Field           Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Revision of Forestry Operations Advanced unit standard 1224

Subfield	Domain	ID
Forestry	Forestry Operations Advanced	1224

The Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council has completed the revision of the of the unit standard listed above.

Date new version published                                                                 December 2023

Planned review date (no change)                                                         December 2027

Summary

This revision results from a provider request to address a significant barrier to assessment in the unit standard.  The current version of the unit standard requires the use of electronic prescription maps, but they are not yet consistently available throughout the industry.  Outcomes, performance criteria and range statements have been adjusted to accommodate the use of paper-based prescription maps in assessment, as appropriate.

Main changes

· Except for outcome 5 and performance criterion 5.2, which is a theoretical criterion specific to electronic prescription maps and cannot be assessed using a paper-based prescription map, references specifying ‘electronic prescription map(s)’ have been removed from outcomes, performance criteria and range statements throughout.

· The word ‘potential’ has been added to performance criterion 5.1, and ‘potential uses’ to its range statement, as QR codes are not currently in routine use in forestry operations.

· Performance criteria 4.3 and 4.4 have been moved from the otherwise theoretical outcome 5 into outcome 4, which contains related criteria.

· Range for performance criterion 5.2 has been adjusted to include both aspects of the assessment: ‘and their solutions’ has been added to the requirement ‘evidence of three challenges’.