EIT Trades Academy Horticulture Level 2
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Earners of the Trades Academy Horticulture NCEA Level 2 badge have completed supervised horticultural skills through Hawke’s Bay School’s Trades Academy at EIT (Eastern Institute of Technology) or Tairāwhiti. Learners understand different types of plant propagation including sexual and asexual plant propagation, propagation of plants from seed, division and cuttings, factors which influence plant growth. Earners understand the legal requirements and hazards associated with tractors.
- Type Validation
- Level Foundational
- Time Months
- Cost Free
Earning Criteria
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In this course the learner gained skills in: Using tractors for horticultural work; Factors influencing plant growth; Fencing tools and equipment ; Knowledge of sexual and asexual plant propagation
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Learners have been assessed and passed a range of items including: Identifying the legal requirements for tractors and tractor drivers, knowledge of hazards using tractors, reporting accidents and near misses;
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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 under supervision; Using equipment and materials for fencing; maintaining fencing tools and equipment, identifying wire types and uses under supervision.
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Learners have been assessed and passed a range of items including: Factors which influence plant growth, plant breeding and crop management and influences on plant growth, factors and techniques that enhance plant growth on a specific crop; The differences between sexual and asexual plant propagation; propagation of plants from seed, division and cuttings; plant breeders rights
Standards
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify the legal requirements for tractors and tractor drivers on both private property and on public roads; demonstrate knowledge of hazards associated with tractor use; and describe reporting requirements for accidents and near misses.
People credited with this unit standard are able to: identify and describe environmental factors which influence plant growth; plant breeding and crop management and their influence on plant growth; and explain factors and techniques than enhance plant growth for a specific crop.
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 supervision.
This unit standard is for people working or intending to work in the horticultural industry. 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 horticultural industry. People credited with this unit standard are able to: explain the differences between sexual and asexual plant propagation; describe the propagation of plants from seed, division, and cuttings, and outline plant breeder’s rights.