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Domain - Apiculture
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TOP > Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Agriculture > Apiculture
0 Qualifications | 73 Assessment Standards (73 Units) | View Education Organisations with Consent to Assess |
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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 |