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Title / Drive a light utility vehicle (LUV) on hilly terrain
Level / 3 / Credits / 4
Purpose / People credited with this unit standard are able to drive a LUV on hilly terrain.
Classification / Agriculture > Agricultural Vehicles and Machinery
Available grade / Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and safety prerequisites / Unit 24553,Drive a light utility vehicle (LUV) on flat terrain,or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Explanatory notes
1Definition
A light utility vehicle (LUV) (previously known as an ATVU or SPV) is a lightweight vehicle (less than 1000kg), principally designed for off-road use, with a steering wheel and side-by-side seating for at least one passenger. A LUV has some or all of the following features – a carry tray, rollover protection bars, a minimum of four wheels, low pressure tyres, automatic transmission, differential.
2For the purposes of this unit standard, hilly terrain is defined as class D, E and F land under the Land Use Capability Classification, which comprises slopes between 16º and 35º. More detail is available at
3Assessment
During assessment, manufacturer’s recommendations and legislative requirements for the minimum age of a person driving a LUV must be complied with.
4Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes but is not limited to the – Land Transport Act 1998, Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, and their subsequent amendments.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Drive a LUV on hilly terrain.
Evidence requirements
1.1The route is planned in accordance with the terrain and weather conditions.
1.2LUV is controlled at speeds appropriate to the conditions, and risk of damage to self, others and property is minimised.
Rangesteering, braking, manoeuvrability, gear selection, reversing, use of seat belts, parking, hill start.
1.3Traction is maintained in difficult situations and is recovered in situations where loss of traction occurs.
Rangesituations may include but are not limited to – uphill, downhill, traversing a slope, wet conditions, loose surface conditions, rough terrain.
Replacement information / This unit standard and unit standard 24559 replaced unit standard 19058.Planned review date / 31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process / Version / Date / Last Date for AssessmentRegistration / 1 / 20 May 2008 / 31 December 2013
Review / 2 / 21 June 2012 / N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0052
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.
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 the Primary Industry Training Organisation if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Primary Industry Training OrganisationSSB Code 101558 / New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018