FIELD                 AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHERIES

 

Review of Vegetable Production unit standards 1781, 1793, 1796, 1802, 1805

 

Subfield	Domain	Id
Horticulture	Vegetable Production	1781, 1793, 1796, 1802, 1805

 

The New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisation has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          October 2008

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2013

 

Summary of review and consultation process

 

NZHITO, in conjunction with industry representatives, providers and other stakeholders have reviewed the unit standards within the Vegetable Production domain listed above. The review considered the following matters.

1   The currency of the unit standards and their suitability for existing and proposed qualifications.

2   The accuracy and appropriateness of their content to the vegetable industry.

3   The need to revise special notes, elements, performance criteria and range statements to ensure they were technically correct, up-to-date and accurately reflect industry practices.

4   The need to reassess credit values to more accurately reflect the time taken for learning and assessment.

 

The review of these unit standards has also been coordinated with the development of new unit standards for the Vegetable Production sector. The review has taken into consideration the time since these unit standards were last reviewed and the review of the National Certificate in Horticulture (Vegetable Production) (Level 4) [Ref: 0089].

 

Main changes resulting from the review

 

The Review process has resulted in the following changes to the unit standards:

·      The development of two new Vegetable Production unit standards, as listed at the end of this report.

·      The four of the existing vegetable production unit standards have, based upon their usage, industry requirements, and relationship to other unit standards in subfield Horticulture had changes in credit, special notes, elements, and performance criteria. Three have had increases in credit value and one has had a decrease in credit value.

·      Four existing unit standards have had changes made to their titles.

·      Unit standard 1796 was replaced by 25158.

 

The unit standard categorised as category C will expire at the end of December 2010.

 

Impact on existing provider accreditations

 

Current Accreditation for			Accreditation extended to
Nature of accreditation	Classification or Id	Level	Nature of accreditation	Classification or Id	Level
Standard	1796	2	Standard	25158	2

 

Impact on existing qualifications

 

Qualifications that contain the reviewed standards or classifications are tabled below.

 

Affected	The qualification lists a reviewed classification (domain or subfield) in an elective set The qualification lists a standard that has changes to level or credits The qualification lists a C or D category standard
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 New Zealand Horticulture Industry Training Organisation qualification is been affected by the outcome of this review and has been reviewed in 2008.

 

Qualification title	Classification or standard in the qualification
National Certificate in Horticulture (Vegetable Production) (Level 4) [Ref: 0089]	1781, 1796, 1802

 

Summary of main changes

 

All changes are in bold.

 

Key to review category
A	Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
B	Changes made, but the overall outcome remains the same - the new version of the standard carries the same Id and a new version number
C	Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new Id
D	Standard will expire and not be replaced

 

Subfield         Horticulture

Domain          Vegetable Production

Id	Title	Level	Credit	Review Category
1781	Select and apply post harvest treatments to vegetable crops Select and apply postharvest treatments to vegetable crops	4	3   5	B
1793	Store vegetable crops	2	3	B
1796 25158	Demonstrate knowledge of vegetable production Demonstrate knowledge of the vegetable production industry	2	4 5	C
1802	Recognise common pests, diseases, and disorders important to vegetable production Recognise common pests, diseases, and disorders important to a vegetable crop	4	5   4	B

 

1805	Monitor pest and benefical organisms in vegetable crops, and act at threshold levels Monitor pests in a vegetable crop, and investigate strategies to rectify an imbalance	4	3   4	B
25149	Coordinate vegetable production activities	4	10	New
25150	Manage requirements for production of a specified outdoor vegetable crop	4	20	New