FIELD            AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

 

Revision and Rollover of Seafood Vessel Operations unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

Id

Seafood

Seafood Vessel Operations

17935-17954, 17958

 

The Seafood Industry Training Organisation has revised the unit standards listed above that were registered in February 2001.  The unit standards have also had their period of registration extended.

 

The reason for the rollover is to maintain the currency of the unit standards until they have been reviewed.

 

Date new versions published                                                      January 2004

 

New comments by date                                                                December 2005

 

Expiry date of new versions of the unit standards                December 2006

 

Reason for the Revision

 

The revision was initiated by the Vessel Operations Advisory Group of SITO in response to a request from the Seafood Vessel Operations National Moderator to address minor points of concern within the unit standards.

 

The Advisory Group set up a revision meeting of the moderator, assessors, and industry representatives to ensure the Factory Trawler Technician unit standards and qualifications continued to meet industry requirements, and make any changes required to assist assessment and moderation.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

The revision process resulted in the following changes to the unit standards.

·        The wording of unit standard 17935 was changed to better reflect industry use of the terms 'conversion factor' and 'yield'.

·        The Special Note of unit standard 17940 was changed to allow technicians working exclusively within the Hoki fleet to achieve the unit standard.

·        Element 2 and special note 1 of unit standard 17953 were amended to allow assessment to take place ashore.

·        References to legislation and industry standards have been updated.

·        The prerequisite for unit standard 17951 has been removed.

 

Impact on existing accreditations

 

The revision will have no impact on accreditations.

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

The revision will have no impact on existing qualifications.