Domain - Apiculture

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Level 2
	17	Unit	Perform elementary beekeeping practices This standard has expired and is no longer available.	2 Credits
	19883	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of beehive, and beehive frame assembly and repair This standard has expired and is no longer available.	2 Credits
	19884	Unit	Construct and repair beehives, and beehive frames This standard has expired and is no longer available.	4 Credits
	19885	Unit	Open and close a beehive, work in an apiary, and feed a beehive This standard has expired and is no longer available.	5 Credits
	19886	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of disease in the bee colony This standard has expired and is no longer available.	3 Credits
	19887	Unit	Identify disease in a bee colony, and conduct apiary site management in the presence of disease This standard has expired and is no longer available.	4 Credits
	19888	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand beekeeping industry, and career and training opportunities This standard has expired and is no longer available.	2 Credits
	19889	Unit	Prepare a beehive for wintering This standard has expired and is no longer available.	2 Credits
	19890	Unit	Requeen a beehive This standard has expired and is no longer available.	3 Credits
	19893	Unit	Describe physical characteristics of bees and their behaviour This standard has expired and is no longer available.	3 Credits
	25893	Unit	Describe bee feeding, feeders and types of bee feed This standard has expired and is no longer available.	2 Credits
	25899	Unit	Describe honey bees, beehives, bee stings, bee diseases, and honey harvesting and processing This standard has expired and is no longer available.	2 Credits
	30782	Unit	Feed bees in beehives under close supervision	6 Credits
	30783	Unit	Open and close beehives under close supervision	5 Credits
	30791	Unit	Demonstrate understanding of honey bee physical features, castes, bee stings and beehive health	5 Credits
	30794	Unit	Demonstrate understanding of managing bee behaviour, and assist with beehive manipulations, under close supervision	7 Credits
	30796	Unit	Demonstrate understanding of the process, role and significance of plant pollination by bees	3 Credits
	30797	Unit	Demonstrate understanding of beekeeping equipment and honey extraction, and use equipment for routine operations	4 Credits
Level 3
	19891	Unit	Remove honey from beehives, and assist with extraction of honey and product processing This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
	19892	Unit	Describe beehive transport requirements, and transport and establish beehives on site	5 Credits
	20250	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of endemic and exotic bee diseases, disorders, pests, and conditions This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
	20254	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of plants and their role in beekeeping This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
	20257	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of the varroa mite and its control in the beekeeping industry This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
	20258	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of American foulbrood (AFB) and its control in the beekeeping industry This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
	25889	Unit	Remove honey supers from beehives This standard has expired and is no longer available.	3 Credits
	25890	Unit	Assist with the commercial extraction of honey and product processing This standard has expired and is no longer available.	4 Credits
	25894	Unit	Extract honey	4 Credits
	25896	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of honey grading, creaming, and packing This standard has expired and is no longer available.	2 Credits
	25898	Unit	Describe the export system and certification requirements for bee producers and bee products This standard has expired and is no longer available.	3 Credits
	30784	Unit	Describe and carry out wintering down of beehives	3 Credits
	30785	Unit	Describe re-queening and re-queen a beehive	3 Credits
	30788	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of plants that provide feed for bees and harvest declarations	4 Credits
	30789	Unit	Describe American foulbrood, varroa mite, and other bee pests and diseases found in New Zealand	10 Credits
	30790	Unit	Assess beehive health, monitor beehive feed requirements, and feed bees	6 Credits
	30792	Unit	Carry out honey harvesting	3 Credits
	30795	Unit	Carry out an apiary pest and disease management plan over an apiculture season	15 Credits
	30798	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of bees, the bee life cycle and adult bee behaviour patterns	4 Credits
	30799	Unit	Describe swarming and methods for swarm control, control a swarm, and unite and divide beehives	3 Credits
	30843	Unit	Identify and describe beehive construction equipment, and construct and repair beehives	5 Credits
	46	Unit	Undertake general beekeeping tasks This standard has expired and is no longer available.	4 Credits
	47	Unit	Harvest honey This standard has expired and is no longer available.	3 Credits
	55	Unit	Control pests and diseases in the hive This standard has expired and is no longer available.	4 Credits
Level 4
	20249	Unit	Manipulate beehives in spring, evaluate queen performance, and requeen beehives This standard has expired and is no longer available.	7 Credits
	20251	Unit	Use and maintain a honey processing plant This standard has expired and is no longer available.	7 Credits
	20252	Unit	Rear queen bees This standard has expired and is no longer available.	9 Credits
	20253	Unit	Plan and manage beehives for pollination programmes This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
	20255	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of the role of bees in arable crop, orchard and pasture pollination	3 Credits
	20256	Unit	Describe honey and honey production, and the production processes for beehive products	6 Credits
	25891	Unit	Describe the process of rearing queen bees This standard has expired and is no longer available.	3 Credits
	25892	Unit	Rear queen bees This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
	25897	Unit	Describe risk management programmes (RMPs) and the Code of Practice (COP) for honey houses This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
	30786	Unit	Implement and monitor a seasonal beehive management plan	10 Credits
	30787	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of significant exotic bees, bee diseases, disorders, pests, and bee management practices	5 Credits
	30793	Unit	Implement and monitor food safety procedures in an apiculture operation	4 Credits
	30800	Unit	Implement and monitor a beehive nutritional management plan	6 Credits
	30801	Unit	Describe the nutritional requirements of bees and feeding regimes for bees in different seasonal conditions	3 Credits
	30802	Unit	Describe flowering plants and their role in beekeeping	3 Credits
	30803	Unit	Research the operation of, and develop a business strategy for, an apiculture business This standard has expired and is no longer available.	10 Credits
	30804	Unit	Implement and monitor a bee disease management plan, and recommend changes	10 Credits
	31605	Unit	Describe the queen bee and drone bee life cycles, anatomy and reproduction processes	10 Credits
	31606	Unit	Prepare a seasonal queen bee rearing management plan	5 Credits
	31607	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of genetics, bee breeding programmes, and instrumental insemination of queen bees	8 Credits
	31608	Unit	Demonstrate knowledge of, and carry out, hive manipulations for queen bee rearing	8 Credits
	31609	Unit	Prepare a nucleus beehive suitable for producing mated queen bees, and introduce and monitor the queen cell until mated	5 Credits
	31610	Unit	Assess breeder queen bees and undertake breeder queen bee selection This standard has expired and is no longer available.	5 Credits
	31611	Unit	Prepare for and graft queen bees and distribute for domestic supply	8 Credits
	31612	Unit	Implement a pest and disease management plan for queen bee rearing	5 Credits
	31613	Unit	Identify goals and objectives, and develop a business strategy for a queen bee rearing business This standard has expired and is no longer available.	5 Credits
	32204	Unit	Describe the selection criteria for breeder queen bees and beehive characteristics	6 Credits
	32205	Unit	Analyse beehive management and pest and disease management plans, and recommend improvements	10 Credits
	32206	Unit	Analyse seasonal queen bee rearing and pest and disease management plans, and recommend improvements	5 Credits
	54	Unit	Manipulate hives in spring and autumn This standard has expired and is no longer available.	6 Credits
Level 5
	25895	Unit	Describe and prepare for artificial insemination, and artificially inseminate queen honey bees This standard has expired and is no longer available.	4 Credits

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