Domain - Apiculture

Domain - Apiculture

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Level 2
17 Unit Perform elementary beekeeping practices
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
2 Credits
19883 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of beehive, and beehive frame assembly and repair
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
2 Credits
19884 Unit Construct and repair beehives, and beehive frames
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
4 Credits
19885 Unit Open and close a beehive, work in an apiary, and feed a beehive
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
5 Credits
19886 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of disease in the bee colony
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
3 Credits
19887 Unit Identify disease in a bee colony, and conduct apiary site management in the presence of disease
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
4 Credits
19888 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of the New Zealand beekeeping industry, and career and training opportunities
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
2 Credits
19889 Unit Prepare a beehive for wintering
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
2 Credits
19890 Unit Requeen a beehive
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
3 Credits
19893 Unit Describe physical characteristics of bees and their behaviour
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
3 Credits
25893 Unit Describe bee feeding, feeders and types of bee feed
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
2 Credits
25899 Unit Describe honey bees, beehives, bee stings, bee diseases, and honey harvesting and processing
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
2 Credits
30782 Unit Feed bees in beehives under close supervision
6 Credits
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30783 Unit Open and close beehives under close supervision
5 Credits
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30791 Unit Demonstrate understanding of honey bee physical features, castes, bee stings and beehive health
5 Credits
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30794 Unit Demonstrate understanding of managing bee behaviour, and assist with beehive manipulations, under close supervision
7 Credits
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30796 Unit Demonstrate understanding of the process, role and significance of plant pollination by bees
3 Credits
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30797 Unit Demonstrate understanding of beekeeping equipment and honey extraction, and use equipment for routine operations
4 Credits
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Level 3
19891 Unit Remove honey from beehives, and assist with extraction of honey and product processing
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
19892 Unit Describe beehive transport requirements, and transport and establish beehives on site
5 Credits
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20250 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of endemic and exotic bee diseases, disorders, pests, and conditions
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
20254 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of plants and their role in beekeeping
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
20257 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of the varroa mite and its control in the beekeeping industry
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
20258 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of American foulbrood (AFB) and its control in the beekeeping industry
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
25889 Unit Remove honey supers from beehives
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
3 Credits
25890 Unit Assist with the commercial extraction of honey and product processing
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
4 Credits
25894 Unit Extract honey
4 Credits
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25896 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of honey grading, creaming, and packing
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
2 Credits
25898 Unit Describe the export system and certification requirements for bee producers and bee products
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
3 Credits
30784 Unit Describe and carry out wintering down of beehives
3 Credits
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30785 Unit Describe re-queening and re-queen a beehive
3 Credits
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30788 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of plants that provide feed for bees and harvest declarations
4 Credits
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30789 Unit Describe American foulbrood, varroa mite, and other bee pests and diseases found in New Zealand
10 Credits
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30790 Unit Assess beehive health, monitor beehive feed requirements, and feed bees
6 Credits
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30792 Unit Carry out honey harvesting
3 Credits
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30795 Unit Carry out an apiary pest and disease management plan over an apiculture season
15 Credits
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30798 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of bees, the bee life cycle and adult bee behaviour patterns
4 Credits
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30799 Unit Describe swarming and methods for swarm control, control a swarm, and unite and divide beehives
3 Credits
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30843 Unit Identify and describe beehive construction equipment, and construct and repair beehives
5 Credits
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46 Unit Undertake general beekeeping tasks
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
4 Credits
47 Unit Harvest honey
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
3 Credits
55 Unit Control pests and diseases in the hive
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
4 Credits
Level 4
20249 Unit Manipulate beehives in spring, evaluate queen performance, and requeen beehives
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
7 Credits
20251 Unit Use and maintain a honey processing plant
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
7 Credits
20252 Unit Rear queen bees
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
9 Credits
20253 Unit Plan and manage beehives for pollination programmes
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
20255 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of the role of bees in arable crop, orchard and pasture pollination
3 Credits
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20256 Unit Describe honey and honey production, and the production processes for beehive products
6 Credits
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25891 Unit Describe the process of rearing queen bees
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
3 Credits
25892 Unit Rear queen bees
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
25897 Unit Describe risk management programmes (RMPs) and the Code of Practice (COP) for honey houses
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
30786 Unit Implement and monitor a seasonal beehive management plan
10 Credits
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30787 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of significant exotic bees, bee diseases, disorders, pests, and bee management practices
5 Credits
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30793 Unit Implement and monitor food safety procedures in an apiculture operation
4 Credits
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30800 Unit Implement and monitor a beehive nutritional management plan
6 Credits
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30801 Unit Describe the nutritional requirements of bees and feeding regimes for bees in different seasonal conditions
3 Credits
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30802 Unit Describe flowering plants and their role in beekeeping
3 Credits
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30803 Unit Research the operation of, and develop a business strategy for, an apiculture business
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
10 Credits
30804 Unit Implement and monitor a bee disease management plan, and recommend changes
10 Credits
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31605 Unit Describe the queen bee and drone bee life cycles, anatomy and reproduction processes
10 Credits
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31606 Unit Prepare a seasonal queen bee rearing management plan
5 Credits
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31607 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of genetics, bee breeding programmes, and instrumental insemination of queen bees
8 Credits
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31608 Unit Demonstrate knowledge of, and carry out, hive manipulations for queen bee rearing
8 Credits
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31609 Unit Prepare a nucleus beehive suitable for producing mated queen bees, and introduce and monitor the queen cell until mated
5 Credits
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31610 Unit Assess breeder queen bees and undertake breeder queen bee selection
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
5 Credits
31611 Unit Prepare for and graft queen bees and distribute for domestic supply
8 Credits
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31612 Unit Implement a pest and disease management plan for queen bee rearing
5 Credits
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31613 Unit Identify goals and objectives, and develop a business strategy for a queen bee rearing business
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
5 Credits
32204 Unit Describe the selection criteria for breeder queen bees and beehive characteristics
6 Credits
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32205 Unit Analyse beehive management and pest and disease management plans, and recommend improvements
10 Credits
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32206 Unit Analyse seasonal queen bee rearing and pest and disease management plans, and recommend improvements
5 Credits
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54 Unit Manipulate hives in spring and autumn
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
6 Credits
Level 5
25895 Unit Describe and prepare for artificial insemination, and artificially inseminate queen honey bees
This standard has expired and is no longer available.
4 Credits