18193 Demonstrate Knowledge of Farm Dairy Design, and the Effluent System

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Demonstrate knowledge of farm dairy design, and the effluent system

PurposePeople credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate knowledge of farm dairy design, and the farm dairy effluent system.

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Special notes

Legislation relevant to this unit standard includes the Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992, Resource Management Act 1991, and their subsequent amendments.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Demonstrate knowledge of farm dairy design features, layout, and components.

Performance criteria

1.1The components of farm dairies are described in terms of their design features.

Rangetanker loop, entry and exit races, yard layout, bail areas, animal movement areas, location of milking plant, milk storage area.

1.2Farm dairies are described in terms of their advantages and disadvantages for operators and animals.

Rangeherringbone, rotary.

1.3Milk plants are described in terms of their components and functions.

Rangecomponents – vacuum pump, teat cups, milk and vacuum tubes, milk line, air line, receiver, sanitary trap, milk filter, cooler, delivery line, refrigeration unit, regulator, silo or bulk milk tank, milk pump.

Element 2

Demonstrate knowledge of the farm dairy effluent system.

Performance criteria

2.1The farm dairy effluent system is described in terms of the components.

Rangecomponents for – collection, storage,treatment, disposal.

2.2The farm dairy effluent system is described in terms of key maintenance tasks, and associated requirements under the Resource Management Act 1991.

Rangemay include but is not limited to – shifting irrigators, disposal of effluent from storage, weed control, sediment control, cleaning stone traps and gratings, flushing lines

evidence is required for at least two maintenance tasks.

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.

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 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2018