement; and may
lead on to the New Zealand Certificate in Pork Production
(Section Management) (Level 4) [Ref: 2524]. The Reproduction
strand of this qualification can lead to the New Zealand
Certificate in Pork Production (Advanced Husbandry) (Level 4)
[Ref: 2526].
Employment pathway
Holders of this certificate will be able to operate as a
stockperson in a pork production unit. Graduates can progress
to roles as a section manager, with responsibility for one
section within a pork production unit with varying
responsibilities depending on farm structure.
Graduates of the reproduction strand can also progress to roles
as husbandry specialists, to improve production in several
sections or across the pork production unit.
Qualification specifications
Qualification award
This qualification may be awarded by the Primary ITO as the
qualification developer and the industry training organisation
arranging training leading to the qualification under section 5
of the Industry Training Act and Apprenticeships Act 1992.
This qualification may also be awarded by an education
organisation which has, under section 249 of the Education
Act 1989, a programme approved by the New Zealand
Qualifications Authority (NZQA) or which has been
accredited, under section 250, to provide an approved
programme.
The formal document certifying the award of this qualification
will display the NZQF logo and may also include the name
and/or logo of the awarding education organisation.
Requirements for assuring
consistency
All TEOs either arranging training or delivering programmes
that lead to the award of the qualification are required to
participate in a consistency process scheduled by NZQA.
New requirements for assuring consistency of graduate
outcomes are being developed. Please refer to the
Guidelines for approval of New Zealand qualifications for
listing on the New Zealand Qualifications Framework
available at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/providerspartners/consistencyof-graduate-outcomes/
The purpose of the managing consistency event is to:
 review evidence associated with achievement of
qualification outcomes at the level of the qualification.
 identify issues or opportunities associated with outcome
achievement.
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The review process may include:
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comparison of similar evidence across education
organisations
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consultation with graduates and employers (including
visits)
consideration of internal quality assurance processes
and external reviews.
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Credit transfer and recognition of
prior learning arrangements
Education organisations must have policies and procedures
in place for managing credit transfer, and assessing
recognition of prior learning and recognition of current
competency. These policies and procedures, and
information about associated fees, must be available to the
candidate prior to enrolment.
To facilitate credit transfer, education organisations must
clearly demonstrate the equivalency or comparability
between each of the outcomes in the graduate profile, and
the assessment components of their programmes.
Minimum standard of achievement
and standards for grade
endorsements
The minimum standard of achievement required for award
of the qualification will be the achievement of all graduate
outcomes in the graduate profile through successful
completion of an NZQA approved programme.
Entry requirements (including
prerequisites to meet regulatory body
or legislative requirements)
There are no mandatory prerequisites to meet regulatory
body, or legislative requirements for this qualification.
Qualification conditions
Overarching conditions relating to the qualification
Conditions for programme
structure
None.
Conditions for programme
context
None.
Other conditions
Compliance with workplace health and safety requirements and
animal welfare standards applies across all outcomes.
Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile
Qualification outcomes
Conditions
Mandatory
or Optional
1
Programmes should include the following:
Mandatory
Monitor and maintain optimum
environmental conditions in the
pork production unit.
Credit 15
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pig handling, movement and behaviour
housing conditions
unit hygiene and waste management
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Prepare feed and supply feed to
pigs.
Credit 15
3
Assist with maintaining optimum
pig health.
Credit 10
4
Assist with the husbandry needs of
pigs.
Credit 10
pig transport.
Programmes should include the following:
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feeding behaviour
feed supplies and preparation, deliveries,
levels, types and systems
(mechanical/dry/wet).
Programmes should include the following:
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health and ill health signs and behaviour
preventative health procedures
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welfare and biosecurity procedures.
Programmes should include the following:
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Mandatory
Mandatory
Mandatory
pig handling, movement, catching and
restraining
pig anatomy and physiology.
Programmes may include the following:
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grower and weaner pig husbandry
de-tusking a boar
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ringing a sow or boar.
Optional
Reproduction Strand
5
Assist with procedures from prefarrowing to weaning.
Credit 30
Programmes should include the following:
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pig reproduction
breeding checks, mating and oestrus
detection
culling of breeding stock
farrowing and post farrowing care
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care of the sow and litter.
Programmes may include the following
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care of newly weaned pigs
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artificial insemination.
Mandatory
Optional
Transition information
Replacement information
This qualification replaces the National Certificate in Pork Production
(Senior Stockperson - Husbandry) (Level 3) [Ref: 1560] and the National
Certificate in Pork Production (Senior Stockperson - Reproduction)
(Level 3) [Ref: 1561].
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Learners currently enrolled in programmes leading to the replaced qualification may either complete or
transfer their results to this replacement qualification.
The last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualification is 31 December 2017. The
last date for award of the replaced qualification is 31 December 2018.
It is the intention of Primary ITO that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition
arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the Primary ITO,
PO Box 10383, The Terrace, Wellington, 6143. Email standards@primaryito.ac.nz.
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