EIT Trades Academy Agriculture Level 2 - Tairāwhiti
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Earners of the EIT Trades Academy Agriculture NCEA Level 2 badge have completed supervised practical farm skills through Hawke’s Bay School’s Trades Academy at Tairāwhiti. Learners have developed basic agricultural skills for employment as farm assistants, cadets or trainees in the rural sector.
- Type Validation
- Level Foundational
- Time Months
- Cost Free
Earning Criteria
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In this course the learner gained skills in: Farm hazards, hazard control and injury consequences Using fencing wire on farm and preparing wire for transport and storage. Maintaining fencing tools and equipment, identify fencing construction materials. Use chainsaws in a rural setting.
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Learners have been assessed and passed a range of items including: Rural workplace hazards. Why they are hazards and the harm caused. Hazard control methods. Documentation completion. Knowledge of economic, physical and psychological consequences of injury in a rural workplace. Knowledge of the role of organisations associated with workplace safety and the HSE Act.
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Learners have been assessed and passed a range of items including: Open a coil of wire, draw out and cut, prepare to retie the roll, tie termination and join knots in wire, join wires by alternative or non-tied means; prepare wire for transport and storage.
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Learners have been assessed and passed a range of items including: Knowledge of fencing tools and construction materials. Describe fencing equipment functions. Maintain fencing tools and equipment. Fencing wire types and their uses.
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Learners have been assessed and passed a range of items including: Knowledge of the rules for chainsaw use. Rules relating to transport and use of chainsaw fuel. Describe PPE and first aid requirements for chainsaw operators.
Standards
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the primary industry sector. People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe rural workplace hazards, the reasons why they are hazards, and the harm they cause; describe hazard control methods, and complete associated documentation; demonstrate knowledge of
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the primary industry sector. People credited with this unit standard are able to: open a coil of wire, draw out, cut and prepare to retie the roll, tie termination and joining knots in wire; join wires by alternative or non-tied means; and prepare wire for transport and storage under
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the primary industry sector. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of fencing tools and construction materials, and describe their function; maintain fencing tools and equipment; and identify and describe fencing wire types and their uses.
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the primary industry sector. People credited with this unit standard are able to: demonstrate knowledge of the rules for chainsaw use; describe rules relating to the transport and use of chainsaw fuel; and describe PPE and first aid requirements for chainsaw operators.
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the primary industry sector. People credited with this unit standard are able to: Demonstrate knowledge of livestock behaviour and animal welfare in a primary industry operation
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the primary industry sector. People credited with this unit standard are able to: Assist with the preparation and handling of lambs for docking
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the primary industry sector. People credited with this unit standard are able to: Demonstrate knowledge of the safe operation of a quad bike