Domain - Agricultural Contracting

Domain - Agricultural Contracting

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Level 2

Demonstrate knowledge of health and safety in a rural or agricultural contracting workplace

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19578 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the requirements for health and safety in a rural or agricultural contracting workplace; complete a risk assessment for a rural or agricultural contracting worksite; describe health and safety procedures for a rural or agricultural contracting workplace; and describe procedures for monitoring and maintaining PPE and health and safety systems and documentation for a rural or agricultural contracting workplace.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Check and drive a self-propelled agricultural contracting machine
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6256 Unit Standard 3 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: recognise occupational hazards associated with operating a self-propelled machine; check self-propelled agricultural contracting machine before use; and operate self-propelled agricultural contracting machine over flat and sloping terrain.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Level 3

Install an agricultural or horticultural water reticulation system
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 6262.

19563 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select equipment, machinery, and materials for the installation operation; install the water reticulation system; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Install an agricultural or horticultural irrigation system
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 6263.

19564 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select equipment, machinery, and materials for installing the irrigation system; install the irrigation system; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a wheel tractor for agricultural contracting without supervision
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard and unit standard 19562 have been replaced by unit standard 28780.

19574 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of wheel tractors; carry out pre-operational checks for operating a wheel tractor for agricultural contracting; operate a wheel tractor for agricultural contracting; carry out post-operational procedures; and drive a wheel tractor on the road.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Carry out multi-vehicle agricultural contracting operations on roads
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

19576 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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This unit standard is for people who drive and operate vehicles during multi-vehicle agricultural contracting operations on roads, but who may not necessarily have a designated traffic management role. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate basic knowledge of mobile traffic operations; communicate during mobile traffic operations for agricultural contracting; drive a pilot or shadow vehicle during mobile operations for agricultural contracting; and operate a working vehicle during mobile operations for agricultural contracting.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Perform measurements and calculations for rural contracting

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Version 4

19577 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to perform measurements and calculations for rural contracting.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of vehicles and loads in the agricultural contracting industry
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

19579 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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This unit standard is for people working in the agricultural contracting industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe vehicles used in the agricultural contracting industry and loads carried by agricultural contractors; and demonstrate knowledge of safe driving of agricultural contracting vehicles.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Produce and confirm a plan to carry out a basic agricultural contracting operation
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

23622 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess requirements for a basic agricultural contracting operation; produce a plan to carry out the operation; and confirm the plan to carry out the operation.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a mulching machine for rural contracting

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Version 3

23623 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare machine for mulching; assess the land and prepare for the mulching operation; carry out the mulching operation; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Transport harvested product to storage

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23625 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for harvesting operations; drive a vehicle to receive loads from a mobile harvester; drive the loads to storage and unload; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate tedders and/or rakes

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Version 3

23629 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: clarify job instructions; select and prepare tedding and/or raking equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; operate tedders and/or rakes; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a conventional or large square baler for silage or hay
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard and unit standard 23631 have been replaced by unit standard 28785.

23630 Unit Standard 18 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare conventional or large square baling equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; operate a conventional or large square baler for silage or hay; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Operate a round baler for silage or hay
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard and unit standard 23630 have been replaced by unit standard 28785.

23631 Unit Standard 18 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare round baling equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; operate a round baler for silage or hay; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Operate machinery to handle bales for agricultural contracting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard and unit standard 6286 have been replaced by unit standard 28784.

23632 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe hazard control for hazards associated with operating a machine to handle bales; check and prepare machinery to handle bales; operate machinery to handle bales; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Operate a bale wrapper

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23633 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out initial preparation for bale wrapping; carry out field preparation; operate a bale wrapper; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of anaerobic silage processes prior to harvesting

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Version 3

23635 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of anaerobic silage processes prior to harvesting.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Prepare for, and carry out, mould-board type ploughing

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Version 3

23638 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe mould-board type ploughing; clarify job instructions; select and prepare equipment and machinery; prepare to cultivate soil using a mould-board type plough; cultivate soil using a mould-board type plough; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Store bulk grain or seed delivered from harvest

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23639 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare to receive bulk grain or seed delivered from harvest; store bulk grain or seed delivered from harvest; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a tractor for rural contracting operations

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 19574 and unit standard 19562.

28780 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: carry out pre-operational checks for operating a tractor and equipment for rural contracting; drive a tractor on the road; operate a tractor with equipment for rural contracting; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Cultivate soil using cultivation equipment

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 6269, unit standard 6270 and unit standard 6275.

28781 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: clarify job instructions; select and prepare cultivation equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; cultivate soil using cultivation equipment; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Apply nutrients in a primary industry setting

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Version 3

28782 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited for this unit standard are able to: carry out field preparation; select and prepare nutrient-application equipment and machinery; apply nutrients in a primary industry setting; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate machinery to handle and store bales

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 6286 and unit standard 23632.

28784 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe hazard control for hazards associated with operating machinery to handle and store bales; select and prepare bale storing equipment and machinery; prepare to store bales; operate machinery to handle bales; handle and store bales; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a baler for silage or hay

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 23630 and unit standard 23631.

28785 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: confirm job instructions; select and prepare baling equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; operate a baler for silage or hay; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of environmental protection for rural contracting

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Version 1

32775 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of environmental protection for rural contracting.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Drive a wheel tractor towing a heavy load

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Version 9

6255 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe hazard control for hazards associated with driving a wheel tractor towing a heavy load; prepare the wheel tractor and trailer for driving; drive a wheel tractor towing a heavy load over flat and sloping terrain; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a mounted front-end loader unit for agricultural contracting

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Version 8

6257 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe management of hazards associated with operating a mounted front-end loader unit for agricultural contracting; check and prepare front-end loader and mounted front-end loader unit before use; operate mounted front-end loader unit for agricultural contracting; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Drive a wheel tractor on the road with attached implements
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6258 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: recognise hazards associated with operating a wheel tractor on the road with attached implements; check wheel tractor and implements before use; and drive a wheel tractor safely on the road with attached implements.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Spread effluent on the land by tanker and/or muck spreader
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6267 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare effluent spreading equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; spread effluent on the land; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate knowledge of crop production for rural contracting work

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Version 7

6273 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of seedbed preparation, crop sowing, and crop growth conditions and maturity.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Prepare and harvest hay
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6285 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare hay harvesting equipment and machinery; prepare to harvest hay crop; mow hay crop; ted and bale hay crop; and maintain hay harvesting equipment and machinery.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Store hay and/or straw bales
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard and unit standard 23632 have been replaced by unit standard 28784.

6286 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare hay and/or straw bale storing equipment and machinery; prepare to store hay and/or straw bales; store hay and/or straw bales; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Carry out landscape maintenance for agricultural contracting

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Version 6

6290 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare equipment and machinery for landscape maintenance; maintain lawns and roadside verges; cultivate and fertilise gardens and control weeds; maintain trees, shrubs, and hedges; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Level 4

Operate a tracked tractor and equipment for agricultural contracting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard and unit standard 19574 have been replaced by unit standard 28780.

19562 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of tracked tractors and attachments for agricultural contracting; identify hazards and describe safety procedures for operating a tracked tractor for agricultural contracting; prepare the tracked tractor for use in agricultural contracting; carry out field preparation; operate the tracked tractor for land development; carry out post-operational procedures; and move the tracked tractor from site to site.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Use a roller crusher for land development
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

19565 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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This unit standard is for people who are already competent at driving a bulldozer and who operate one for developing land. People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare equipment and machinery; prepare to develop land using a roller crusher; develop land using a roller crusher; and maintain roller crusher equipment and machinery.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Use a rootrake for land development
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

19566 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare rootraking equipment and machinery; prepare to develop land using a rootrake; develop land using a rootrake; and maintain rootraking equipment and machinery after use.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Remove stumps for land development
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

19567 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare stump removal equipment and machinery; prepare for stump removal; remove stumps; and maintain stump removal equipment and machinery after use.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Cultivate soil using minimum tillage and sow seed
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

19568 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare minimum tillage equipment; prepare for minimum tillage; cultivate soil and sow seed; and maintain minimum tillage equipment.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Sow seed for crops

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19569 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: confirm job instructions; select and prepare equipment and machinery for sowing crops; carry out field preparation; sow seed for crops; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a mower for rural contracting

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Version 4

19570 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare mowing equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; operate a mower to mow crops and roadside vegetation; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a hydraulic arm mower on hedges and verges

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Version 4

19571 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare cutting equipment and machinery; prepare for trimming or mowing; trim hedge using a hydraulic arm mower; mow verge using a hydraulic arm mower; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Prepare and harvest cereal silage
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

19572 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare cereal silage equipment and machinery; prepare to harvest cereal silage crop; harvest and stack cereal silage crop; and maintain cereal silage equipment and machinery.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Operate a hydraulic excavator for agricultural contracting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3

19575 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of hydraulic excavators and attachments; prepare for hydraulic excavator operations; manoeuvre and control excavator on an agricultural contracting site; load, mix, and place materials on an agricultural contracting site with a hydraulic excavator; scrape, excavate, and strip a site for land development with a hydraulic excavator; use a hydraulic excavator for land drainage works and trenching; handle rock, non-earth materials, and silage with a hydraulic excavator; carry out post-operational procedures; and move a hydraulic excavator from site to site.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Demonstrate use of survey equipment for agricultural contracting land development
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

23621 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to prepare the survey equipment for use, and demonstrate use of the survey equipment for agricultural contracting land development.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a mobile weighbridge for agricultural contracting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

23624 Unit Standard 4 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: transport and set up weighbridge; carry out weighing operations with the weighbridge; and pack up and transport the weighbridge.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a loader wagon for silage harvesting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2

23626 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare for harvesting operations; operate the loader wagon to harvest silage; convey the loads to stacks and unload; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a forage harvester
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard and unit standard 6277 have been replaced by unit standard 28783.

23634 Unit Standard 25 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare the forage harvester for harvesting; carry out field preparation; carry out harvesting with the forage harvester; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Operate stacking equipment and machinery for silage production

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Version 3

23636 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: clarify job instructions; select and prepare equipment and machinery for silage stacking; carry out field preparation; build silage stacks with stacking equipment and machinery; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a harvester

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Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 6277 and unit standard 23634.

28783 Unit Standard 25 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: clarify job instructions; select and prepare the harvester for harvesting; carry out field preparation; carry out harvesting with a harvester; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Plan and install an open drain system for rural land drainage
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6260 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: plan the open drain system for rural land; select and prepare equipment and machinery for open drain system; install an open drain rural land drain system; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Plan and install an underground drain system for rural land drainage
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6261 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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people credited with this unit standard are able to: plan the underground drain system for rural land; select and prepare equipment, machinery, and materials for underground drain system; install an underground rural land drain system; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Thin shelter belts and/or plantations

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Version 7

6264 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare thinning equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; thin shelter belts and/or plantations; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Trim and limb shelter belts
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6265 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare trimming and limbing equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; trim shelter belt; limb shelter belt; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Apply fertiliser to pasture and crops
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard has been replaced by unit standard 28782.

6266 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of fertilisers and their application; select and prepare fertiliser application equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; apply fertiliser to pasture and crops; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Cultivate soil using a mould-board plough
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard and unit standard 6280 have been replaced by unit standard 23638.

6268 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of ploughing; select and prepare equipment and machinery; prepare to plough; cultivate soil using a plough; and maintain equipment and machinery after use.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Cultivate soil using a power take off driven cultivator
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard, unit standard 6270, and unit standard 6275 have been replaced by unit standard 28781.

6269 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare cultivating equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; cultivate soil using power take off driven cultivation equipment; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Cultivate soil using disc and/or tine cultivation equipment
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard, unit standard 6269, and unit standard 6275 have been replaced by unit standard 28781.

6270 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare cultivation equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; cultivate soil using disc and/or tine equipment; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Prepare seedbed on ploughed land
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6271 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of seedbed preparation; select and prepare equipment and machinery for seedbed preparation; prepare to carry out seedbed preparation; prepare seedbed on ploughed land; and maintain power-driven cultivation equipment and machinery after use.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Prepare seedbed on cultivated land
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6272 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of seedbed preparation; select and prepare equipment and machinery for preparing seedbed on cultivated land; prepare to carry out seedbed preparation; prepare seedbed on cultivated land; and maintain disc or tine cultivation equipment and machinery after use.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Sow pasture crops
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6274 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare equipment and machinery for sowing pasture crops; prepare to sow pasture; sow seed for pasture; and maintain pasture sowing equipment and machinery after use.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Operate a grain and seed drill for agricultural contracting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard, unit standard 6269, and unit standard 6270 have been replaced by unit standard 28781.

6275 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare equipment and machinery for sowing grain and seed crops; carry out field preparation; operate the grain and seed drill; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Operate a precision planter for agricultural contracting

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Version 6

6276 Unit Standard 15 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare tractor and precision planter for sowing seed and/or planting; carry out field preparation; operate the planter; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Operate a combine harvester
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard and unit standard 23634 have been replaced by unit standard 28783.

6277 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare the combine harvester for harvesting; carry out field preparation; carry out harvesting with the combine harvester; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Te Pūkenga - New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology

Operate a root crop harvester

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Version 6

6278 Unit Standard 20 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare root crop harvesting equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation; operate the root crop harvester; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Consent & Moderation Requirements:

CMR 101 Word PDF

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Harvest oats and prepare chaff
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6279 Unit Standard 8 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare oat harvesting machinery and equipment; prepare to harvest oat crop; harvest oats and cut chaff; and maintain oat harvesting equipment and machinery.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Use a swamp plough for land development
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard and unit standard 6268 have been replaced by unit standard 23638.

6280 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare swamp equipment and machinery; prepare to plough; develop land using a swamp plough; and maintain swamp ploughing equipment and machinery.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Operate heavy chipping and mulching machinery for agricultural contracting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6283 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: check and prepare heavy chipping and mulching machinery before use; operate the heavy chipping and mulching machinery; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Construct farm tracks and prepare on-farm building sites
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6284 Unit Standard 17 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare track construction equipment and machinery; carry out field preparation to construct farm tracks and on-farm building sites; construct farm tracks and on-farm building sites; and carry out post-operational procedures.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Prepare and harvest chopped silage
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6287 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare silage harvesting, transporting, stacking, and compaction equipment and machinery; prepare to harvest silage crop; harvest silage crop; transport and store chopped silage crop; and maintain silage harvesting equipment and machinery.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Harvest baled silage
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6288 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare silage harvesting and baling equipment and machinery; prepare to harvest silage crop; harvest silage crop; transport and store silage crop; and maintain silage harvesting and baling equipment and machinery.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Harvest maize silage
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6

6289 Unit Standard 5 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: select and prepare maize silage equipment and machinery; prepare to harvest maize silage crop; harvest maize silage crop; transport and store maize silage crop; and maintain maize harvesting equipment and machinery.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Level 5

Manage health and safety for an agricultural contracting workplace
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 3 This unit standard replaced unit standard 6248.

19561 Unit Standard 6 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: develop or review a health and safety plan for an agricultural contracting workplace; implement the health and safety plan; account for accidents, near hits, and serious harm in the agricultural contracting workplace; and develop an emergency action plan for the agricultural contracting workplace.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Plan the acquisition of plant for agricultural contracting
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 6249 and unit standard 6291.

23627 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to determine rural contracting plant to acquire, and determine optimal acquisition arrangement and produce required financial details.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Prepare a purchasing plan for agricultural contracting equipment
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard and unit standard 6249 have been replaced by unit standard 23627.

6291 Unit Standard 9 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: define agricultural contracting equipment requirements; source information; and prepare the purchasing plan for agricultural contracting equipment.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Level 6

Plan, price, and manage agricultural contracting work
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 2 This unit standard replaced unit standard 6292 and unit standard 6293.

23628 Unit Standard 30 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess requirements for agricultural contracting work; develop the agricultural contracting work programme; price the agricultural contracting work; manage on-site preparation for the agricultural work programme; manage the agricultural work programme; manage care of the machinery and equipment; and manage reporting requirements.

Standard-setting body:

Muka Tangata - People, Food and Fibre Workforce Development Council

Plan and price agricultural contracting work
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard and unit standard 6293 have been replaced by unit standard 23628.

6292 Unit Standard 10 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess client's requirements; plan the agricultural contracting programme; and price agricultural contracting work.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

Manage the implementation of agricultural contracting work
This standard has expired and is no longer available.

Version 6 This unit standard and unit standard 6292 have been replaced by unit standard 23628.

6293 Unit Standard 12 Credits

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People credited with this unit standard are able to: assess requirements for agricultural contracting work; manage the selection and preparation of agricultural contracting machinery and equipment; plan and timetable the work; and manage agricultural contracting work.

Standard-setting body:

Infrastructure ITO - InfraTrain

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