Field           Engineering and Technology

 

Review of Rural Contracting unit standards

 

Subfield

Domain

ID

Rural Contracting

Agrichemical Application

6236-6238, 6241, 6242, 6246, 6247, 23618

Agricultural Contracting

6257, 6260, 6261, 6265, 6267, 6283, 6284, 19561, 19563, 19564, 19575, 19576, 23621, 23622, 23624, 23626-23628

 

Connexis Infrastructure ITO has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Date new versions published                                                               March 2020

 

Summary

 

Connexis Infrastructure ITO consulted with Agrichemical Application contractors, the Rural Contractors Federation, Primary ITO and stakeholders completed a review of the unit standards listed above.

 

Consultation was carried out in February 2020 and providers with consent to assess had the opportunity to give feedback via email.  Due to low usage of the unit standards the decision was made to expire them without replacement.

 

Main changes

 

·      All standards were designated expiring without replacement.

 

These Category D unit standards will expire at the end of December 2021

 

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

 

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

 

Engineering and Technology > Rural Contracting > Agrichemical Application

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

6236

Operate a boom or band sprayer for agrichemical application

4

10

D

6237

Operate a handgun sprayer for agrichemical application

3

6

D

6238

Operate a knapsack motorised mist blower for agrichemical application

3

6

D

6241

Use a wiper type applicator for agrichemical application

2

2

D

6242

Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals to crops by band spraying

4

10

D

6246

Drive application equipment carrying diluted agrichemicals and develop an emergency procedure guide

4

8

D

6247

Prepare to apply, and apply, agrichemicals for external parasite control in livestock

4

20

D

23618

Plan, price, and manage an agrichemical application pest control programme

6

30

D

 

Engineering and Technology > Rural Contracting > Agricultural Contracting

ID

Title

Level

Credit

Review Category

6257

Operate a mounted front end loader unit for agricultural contracting

3

5

D

6260

Plan and install an open drain system for rural land drainage

4

10

D

6261

Plan and install an underground drain system for rural land drainage

4

15

D

6265

Trim and limb shelter belts

4

10

D

6267

Spread effluent on the land by tanker and/or muck spreader

3

5

D

6283

Operate heavy chipping and mulching machinery for agricultural contracting

4

10

D

6284

Construct farm tracks and prepare on-farm building sites

4

17

D

19561

Manage health and safety for an agricultural contracting workplace

5

6

D

19563

Install an agricultural or horticultural water reticulation system

3

10

D

19564

Install an agricultural or horticultural irrigation system

3

10

D

19575

Operate a hydraulic excavator for agricultural contracting

4

20

D

19576

Carry out multi-vehicle agricultural contracting operations on roads

3

6

D

23621

Demonstrate use of survey equipment for agricultural contracting land development

4

8

D

23622

Produce and confirm a plan to carry out a basic agricultural contracting operation

3

4

D

23624

Operate a mobile weighbridge for agricultural contracting

4

4

D

23626

Operate a loader wagon for silage harvesting

4

12

D

23627

Plan the acquisition of plant for agricultural contracting

5

9

D

23628

Plan, price, and manage agricultural contracting work

6

30

D