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Catch, restrain, lift, and move pigs

Level / 3
Credits / 6

Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: catch, restrain, and lift pigs manually; and move pigs.

Subfield / Pork Production
Domain / Pig Husbandry
Status / Registered
Status date / 19 March 2010
Date version published / 19 March 2010
Planned review date / 31 December 2014
Entry information / Open.
Replacement information / This unit standard and unit standard 22082 replaced unit standard 4457.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation and visit by NZQA, industry and teaching professional in the same field from another provider.
Standard setting body (SSB) / Primary Industry Training Organisation
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference / 0052

This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.

Special notes

1 Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Animal Welfare Act 1999 and the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992.

2 Performance of all aspects of this unit standard should comply with:

The New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Animal Welfare (Pigs) Code of Welfare 2005, Wellington (referred to as the welfare code), available at http://www.biosecurity.govt.nz/animal-welfare/codes/pigs/index.htm.

The Animal Status Declaration (ASD) for Pigs. The ASD is under the general umbrella of the Animal Products Act 1999, and regulated under the Animal Products (Specifications for Products Intended for Human Consumption) Notice 2004.

3 Definition

On-farm procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for pig health, welfare, and management.

4 Assessment

Assessment for element 2 requires that people move pigs without assistance.

Situations where more than one handler is required for safety reasons should not be used for assessment.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Catch, restrain, and lift pigs manually.

Range must include – piglets;

may include – weaners, mature pigs.

Performance criteria

1.1 Pigs are caught and restrained in accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.

1.2 Pigs are lifted in accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.

1.3 Pigs are restrained and lifted with minimal stress and without injury to pigs or handler(s) in accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.

Element 2

Move pigs.

Range weaners, growers, sows, boars.

Performance criteria

2.1 The route the pigs are to move over is prepared in advance in accordance with on-farm procedures.

Range no obstructions, exits blocked, gates in required position.

2.2 Pigs are moved with minimal stress and without injury to pigs or handler(s) in accordance with the welfare code and on-farm procedures.

2.3 Pig behaviour is anticipated and controlled in accordance with the welfare code.

2.4 On-farm safety procedures are observed in accordance with health and safety legislation.

Range use of stock board, handler’s position in relation to pigs, specific requirements for boars.

2.5 Pigs are moved in a timeframe appropriate to the distance moved and number and class of animals in accordance with on-farm procedures.

2.6 Group size enables safe movement by one person.

2.7 Transfer details are recorded in accordance with on-farm procedures and ASD requirements.

Please note

Providers must be accredited by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses of study leading to that assessment.

Industry Training Organisations must be accredited by NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.

Accredited providers and Industry Training Organisations assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that applies to those standards.

Accreditation requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The AMAP 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 the Primary Industry Training Organisation if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.

Ó New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2013