NZQA registered unit standard 1243 version 8 Page 1 of 5. Forestry > Forest Silvicultural Operations

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1 Page 1 of 5 Title Prune plantation trees from the ground Level 3 Credits 10 Purpose This unit standard is intended for people employed in a pruning role in a forestry operation. People credited with this unit standard are able to: maintain equipment used for pruning plantation trees from the ground; prepare for pruning plantation trees from the ground; demonstrate knowledge of pruning quality; and prune plantation trees from the ground in accordance with the job prescription. Classification Forestry > Forest Silvicultural Operations Available grade Achieved Explanatory notes 1 This unit standard must be assessed against on-job. 2 Definitions Accepted forestry industry practice refers to documented codes of practice and standardised procedures accepted by the wider forestry industry as examples of best practice. Job prescription refers to any written instructions for the operation and may include maps, harvest plans or cut plans. Forestry operations include land preparation, planting, releasing, pruning, and thinning to waste. PPE refers to personal protective equipment and may include but is not limited to high-viz, protective clothing, gloves, face and eye protection, safety helmet, footwear, hearing protection, and safety devices. Worksite procedures refer to documented procedures used by the organisation carrying out the work and applicable to the tasks being carried out. They may include but are not limited to standard operating procedures, site safety procedures, equipment operating procedures, quality assurance procedures, housekeeping standards, procedures to comply with legislative and local body requirements. Outcomes and evidence requirements Outcome 1 Maintain equipment used for pruning plantation trees from the ground.

2 Page 2 of Items of equipment are maintained in accordance with accepted forestry may include pruners or loppers, jacksaw, pouch, steps, gauge, epicormic remover. 1.2 Spare parts and maintenance tools are checked and available to enable equipment maintenance. may include but is not limited to bolts, nuts, cutting jaws, saw blades, spanners, screwdriver, sharpening files or stones; 1.3 First aid requirements are checked and available in accordance with accepted forestry Outcome 2 Prepare for pruning plantation trees from the ground. 2.1 PPE is maintained and worn in accordance with worksite procedures. 2.2 Hazards associated with pruning trees and a method of control for each is explained in accordance with worksite procedures and accepted forestry hazards may include but are not limited to cuts, trips, falls, hit by branch, hyperthermia, hypothermia, dehydration, stand/block hazards, working at heights, use of tools, slash, other workers, surrounding vegetation, terrain, ground conditions, weather conditions; evidence of six hazards is required. 2.3 The reason for on-going hazard identification is explained in accordance with accepted forestry 2.4 Factors that may change hazards or introduce new hazards are described in accordance with accepted forestry weather, terrain, hindrance, fatigue.

3 Page 3 of 5 Outcome 3 Demonstrate knowledge of pruning quality. 3.1 Processes for maintaining standards of quality within a pruning operation are described in accordance with worksite procedures and accepted forestry may include but is not limited to plotting, supervision. 3.2 The importance of regular quality control procedures as a management tool within a pruning operation is explained in accordance with accepted forestry 3.3 Effects of pruning too many stems are described in accordance with accepted forestry operational costs, job efficiency, influence on future operations. 3.4 Effects of incorrect heights (over-prune, under-prune) are explained in accordance with accepted forestry growth, mortality, production rate, tree stress, payment, reworks, infection risk. Outcome 4 Prune plantation trees from the ground in accordance with the job prescription. 4.1 Job prescription is used to establish specific job requirements. production, quality, health and safety, environmental. 4.2 Work practice is safe in accordance with accepted forestry 4.3 Work method is ergonomically efficient in accordance with accepted forestry body position, efficient movements, correct pruning techniques, minimal work above head, minimal overreaching, warm up or stretching, equipment well maintained and appropriate for use, safe entry to tree, systematic method, two handed use is maximised, cutting tools carried safely in a pouch when not in use. 4.4 Branches and epicormics are removed flush from the stem with minimal scarring in accordance with accepted forestry

4 Page 4 of Key features of the block and boundaries are identified in accordance with the job prescription. may include but is not limited to block boundaries, access points, exit points, gullies, streams, roads, environmentally or culturally sensitive sites; 4.6 Pruning work is assessed for quality and under-pruning is rectified in accordance with worksite procedures. may include but is not limited to stem damage, stocking, spacing, pruned height, pruned to gauged diameter, form pruning, remaining green crown, requirements met; 4.7 Output meets predetermined production and quality requirements. Planned review date 31 December 2020 Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions Process Version Date Last Date for Assessment Registration 1 28 January December 2012 Review 2 8 November December 2012 Revision 3 19 June December 2012 Review 4 5 December December 2012 Review 5 22 May December 2012 Revision 6 16 July December 2013 Revision 7 15 September December 2016 Review 8 19 March 2015 N/A Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference 0173 This CMR can be accessed at Please note Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment. Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards. Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

5 Page 5 of 5 Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR). The CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special resource requirements. Comments on this unit standard Please contact qualifications@competenz.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.