Field          Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

 

Revision of Forestry unit standards

 

Subfield	Domain	ID
Forestry	Forest Establishment	1232, 1234, 1237,1238
	Forest Foundation Skills	17769, 22998, 23000, 23001
	Forest Harvesting Operations	1262, 6921
	Forest Landing Operations	25787
	Forest Mechanised Harvesting	6944, 6946, 24584
	Forest Mensuration	6957, 17768
	Forest Operations	6916, 17772, 24575, 24579
	Forest Operations Advanced	1142, 1224, 24572
	Forest Silvicultural Operations	1243, 1245, 1247, 6951, 6972, 6973, 17756, 17767
	Forestry - Breaking Out	1231, 1256
	Forestry Business Management	4282
	Forestry Knowledge	1126
	Machine Operations - Forestry	6927, 6932, 6936
	Tree Felling	24570, 25952

 

The Forest Industries Training and Education Council (FITEC) has completed the revision of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                          July 2010

 

Summary

 

As part of FITEC's annual review process, feedback from worksites, assessors, and providers who use FITEC unit standards is recorded and investigated.  Industry subject matter experts have been consulted on feedback gathered over the past year.  As a result of this feedback and consultation, FITEC has amended 40 unit standards.  The amendments have minimal impact on unit standard outcomes.  Some special notes have been standardised during the course of this revision to meet FITEC's Unit Standard Writing Guidelines.

 

Main changes

 

·      Special notes have been updated for clarity.

·      Elements, performance criteria and ranges have been amended to clarify meaning, relevance, and ensure consistency.

 

The Registration Criteria for National Qualifications Framework (NQF) Unit Standards have been reviewed and replaced with the Quality assurance criteria for the listing of unit standards on the Directory of Assessment Standards.  The changes made to the criteria during this review reflect the replacement of the NQF and the Register with the New Zealand Qualifications Framework (NZQF) and the Directory of Assessment Standards, the inclusion of criteria for grades, and changes to terminology and format of unit standards.  The main changes to terminology are that:

• Special Notes were renamed Explanatory notes
• Elements were renamed Outcomes
• Performance Criteria were renamed Evidence requirements.

 

The unit standards covered by this report have been published in the new format.