People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of: forest protection regulations, authorities, and research facilities; the potential risk to New Zealand forests, trees, and wood from fungi and insects not yet established in New Zealand; insects, fungi, and abiotic agents affecting forests, trees, and wood in New Zealand; forest protection strategies and methods of detecting potentially injurious agents; assessment, control, and management methods associated with injurious, or potentially injurious, insects, fungi, and abiotic agents affecting trees, forests, and wood in New Zealand.
This unit standard is recommended for entry to some of the unit standards in the Forest Health Surveillance domain. The knowledge and skills detailed in this unit standard can be applied to the protection of plantation, native or urban forests, and also to forest produce.
This unit standard may be used to recognise the knowledge and skills required for forest managers'' general overview of forest surveillance.
