Field Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Review of Apiculture unit standards
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Subfield |
Domain |
ID |
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Agriculture |
Apiculture |
19892, 20255, 20256, 25894, 25895, 30784-30790, 30792, 30793, 30795, 30798-30804, 30843, 31605-31613 |
Primary Industry Training Organisation has completed the review of the unit standards listed above.
Date new versions published September 2020
Planned review date December 2025
Summary
The review commenced in May 2020 to take into account changes to qualification graduate outcomes in the New Zealand Certificate in Apiculture (Level 3) [Ref: 2223]; the New Zealand Certificate in Apiculture (Level 4) [Ref: 2224], and the New Zealand Certificate in Apiculture (Queen Bee Rearing) (Level 4) [Ref: 2225].
A working group was formed which is made up of industry representatives nominated by Apiculture New Zealand (ApiNZ). The working group represented the wider Apiculture industry including queen bee rearing.
Unit standards were sent out to industry stakeholders and all consent to assess holders by online survey in May 2020 and also made available on the ApiNZ website for members to provide feedback.
Feedback was discussed in a meeting with the working group and changes were incorporated where appropriate. The updated unit standards were finalised in mid-July 2020.
Main changes
· Unit standards 25895, 30803, and 31613 were designated expiring without replacement as these standards are no longer required.
· Two new Level 4 unit standards were developed to meet the graduate outcomes of the reviewed qualifications listed above.
· Titles were amended for several unit standards to better reflect content.
· Credits increased for several unit standards to reflect the actual learning and assessment time required to achieve competency.
· Practical unit standard 31610 was designated expiring without replacement since a queen bee rearer is not required to select queen bees.
· A new unit standard was developed to cover the theoretical aspect of queen bee selection.
Category D unit standards will expire at the end of December 2022
Detailed list of unit standards – classification, title, level, and credits
All changes are in bold.
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Key to review category |
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A |
Dates changed, but no other changes are made - the new version of the standard carries the same ID and a new version number |
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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 |
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C |
Major changes that necessitate the registration of a replacement standard with a new ID |
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D |
Standard will expire and not be replaced |
Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries > Agriculture > Apiculture
|
ID |
Title |
Level |
Credit |
Review Category |
|
19892 |
Transport beehives Describe beehive transport requirements, and transport and establish beehives on site |
3 |
5 |
B |
|
20255 |
Demonstrate understanding of the role of bees in arable crop, orchard and pasture pollination Demonstrate knowledge of the role of bees in arable crop, orchard and pasture pollination |
4 |
3 |
B |
|
20256 |
Demonstrate understanding of the production processes for beehive products Describe honey and honey production, and the production processes for beehive products |
4 |
6 |
B |
|
25894 |
Extract honey |
3 |
4 |
B |
|
25895 |
Describe and prepare for artificial insemination, and artificially inseminate queen honey bees |
5 |
4 |
D |
|
30784 |
Demonstrate understanding of, and carry out, wintering down of beehives Describe and carry out wintering down of beehives |
3 |
3 |
B |
|
30785 |
Demonstrate understanding of re-queening and re-queen a beehive Describe re-queening and re-queen a beehive |
3 |
3 |
B |
|
30786 |
Develop, implement and monitor a seasonal beehive management plan Implement and monitor a seasonal beehive management plan |
4 |
10 |
B |
|
30787 |
Demonstrate understanding of significant exotic bees, bee diseases, disorders, pests and bee management practices Demonstrate knowledge of significant exotic bees, bee diseases, disorders, pests, and bee management practices |
4 |
5 |
B |
|
30788 |
Demonstrate understanding of plants that provide feed for bees and harvest declarations Demonstrate knowledge of plants that provide feed for bees and harvest declarations |
3 |
4 |
B |
|
30789 |
Demonstrate understanding of endemic bee pests and diseases Describe American foulbrood, varroa mite, and other bee pests and diseases found in New Zealand |
3 |
10 |
B |
|
30790 |
Assess beehives, feed bees and demonstrate understanding of bee feed requirements Assess beehive health, monitor beehive feed requirements, and feed bees |
3 |
6 |
B |
|
30792 |
Carry out honey harvesting |
3 |
3 |
B |
|
30793 |
Implement and monitor food safety procedures in an apiculture operation |
4 |
4 |
B |
|
30795 |
Carry out an apiary pest and disease management plan over an apiculture season |
3 |
15 |
B |
|
30798 |
Demonstrate understanding of the bee lifecycle Demonstrate knowledge of bees, the bee life cycle and adult bee behaviour patterns |
3 |
4 |
B |
|
30799 |
Demonstrate understanding of swarming and swarm control, and unite and divide beehives Describe swarming and methods for swarm control, control a swarm, and unite and divide beehives |
3 |
3 |
B |
|
30800 |
Develop, implement and monitor a beehive nutritional management plan Implement and monitor a beehive nutritional management plan |
4 |
6 |
B |
|
30801 |
Describe the nutritional requirements of bees and feeding regimes for bees in different seasonal conditions |
4 |
3 |
B |
|
30802 |
Demonstrate understanding of flowering plants and their role in beekeeping Describe flowering plants and their role in beekeeping |
4 |
3 |
B |
|
30803 |
Research the operation of, and develop a business strategy for, an apiculture business |
4 |
10 |
D |
|
30804 |
Develop, implement and monitor a bee disease management plan, and recommend changes Implement and monitor a bee disease management plan, and recommend changes |
4 |
10 |
B |
|
30843 |
Identify and describe beehive construction equipment, and construct and repair beehives |
3 |
5 |
B |
|
31605 |
Describe the queen bee and drone bee life cycles, anatomy and reproduction processes |
4 |
6 10 |
B |
|
31606 |
Prepare a seasonal queen bee rearing management plan |
4 |
4 5 |
B |
|
31607 |
Demonstrate knowledge of genetics, bee breeding programmes, and instrumental insemination of queen bees |
4 |
4 8 |
B |
|
31608 |
Demonstrate knowledge of, and carry out, hive manipulations for queen bee rearing |
4 |
6 8 |
B |
|
31609 |
Prepare a nucleus beehive suitable for producing mated queen bees Prepare a nucleus beehive suitable for producing mated queen bees, and introduce and monitor the queen cell until mated |
4 |
5 |
B |
|
31610 |
Assess breeder queen bees and undertake breeder queen bee selection |
4 |
5 |
D |
|
31611 |
Prepare queen bee rearing equipment, manipulate beehives for grafting, and graft queen bees Prepare for and graft queen bees and distribute for domestic supply |
4 |
5
8 |
B |
|
31612 |
Implement an endemic pest and disease management plan for queen bee rearing Implement a pest and disease management plan for queen bee rearing |
4 |
5 |
B |
|
31613 |
Identify goals and objectives, and develop a business strategy for a queen bee rearing business |
4 |
5 |
D |
|
32204 |
Describe the selection criteria for breeder queen bees and beehive characteristics |
4 |
6 |
New |
|
32205 |
Analyse beehive management and pest and disease management plans, and recommend improvements |
4 |
10 |
New |
|
32206 |
Analyse seasonal queen bee rearing and pest and disease management plans, and recommend improvements |
4 |
5 |
New |