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Title
Monitor levels of pest and beneficial organisms in fruit crops and act
at preset threshold levels
Level
4
Credits
3
Purpose
This unit standard is for people working in any kind of fruit
production. People credited with this unit standard are able to:
recognise named pests, diseases, and beneficial predatory or
parasitic organisms for a specific fruit crop; monitor organism
numbers; and select agrichemicals to rectify an imbalance in
the pest-to-predator or -parasite ratio.
Classification
Horticulture > Fruit Production
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Orchard practice means work practice guidelines which meet the requirements of the
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, other regulatory requirements, and their
subsequent amendments.
2
A specific fruit crop is one kind of commercial fruit crop. For example, apples, pears,
kiwifruit, oranges, avocados.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Recognise named pests, diseases, and beneficial predatory or parasitic organisms for a
specific fruit crop.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Six pests that could affect a specific fruit crop, and three beneficial organisms
that could predate or parasitise the pests, are recognised at different stages of
their life cycle.
1.2
Signs or symptoms of six diseases of a specific fruit crop are recognised and
the disease named at different stages of its life cycle.
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SSB Code 101558
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Outcome 2
Monitor organism numbers.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Disease signs or symptoms are counted on random plants, and are reported
when numbers reach a stated threshold level.
2.2
Pheromone traps are monitored and cleaned according to orchard practice, and
when a threshold number of specific insects are caught, that is reported and
recorded according to orchard practice.
2.3
Random samples or leaves are examined, specific species of pest and predator
or parasite are counted, and, as required by orchard practice, when specific
pest numbers are reached or the pest-to-predator, or -parasite ratio slips
beyond a stated point, that fact is reported.
Outcome 3
Select agrichemicals to rectify an imbalance in the pest-to-predator or -parasite ratio.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Agrichemicals injurious to named beneficial insects are recognised, and
alternatives, non injurious to those insects, are suggested.
3.2
Agrichemicals, application rates, timing, and withholding periods are suggested
to redress the balance between pests and parasites or predators, or to reduce
any potential disease problem.
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by
the last date for assessment set out below.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
1 February 1994
31 December 2013
Review
2
28 November 1997
31 December 2013
Revision
3
19 July 2001
31 December 2013
Revision
4
24 February 2006
31 December 2015
Review
5
18 August 2011
31 December 2015
Rollover
6
17 October 2013
31 December 2015
Rollover
7
17 September 2015
31 December 2019
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA Expiring unit standard
828 version 7
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Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0032
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The
CMR 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.
Primary Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code 101558
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016