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Select pig breeding stock, and prepare for sale
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to select pig breeding stock,
and prepare selected breeding stock for sale.
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.
Replacement information
This unit standard replaced unit standard 4479.
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.
3
Definition
On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for pig
health, welfare, and management.
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Elements and performance criteria
Element 1
Select pig breeding stock.
Range
boars, replacement females.
Performance criteria
1.1
Pigs in the required weight range are performance tested in accordance with
on-farm procedures.
Range
weighing, backfat test.
1.2
Performance indices are calculated from performance test results.
1.3
Superior pigs are selected in accordance with breeding programme objectives.
1.4
Selected pigs are visually appraised, and those meeting the required standard
are selected as breeding herd replacements or for sale, in accordance with onfarm procedures.
Range
feet, legs, teating, genitalia, abnormalities.
1.5
Selected replacement pig breeding stock meet the required number to maintain
the breeding herd at target numbers in accordance with on-farm procedures.
1.6
Identification devices are safely and humanely applied in accordance with onfarm procedures and the welfare code.
Range
1.7
ear tags, ear notches.
Information is recorded in accordance with breeding programme objectives and
on-farm procedures.
Element 2
Prepare selected breeding stock for sale.
Performance criteria
2.1
Selected breeding stock for sale are held in lairage until predetermined sale
weight is reached in accordance with breeding programme sale requirements
and on-farm procedures.
2.2
Selected breeding stock for sale are treated in accordance with breeding
programme sale requirements and on-farm procedures.
Range
vaccination, parasite control.
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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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