HORT421 – Work Planning
Module code
HORT421
Module title
Work Planning
Prescription
The aim of this module is to develop students knowledge of planning and writing work instructions for horticulture process.
NZQA Level
Level 4
NZQA Credits
5
Delivery method
- Web-Supported
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 50
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- Explain the benefits of written work instructions for a horticultural process
Explain the planning process for writing work instructions for a horticulture process
Write a work instruction for a horticulture process
Validate a written work instruction for a horticultural process - Content
- -Benefits to company; consistent work place practice, allocation of responsibility, training resource, auditable, safety, improved efficiency
-Benefits to employee; role clarity, responsibility, defined training, safety
-Planning process; breakdown of individual tasks, critical control points, performance criteria, health and safety requirements, legal requirements, published standards
-Instructions as sequential steps
-Performance criteria as outcomes required
-Language, style, terminology for target audience
-Corrective actions
-Conformance with industry standards and workplace procedures
-Instruction consistency with task performed - Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this module is mixed mode (both Achievement and Competency) based. To achieve a pass grade for the module the student must complete all pieces of assessment work achieving full competency in any competency based tasks including carrying out all tasks in a safe manner and to industry standard and gain a mark of at least 50% in each of the achievement based assessments. The final grade will be based on the marks from the achievement-based assessment tasks.
- Teaching and Learning Strategy
- Teaching and learning methods will be face to face delivery including workshops and project based interactive tasks, with group sessions, tutorials, and creation of portfolios of evidence.
