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1 Qualification details Title New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture (Livestock Husbandry) (Level 3) (Dairy, and Meat and Fibre) Version 1 Qualification type Certificate Level 3 Credits 70 NZSCED Agriculture, Environmental and Related Studies > Agriculture > Animal Husbandry Qualification developer Primary ITO Next review December 2017 Approval date November 2013 Strategic purpose statement The purpose of this qualification is to provide the pastoral farming sector with individuals who have the skills and knowledge to carry out core livestock husbandry tasks in pastoral farming enterprises. Learners will benefit by having a qualification within a training pathway that recognises progression through the industry, as well as increased skills and knowledge acquisition to enable improved job performance. The livestock farming industry will benefit by having staff that are able to carry out livestock husbandry tasks in a safe and appropriate manner. This qualification is targeted at people with some experience in the pastoral farming sector who want to develop their livestock husbandry skills and knowledge. To achieve this qualification graduates will be able to carry out livestock husbandry relevant to either a dairy or meat/fibre context to meet the outcomes. Graduates will be capable of working under limited supervision. Outcome Statement Graduate profile Graduates of the qualification will be able: assist with mating and parturition assist with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of livestock health problems assist with the rearing of young stock. Dairy context: To achieve the New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture (Livestock Husbandry) (Level 3) (Dairy) graduates must be able to apply the skills and knowledge of livestock husbandry in a dairy context to Qualification Reference 2214 Page 1 of 6

2 meet the outcomes. Meat and Fibre context: To achieve the New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture (Livestock Husbandry) (Level 3) (Meat and Fibre) graduates must be able to apply the skills and knowledge of livestock husbandry in a specific meat and fibre context to meet the outcomes. Education pathway Employment pathway This qualification may build on the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (Level 2) with Primary Industries Vocational Pathways endorsement and may lead on to the New Zealand Certificate in Agriculture (Level 4) with strands in Arable Farming, Dairy Farming, and Livestock Farming [Ref: 2212]. Graduates of this qualification are likely to be employed within the livestock sector as farm assistants or shepherds. They may be employed full-time in a husbandry role or perform the work as part of a wider on-farm role. Qualification specifications Qualification award Evidence requirements for managing consistency This qualification may be awarded by the Primary ITO as the qualification developer and the industry training organisation arranging training leading to the qualification under section 5 of the Industry Training Act This qualification may also be awarded by an education organisation accredited under section 250 of the Education Act 1989 to deliver an approved programme leading to this qualification. The formal document certifying the award of this qualification will display the NZQF logo and may also include the name and/or logo of the awarding education organisation. All education organisations offering programmes leading to the qualification must engage with arrangements for managing consistency, including covering actual and reasonable related costs. Each education organisation is responsible for deciding what specific evidence it will provide to demonstrate how well its graduates meet the graduate profile outcomes of the qualification. Evidence of the following must be provided: Student feedback on course delivery and qualification achievement, their perception of the value of the training, and suggestions for improvements Feedback from employers on the level of skills, knowledge and behaviour demonstrated by graduates of the qualification Evidence of effective internal quality assurance systems Qualification Reference 2214 Page 2 of 6

3 Portfolios of work and/or assessment samples demonstrating the range of student performance within a programme TEOs can also provide any other relevant evidence that supports the consistency review. Arrangements for managing consistency All education organisations offering programmes leading to the qualification must engage with arrangements for managing consistency, including covering actual and reasonable related costs. The qualification developer will each year outline the focus of arrangements for managing consistency. Education organisations delivering programmes leading to the qualification will be required to: submit to the qualification developer a statement outlining their intended delivery for the coming year provide evidence demonstrating learners achievement of the qualification in the previous year. Evidence will be reviewed by one of a group of appropriately skilled and experienced Evaluator(s) appointed by the qualification developer. The review process may include: comparison of similar evidence across providers consultation with graduates and employers (including visits) consideration of internal quality assurance processes and external reviews. Evaluators will meet at least once yearly to calibrate acceptable standards of achievement across education organisations, determine appropriate evidence, and identify issues associated with outcome achievement and/or consistency. This process may include consultation with employers, industry bodies and education organisations. A report on the outcomes of the evaluators meeting will be published to: provide transparency as to the evaluators review process inform programme development and review provide guidance as to acceptable evidence for demonstrating graduates achievement of the qualifications outcomes and best practice for evidence collection assist the qualification developer to determine the focus of arrangements for managing consistency for the following year, including guidance for acceptable evidence. Each participating organisation will also be provided with a Qualification Reference 2214 Page 3 of 6

4 report on the review and assessment of evidence including any recommendations for improving consistency or evidence collection. Significant inconsistency issues will be followed up by the qualification developer with the education organisation and if necessary, the New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Detailed information regarding arrangements for managing consistency will be published and updated via the qualification developer s website. Please visit: Credit transfer and recognition of prior learning arrangements Minimum standard of achievement and standards for grade endorsements Entry requirements (including prerequisites to meet regulatory body or legislative requirements) Education organisations must have policies and procedures in place for managing credit transfer, and assessing recognition of prior learning and recognition of current competency. These policies and procedures, and information about associated fees, must be available to the candidate prior to enrolment. To facilitate credit transfer, education organisations must clearly demonstrate the equivalency or comparability between each of the outcomes in the graduate profile, and the assessment components of their programmes. The minimum standard of achievement required for award of the qualification will be the achievement of all graduate outcomes in the graduate profile through successful completion of an NZQA approved programme. There are no mandatory prerequisites to meet regulatory body, or legislative requirements for this qualification. Qualification conditions Overarching conditions relating to the qualification Conditions for programme structure Conditions for programme context None. Competency for this qualification will typically be demonstrated in a workplace environment. Dairy context includes any mammal that is being farmed for the production of milk and includes, but is not limited to, dairy cattle and dairy goats. Meat and Fibre specific contexts include any animal that is being farmed for the production of meat and/or fibre and includes, but is not limited to, beef cattle, deer, goats and sheep. Qualification Reference 2214 Page 4 of 6

5 Other conditions All outcomes in this qualification require aspects of record keeping and communication which should be considered as part of the assessment process. Compliance with workplace health and safety requirements, sustainable practices and animal welfare standards applies across all outcomes. Specific conditions relating to the Graduate profile Qualification outcomes Indicative Credits Conditions Mandatory or Optional 1 Assist with mating and parturition 30 It is expected that learners will assist over a mating season and a parturition season. Programmes should include the following topics, in the appropriate context: Livestock reproductive processes and practices Selection and culling of livestock Introduction to livestock traits and genetics Livestock handling Optional 2 Assist with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of livestock health problems 3 Assist with the rearing of young stock Livestock behaviour. 30 Programmes should include the following topics, in the appropriate context: Livestock anatomy and physiology Recognition and treatment of relevant livestock health issues Prevention programmes for livestock health Biosecurity issues relating to livestock Livestock behaviour Livestock handling. 10 Dairy context must involve care of calves from birth to weaning. Optional Mandatory Qualification Reference 2214 Page 5 of 6

6 Programmes should include the following topics, in the appropriate context: Rearing and management of young livestock from birth until first mating, weaning or slaughter Livestock handling Optional Livestock behaviour. Transition information Replacement information This qualification replaced the National Certificate in Agriculture (Cattle Breeding) (Level 3) with strands in Beef Cattle Farming, and Dairy Cattle Farming [Ref: 1436],the National Certificate in Agriculture (Stockmanship) (Level 3) [Ref: 1437], the National Certificate in Agriculture (Animal Health and Husbandry) (Level 3) with strands in Cattle Farming, and Sheep Farming [Ref: 1438], the National Certificate in Dairy Farming (Animal Health and Husbandry) (Level 3) [Ref: 1441], the National Certificate in Deer Farming (Level 3) [Ref: 1442], and the National Certificate in Sheep Farming (Sheep Breeding) (Level 3) [Ref: 1443]. Trainees currently enrolled in programmes leading to the replaced qualifications may either complete the requirements as specified below, or transfer their results to this replacement qualification. The last date for entry into programmes leading to the National Certificate in Sheep Farming (Sheep Breeding) (Level 3) [Ref: 1443] is 31 December The last date for award of the National Certificate in Sheep Farming (Sheep Breeding) (Level 3) [Ref: 1443] is 31 December 2016, at which time it will be designated as discontinued. The last date for entry into programmes leading to all other replaced qualifications is 31 December The last date for award of all other replaced qualifications is 31 December 2017, at which time they will be designated as discontinued. It is the intention of Primary ITO that no existing trainee should be disadvantaged by these transition arrangements. Any person who considers they have been disadvantaged may appeal to the Primary ITO. Republication information Version 1 of this qualification was republished in January 2015 to update the Evidence requirements for managing consistency Version 1 of this qualification was republished in June 2015 to extend the last date for entry into programmes leading to the replaced qualifications, other than the National Certificate in Sheep Farming (Sheep Breeding) (Level 3) [Ref: 1443], from 31 December 2015 to 31 December 2016 and the last date for award of the replaced qualifications, other than National Certificate in Sheep Farming (Sheep Breeding) (Level 3) [Ref: 1443], from 31 December 2016 to 31 December Qualification Reference 2214 Page 6 of 6