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SOUTH AFRICAN QUALIFICATIONS AUTHORITY |
REGISTERED UNIT STANDARD THAT HAS PASSED THE END DATE: |
Monitor and supervise a food safety and quality management system in the agricultural supply chain |
SAQA US ID | UNIT STANDARD TITLE | |||
116271 | Monitor and supervise a food safety and quality management system in the agricultural supply chain | |||
ORIGINATOR | ||||
SGB Primary Agriculture | ||||
PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QUALITY ASSURANCE FUNCTIONARY | ||||
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FIELD | SUBFIELD | |||
Field 01 - Agriculture and Nature Conservation | Primary Agriculture | |||
ABET BAND | UNIT STANDARD TYPE | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | CREDITS |
Undefined | Regular | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | 3 |
REGISTRATION STATUS | REGISTRATION START DATE | REGISTRATION END DATE | SAQA DECISION NUMBER | |
Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2018-07-01 | 2023-06-30 | SAQA 06120/18 | |
LAST DATE FOR ENROLMENT | LAST DATE FOR ACHIEVEMENT | |||
2026-06-30 | 2029-06-30 |
In all of the tables in this document, both the pre-2009 NQF Level and the NQF Level is shown. In the text (purpose statements, qualification rules, etc), any references to NQF Levels are to the pre-2009 levels unless specifically stated otherwise. |
This unit standard does not replace any other unit standard and is not replaced by any other unit standard. |
PURPOSE OF THE UNIT STANDARD |
A learner achieving this unit standard will be able to monitor and supervise the implementation of food safety and quality, production, environmental and social practices, and awareness within the agricultural supply chain.
Learners will gain an understanding of sustainable agricultural practices as applied in the animal, plant and mixed farming sub fields. This unit standard focuses on the application of food safety practices in primary agriculture. They will be able to participate in, undertake and plan farming practices with knowledge of their environment. This unit standard will instil a culture of maintenance and care for both the environment as well as towards farming infrastructure and operations. |
LEARNING ASSUMED TO BE IN PLACE AND RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING |
It is assumed that a learner attempting this unit standard will show competence against the following unit standards or equivalent:
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UNIT STANDARD RANGE |
Range statements are neither comprehensive nor necessarily appropriate to all contexts. Alternatives must however be comparable in scope and complexity. These are only as a general guide to scope and complexity of what is required. |
Specific Outcomes and Assessment Criteria: |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 1 |
Demonstrate an understanding of the concept of traceability in the agricultural supply chain. |
OUTCOME RANGE |
Traceability includes but is not limited to being able to trace a pre-harvest problem back to the source or a post-harvest problem back to the farm. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
Traceability within the area of responsibility is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
The purpose of traceability is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
The effect of non-compliance is described. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 2 |
Perform basic record keeping activities on the farm. |
OUTCOME RANGE |
Record keeping includes but is not limited to document filing or retrieval manually or electronically of activities such as, pest management, fertiliser management, irrigation scheduling, training etc., which has an impact on the farming activities. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
The filing of documents according to discipline or farming activity in accordance with GAP is described. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
A quality management system is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
The need for such a system within the agricultural enterprise is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 |
The retrieval of records with respect to human resource issues, management, environment or agricultural operations are demonstrated. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 3 |
Report non-conformances with respect to food safety, production, environmental, and social practices in the agricultural environment. |
OUTCOME RANGE |
Reporting of non-conformances according to certain aspects includes but is not limited to verbally or in writing instructing about aspects, which do not fit within the confines of necessary regulation. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
Understand by a "safe product" is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
Non-conformance with respect to food safety, production, environmental, and social practices in terms of management systems is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
Reporting to management is described. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 4 |
Understanding basic health, social and environmental issues which relate to the agricultural environment. |
OUTCOME RANGE |
Health, social and environmental issues include but are not limited to laws, rules and regulations that govern these aspects within the agricultural enterprise. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
Legal and regulatory issues governing health, social and environmental issues within agricultural enterprises are described. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
Dissemination of information to workers is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
An understanding of how certain health issues (communicable diseases) are dealt with is demonstrated. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 |
An understanding of how the environment is dealt with in terms of the agricultural enterprise is demonstrated. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 5 |
The different records, which are needed to comply with the regulatory policies are described. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 5 |
Demonstrate a basic understanding of internal audits in the agricultural environment. |
OUTCOME RANGE |
Internal audits include but are not limited to implementing checks and balances that assist the GMP to ensure good agricultural practices in keeping with the workers and the environment. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
Internal audits are explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
The execution of internal audits is described. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
The process of auditing to ensure that the proper use of agrochemicals, according to IPM principles, is implemented is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 |
Record keeping that assists with the auditing process is explained. |
SPECIFIC OUTCOME 6 |
Operate food safety and quality principles as related to the agricultural supply chain. |
OUTCOME RANGE |
Food safety and quality includes but is not limited to good agricultural practices (GAP), good manufacturing practices (GMP), good health practices (GHP), good social practices (GSP) and good environmental practices (GEP), whichever is applicable in the work environment. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 1 |
The different food safety principles with reference to pre-harvest activities are described. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 2 |
An understanding of how food quality is managed in the pre-harvest phase to ensure a product produced according to GAP is demonstrated. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 3 |
Record keeping associated with both aspects of the agrochemical operation is explained. |
ASSESSMENT CRITERION 4 |
The importance of the record keeping is explained. |
UNIT STANDARD ACCREDITATION AND MODERATION OPTIONS |
The assessment of qualifying learners against this standard should meet the requirements of established assessment principles.
It will be necessary to develop assessment activities and tools, which are appropriate to the contexts in which the qualifying learners are working. These activities and tools may include an appropriate combination of self-assessment and peer assessment, formative and summative assessment, portfolios and observations etc. The assessment should ensure that all the specific outcomes, critical cross-field outcomes and essential embedded knowledge are assessed. The specific outcomes must be assessed through observation of performance. Supporting evidence should be used to prove competence of specific outcomes only when they are not clearly seen in the actual performance. Essential embedded knowledge must be assessed in its own right, through oral or written evidence and cannot be assessed only by being observed. The specific outcomes and essential embedded knowledge must be assessed in relation to each other. If a qualifying learner is able to explain the essential embedded knowledge but is unable to perform the specific outcomes, they should not be assessed as competent. Similarly, if a qualifying learner is able to perform the specific outcomes but is unable to explain or justify their performance in terms of the essential embedded knowledge, then they should not be assessed as competent. Evidence of the specified critical cross-field outcomes should be found both in performance and in the essential embedded knowledge. Performance of specific outcomes must actively affirm target groups of qualifying learners, not unfairly discriminate against them. Qualifying learners should be able to justify their performance in terms of these values. |
UNIT STANDARD ESSENTIAL EMBEDDED KNOWLEDGE |
The person is able to demonstrate a basic knowledge of:
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UNIT STANDARD DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME |
N/A |
UNIT STANDARD LINKAGES |
N/A |
Critical Cross-field Outcomes (CCFO): |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO IDENTIFYING |
Problem solving relates to specific outcomes:
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UNIT STANDARD CCFO WORKING |
Team work relates to all specific outcomes. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO ORGANISING |
Self-organisation and management relates to all specific outcomes. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO COLLECTING |
Information evaluation relates to all specific outcomes. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO COMMUNICATING |
Communication relates to all specific outcomes. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO SCIENCE |
Use science and technology relates to all specific outcomes. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO DEMONSTRATING |
Inter-relatedness of systems relates to all specific outcomes. |
UNIT STANDARD CCFO CONTRIBUTING |
Self development relates to all specific outcomes. |
UNIT STANDARD ASSESSOR CRITERIA |
N/A |
REREGISTRATION HISTORY |
As per the SAQA Board decision/s at that time, this unit standard was Reregistered in 2012; 2015. |
UNIT STANDARD NOTES |
N/A |
QUALIFICATIONS UTILISING THIS UNIT STANDARD: |
ID | QUALIFICATION TITLE | PRE-2009 NQF LEVEL | NQF LEVEL | STATUS | END DATE | PRIMARY OR DELEGATED QA FUNCTIONARY | |
Core | 49048 | National Certificate: Animal Production | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | AgriSETA |
Core | 49052 | National Certificate: Plant Production | Level 3 | NQF Level 03 | Passed the End Date - Status was "Reregistered" |
2023-06-30 | AgriSETA |
PROVIDERS CURRENTLY ACCREDITED TO OFFER THIS UNIT STANDARD: |
This information shows the current accreditations (i.e. those not past their accreditation end dates), and is the most complete record available to SAQA as of today. Some Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionaries have a lag in their recording systems for provider accreditation, in turn leading to a lag in notifying SAQA of all the providers that they have accredited to offer qualifications and unit standards, as well as any extensions to accreditation end dates. The relevant Primary or Delegated Quality Assurance Functionary should be notified if a record appears to be missing from here. |
1. | Balemi Consulting Pty Ltd |
2. | Boikgantsho Consulting & Events |
3. | Bumunhu Services Providers Cc |
4. | Cedara College of Agriculture |
5. | ELSENBURG AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE |
6. | Fantique Trade 664 Cc |
7. | Heedmorine Training |
8. | Impact Plus Training Consultants |
9. | KayDee Project Management Cc |
10. | KMK Training Services (PTY) Ltd |
11. | Leruo ke Matla Training and Enterprise Development Services |
12. | Maishamalema Development Training |
13. | Mananthatshema Skills Dev. Centre |
14. | Matotomana Training & General Trading |
15. | Mobile Agri Skills Development and Training NPC |
16. | Mogaladi Business Enterprise |
17. | Morwa Agri-development cc |
18. | Mvas-4 Trading (Pty) Ltd |
19. | Mvelo Consultant |
20. | National Institute For The Deaf - NID |
21. | Outcore Legacy Pty Ltd |
22. | Peritum Agri Institute |
23. | SA Agri Academy |
24. | Sekhukhune FET College - Central Office |
25. | Selipha Trading (Pty) Ltd |
26. | Setlakala Business Development |
27. | Shem Consulting and Training |
28. | Suidwes Beleggings Eiendoms Beperk |
29. | The Skills Development Hub (Pty) Ltd |
30. | Tompi Seleka Agricultural College |
31. | TPN Training and Recruitment cc |
32. | Tripple R Training Provider |
33. | Vari Holdings (Pty)Ltd |
34. | Westco Agri Training |
All qualifications and part qualifications registered on the National Qualifications Framework are public property. Thus the only payment that can be made for them is for service and reproduction. It is illegal to sell this material for profit. If the material is reproduced or quoted, the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) should be acknowledged as the source. |