Field Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Review of Forestry unit standards
|
Subfield |
Domain |
ID |
|
Forestry |
Forest Health Surveillance |
22131 |
|
Forest Operations Advanced |
28559 |
|
|
Forest Operations Management |
24582, 24583, 26799, 26800 |
|
|
Forestry Knowledge |
27963 |
|
|
Machine Operations - Forestry |
27628 |
|
|
Tree Felling |
24585, 28560 |
Competenz has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.
Date new versions published July 2020
Planned review date December 2024
Summary
Competenz has reviewed these units as part of the scheduled five yearly review.
All Stakeholders were advised of this review via email, Sector Advisory Group meetings, and Competenz Training Advisors. This review was conducted through face-to-face meetings with a Technical Advisory Group (TAG) consisting of industry experts, stakeholders and those holding the consent to assess.
Main changes
· Legislation and references were updated in the guidance information for all unit standards.
· Unit standard 28560 had credits raised from 10 to 15 to more accurately reflect the time required to learn the skills involved.
· Minor change to title of unit standards 24582 and 27628; a dash was added to correct the term ground-based.
· Some standards were updated to align with the current template.
· Some minor changes to wording were made in some standards to improve accuracy and clarity.
· A last date for assessment of older superseded versions was added to some standards.
Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits
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 |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Forestry > Forest Health Surveillance
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
22131 |
Demonstrate knowledge of tree health in New Zealand forest plantations |
3 |
5 |
B |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Forestry > Forest Operations Advanced
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
28559 |
Plan for and undertake safe behaviour observations in a forestry operation |
4 |
10 |
B |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Forestry > Forest Operations Management
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
24582 |
Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a ground based motor manual clear fell harvesting operation Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a ground-based motor manual clear fell harvesting operation |
5 |
15 |
B |
|
24583 |
Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a mechanised harvesting clear fell operation |
5 |
15 |
B |
|
26799 |
Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on a cable harvesting operation |
5 |
15 |
B |
|
26800 |
Plan for, manage, and perform quality control on an establishment or silviculture operation |
5 |
15 |
B |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Forestry > Forestry Knowledge
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
27963 |
Demonstrate foundation knowledge of plantation forest establishment and silviculture operations |
2 |
5 |
B |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Forestry > Machine Operations - Forestry
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
27628 |
Extract stems or logs using a ground based machine Extract stems or logs using a ground-based machine |
4 |
20 |
B |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Forestry > Tree Felling
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
24585 |
Use tree jacks to fell trees |
4 |
10 |
B |
|
28560 |
Fell trees in a commercial forest harvesting operation |
3 |
10 15 |
B |