HORT303 – Pest and Disease Science
Module code
HORT303
Module title
Pest and Disease Science
Prescription
To develop and apply knowledge of plant pests and diseases, and techniques and systems for their control, within the amenity, arboriculture and landscape construction sectors.
NZQA Level
Level 3
NZQA Credits
10
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 100
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- 1:Recognise and describe the range of signs and symptoms of pests and diseases.
2:Identify common garden pests and diseases and their control.
3:Describe sector lifecycles of pests and diseases.
4:Identify a range of common animal pests, and control measures that can be applied.
5:Compare a range of pest and disease control measures for plants. - Content
- Signs and symptoms in plants and timbers.
Ten plant pests and five plant diseases common in the Waikato.
Lifecycle triangles, insects, fungi, bacteria, virus.
Animal pest range; Possum, pukeko, rabbits, rats, humans.
Health and Safety, biological, chemical, integrated measures.
Sustainable practices (including IPM programmes).
Observation, record keeping and reporting. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Teaching and learning methods will be face to face delivery including workshops, project based interactive tasks, with group sessions, tutorials, practical's on-site, and the creation of portfolios of evidence.
- Assessment Criteria
- Portfolio of Evidence100
The weight of the overall assessment is equally distributed across learning outcomes.
The portfolio of evidence will demonstrate the achievement of the required knowledge, competencies and capabilities across all the learning outcomes.
Assessment is achievement based. Students need to attempt all assessments and gain an overall of 50 in their final grade to pass this module.
