NZQA Expiring unit standard / 3255 version 7
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Title / Demonstrate knowledge required by a trainee in the urban pest management industry
Level / 2 / Credits / 7
Purpose / This is a theory-based unit standard for people training for the urban pest management industry.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of pests commonly found in New Zealand urban environments; and of treatments used to control each type of pest.
Classification / Pest Management > Urban Pest Management
Available grade / Achieved

Explanatory notes

1Competence demonstrated during assessment against this unit standard must comply with the requirements of:

Animal Welfare Act 1999;

Biosecurity Act 1993;

Consumer Guarantees Act 1993;

Food Act 1981;

Fisheries Act 1996;

Hazardous Substances and New Organisms Act 1996;

Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992;

Resource Management Act 1991.

2Treatment refers to the application of chemical compounds and fumigates in accordance with manufacturers recommendations.

3Since regulations differ throughout the country, trainees will need to be familiar with the requirements of the regulatory authority within Public Health Units of the District Health Boards, Occupational Safety and Health Officers and the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Enforcement Officers for the areas in which they are training and/or carrying out practical work.

4In this unit standard the candidate must demonstrate knowledge of the following pests: rats, mice, cockroaches, flies, fleas, wasps, and bees.

Outcomes and evidence requirements

Outcome 1

Demonstrate knowledge of pests commonly found in New Zealand urban environments.

Evidence requirements

1.1Pests are identified in terms of species and habitat.

1.2Characteristics of each species are described.

Rangecharacteristics include – life cycle, breeding cycle, feeding habits, grooming habits.

1.3Procedures for identifying damage by each species are listed.

1.4Procedures for identifying the areas for treatment and the degree of infestation by each species are listed.

Outcome 2

Demonstrate knowledge of treatments used to control each type of pest.

Evidence requirements

2.1Methods used for the treatment of each type of pest are identified.

Rangetreatment methods include – baiting, spraying, thermal fogging, misting, cold fogging, trapping, dusting, fumigation, proofing.

2.2Non-chemical pest management techniques applicable to each type of pest are identified.

2.3Chemicals applicable for the treatment of each type of pest are identified.

Rangeinsecticides, rodenticides.

2.4Chemicals used to treat each species are described in terms of properties; safety and first aid requirements; mixing precautions; storage and handling requirements; risk to humans non-target species and environment; and effectiveness in controlling target pest.

Rangeinsecticides, rodenticides.

2.5Application methods for treatments are described in terms of safety requirements and equipment used.

2.6Acts, regulations and regulatory authority requirements that each treatment must comply with are identified.

Replacement information / This unit standard and unit standard 3260 were replaced by unit standard 28790.

This unit standard is expiring. Assessment against the standard must take place by the last date for assessment set out below.

Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions

Process / Version / Date / Last Date for Assessment
Registration / 1 / 30 November 1996 / 31 December 2018
Revision / 2 / 7 June 2000 / 31 December 2018
Revision / 3 / 3 April 2001 / 31 December 2018
Review / 4 / 26 July 2004 / 31 December 2018
Revision / 5 / 14 April 2005 / 31 December 2018
Review / 6 / 18 March 2010 / 31 December 2018
Review / 7 / 16 April 2015 / 31 December 2018
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference / 0004

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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.

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