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Registration of new Land-Based Environmental Management unit standards

 

Subfield	Domain	ID
Environment	Land-Based Environmental Management	26173-26175

 

NZQA has registered the new unit standards listed above that were developed by the NZ Sports Turf Industry Training Organisation.

 

Date new versions published                                                          March 2010

 

Planned review date                                                                           December 2015

 

Summary of consultation and collaboration

 

The NZ Sports Turf Industry Training Organisation carried out research and consultation with the sports turf industry during 2008 and 2009 that confirmed that skills in and knowledge of environmental land management were of strategic importance.  During the consultation stage with the Agriculture and Horticulture ITOs the potential to broaden and apply the skill and knowledge base to other land-based industries was confirmed.

 

The ITO invested TEC sector leadership funding into a collaborative project with the NZ Sports Turf Institute as subject matter experts, and the Agriculture Industry Training Organisation, the NZ Horticulture Industry Training Organisation, and the Equine Industry Training Organisation.  It also worked with the sports turf industry (nationally and internationally), local government, regional councils, and other ITOs in the scoping of the project and the development of the standards.

 

These standards have been designed to cover environmental management skills and practices common to land-based workplaces.

 

Extensions to existing accreditations

 

For the collaboration partners, accreditation for the domain has been extended in keeping with their current NQF accreditation as follows:

 

Organisation	NQF Level
Agriculture Industry Training Organisation	6
NZ Horticulture Industry Training Organisation	6
Equine Industry Training Organisation	8

 

The following organisations have also had their accreditation for the domain extended in line with their current accreditation for the Sports Turf subfield as follows:

 

Organisation	NQF Level
New Zealand Sports Turf Institute	7
Otago Polytechnic	7
The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand	7

 

Detailed list of unit standards - classification, title, level, and credits

 

Sciences > Environment > Land-Based Environmental Management

ID	Title	Level	Credit
26173	Describe the environmental relevance of legislation, council plans, and resource consents to a land-based industry	5	5
26174	Carry out an environmental audit for a land-based workplace, report, and develop an action plan for changes	5	10
26175	Assess land-based workplace practices for their environmental impact, and the impact of sustainability strategies	5	7