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Carry out manual extraction of honey and product processing
Level
3
Credits
3
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to carry out manual extraction
of honey and product processing.
Subfield
Agriculture
Domain
Apiculture
Status
Registered
Status date
21 August 2009
Date version published
21 August 2009
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 includes but is not limited to the – Health and Safety in Employment Act
1992, Biosecurity Act 1993, Animal Products Act 1999, Food Act 1981, and their
subsequent amendments.
2
Premises used for the manual extraction of honey for the purposes of onselling are
required to be registered in accordance with the Food Act 1981.
3
Definition
In-house procedures – the verbal and written instructions to staff on procedures for
the manual extraction of honey and product processing, which must comply with
legislative requirements.
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Carry out manual extraction of honey and product processing.
Performance criteria
1.1
The manual extraction of honey for the purposes of onselling is described in
terms of the requirements of the Food Act 1981.
Range
1.2
premises, labels, containers.
Equipment is prepared in accordance with in-house procedures.
Range
manual extractor, filter, hot knife, capping scratchers, bucket,
pottles and labels.
1.3
Honey is uncapped, extracted, filtered and settled out without undue damage to
honeycombs in accordance with in-house procedures.
1.4
Wax is processed in accordance with in-house procedures.
1.5
Supers containing extracted frames are stored in accordance with in-house
procedures.
1.6
Honey is run off into containers in accordance with in-house procedures.
1.7
Records are maintained in accordance with in-house 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.
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.
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016