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Shift beehives

Level / 2
Credits / 3

Purpose People credited with this unit standard are able to: prepare beehives for transport; describe the transport requirements of beehives to new apiary locations; and describe property entry and access requirements and selection of a new apiary site, and unload and establish beehives at the new site.

Subfield / Agriculture
Domain / Apiculture
Status / Registered
Status date / 21 August 2009
Date version published / 21 August 2009
Planned review date / 31 December 2014
Entry information / Open.
Accreditation / Evaluation of documentation by NZQA and industry.
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 includes but is not limited to the – Health and Safety in Employment Act 1993, Land Transport Act 1998, and their subsequent amendments.

2 Reference – Goodwin, Mark, Elimination of American Foulbrood Disease Without The Use of Drugs: A Practical Manual for Beekeepers (Otaki, New Zealand: National Beekeepers Association of New Zealand Inc., revised edition 2006) (also referred to as The Beekeeper’s Manual), available from the National Beekeepers Association of NZ (Inc) (NBA) website at http://www.nba.org.nz, or email .

3 Definition

In-house procedures – the verbal or written instructions to staff on procedures for beehive and apiary management, which must comply with legislative requirements.

Elements and performance criteria

Element 1

Prepare beehives for transport.

Performance criteria

1.1 Beehives are checked for disease, prepared, and strapped in accordance with in-house procedures.

1.2 Beehives are loaded onto transport vehicle and secured in accordance with in-house procedures.

1.3 Load is covered in accordance with legislative requirements, and all entrances are closed and secured to prevent escape of bees, in accordance with in-house procedures.

Element 2

Describe the transport requirements of beehives to new apiary locations.

Performance criteria

2.1 Bee transport is described in accordance with in-house procedures and the Land Transport Act 1998.

Range without delay, minimum stops during journey.

2.2 Beehive management is described in terms of the emergency procedures in the event of an accident while transporting.

Element 3

Describe property entry and access requirements and selection of a new apiary site, and unload and establish beehives at the new site.

Performance criteria

3.1 Entry rights and access to the property are described in accordance with in-house procedures.

3.2 Apiary site selection is described in accordance with in-house procedures.

Range includes but is not limited to – sheltered, flat ground, accessible by vehicle, available food supply, sunny location.

3.3 Beehives are unloaded without damage to bees and beehives and without injury to self or other people.

3.4 Beehives are arranged on the site in accordance with in-house procedures.

3.5 Beehive entrances are opened in accordance with in-house procedures.

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