FIELD                   LAW AND SECURITY

 

Revision and rollover of Biosecurity unit standards 16827, 16828, and 19221

 

Subfield	Domain	Id
Biosecurity	Border Quarantine	16827, 16828, 19221

 

Forest Industries Training and Education Council (FITEC) has revised the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                        September 2006

 

Planned review date                        December 2011

 

Reason for the revision

 

This revision was necessary because of changes to the processes and procedures of the biosecurity inspection of aircraft arriving from outside the territorial airspace of New Zealand.  The three unit standards cover the inspection and biosecurity requirements of (respectively): the aircraft itself; the passengers and crew; and the working environment of international airports.

 

Main changes resulting from the revision

 

·      Unit standard 16827 title changed to 'Identify and action biosecurity requirements for international aircraft'

·      Unit standard 16827 decreased from level 6 to level 5

·      Prerequisite requirements changed for unit standard 16828

·      Removal of reference to the International Plant Protection Convention in special notes of unit standards 16827 and 16828

·      Reference to MAF Biosecurity Authority changed to Biosecurity New Zealand

·      Changes to the procedures for aircraft inspection

·      Changes to procedures relating to non-compliance

·      Addition of 'airport operators' to aviation organisations

·      Addition of 'MAFQS enforcement group' to MAF internal relationships

·      Inclusion of definitions for ADI and QUANPAX databases.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

None.

 

Impact on Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP)

 

None.

 

Impact on existing qualification

 

The qualification that contains the revised standard is tabled below.

 

Affected	The qualification lists a revised classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits
Not materially affected	The qualification lists a standard that has a new title The qualification lists a standard that has a new classification

 

The following FITEC qualification is affected by the changes and will be updated when it is next reviewed.

 

Qualification title	Standard in the qualification
National Certificate in Biosecurity (Border Quarantine) with strands in International Cargo Clearance, International Vessel Clearance, International Aircraft Clearance, and International Mail Clearance [Ref: 0952]	16827

 

Summary of main changes

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Subfield                        Biosecurity

Domain                        Border Quarantine

Id	Title	Level	Credit
16827	Identify and action biosecurity requirements for overseas aircraft	6	8
	Identify and action biosecurity requirements for international aircraft	5
16828	Inspect and deal with biosecurity risks and requirements for passengers and crew	6	12
19221	Demonstrate knowledge of working environments for international airports	3	4