Core technical skills are the generic or underpinning technical or work-related skills that are common to all (or most) of the food and fibre sectors. By their nature, these skills are transferable across different contexts
The focus of these will change across sectors, but they could include:
Various driving skills – tractor, forklift
Digital Skills – worksheets, timesheets
The Core Technical Skills Sets
The Core Technical skills are grouped into five skill sets:
Living beings and environmental knowledge
Machinery and technology skills
Legislative and regulatory knowledge
Good practice operation
Quality management
They use a progression approach to describe the skills at the three levels
Skill
Good Practice Operation
Finding your place
Responsibility: works with supervision Autonomy: becoming independent
Mōiho (understanding)
Maintain the workplace by following a workplan
Building your place
Responsibility: leading others Autonomy: independent
Mātau (expertise)
Implement a plan/program Co-ordinate site activities
Nurturing your place
Responsibility: set strategy Autonomy: leading direction or innovation