Monitor Water Quality (116077)

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Course overview

A learner achieving this unit standard will be able to apply sound food safety principles by identifying risk factors in food contamination and applying preventative measures to ensure product safety.

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 principles in primary agriculture.

They will be able to participate in, undertake and plan farming practices with knowledge of their environment. This unit standard will instill a culture of maintenance and care for both the environment as well as towards farming infrastructure and operations.

What will i learn?

Demonstrate an understanding of water quality management.
Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of water quality to agriculture
Demonstrate an ability to monitor and perform basic

Requirements

Grade 12
Be able to read and write

Curriculum for this course

14 Lessons 00:00:00 Hours

1. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

5 Lessons 00:00:00 Hours

Water Quality – Introduction
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1.1 Introduction
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1.2 Physical water quality factors
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1.3 Chemical water quality factors
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1.4 Water quality management
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2. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE IMPORTANCE OF WATER QUALITY TO AGRICULTURE.

3 Lessons 00:00:00 Hours

2.1 The importance of water quality
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2.2 Improving water quality
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2.3 Sampling and monitoring water quality
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3. DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO MONITOR AND PERFORM BASIC WATER QUALITY TESTS AND ANALYSES.

3 Lessons 00:00:00 Hours

3.1 Preparing samples for analysis
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3.2 Performing simple chemical water quality tests
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3.3 Reporting on water quality tests
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4. DEMONSTRATE AN ABILITY TO PERFORM AND UNDERSTAND MAINTENANCE TASKS RELATED TO WATER QUALITY

3 Lessons 00:00:00 Hours

4.1 Maintaining water quality control systems
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4.2 Managing chemical and physical requisites related to water quality control systems
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4.3 Reporting on the Maintenance of a water quality control system
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