BTEC International Level 3 Land Based Studies

Unit 14: Unit 14 — assessment criteria

BTEC International Level 3 Unit 14 (Unit 14) — 60 Guided Learning Hours.

Internal / Optional60 GLH14 criteria

Assessment criteria

Reproduced verbatim from the Pearson specification — the same grid the assignment brief carries. A unit grade is the highest band where all criteria in that band (and every band below it) are met.

Pass

6 criteria

A.P1Explain reproduction in the dairy cow.

A.P2Explain a dairy production system and the impact on animal welfare and productivity.

B.P3Explain the importance of diet management and feeding practices throughout the dairy production cycle.

B.P4Demonstrate competent feeding and diet management of dairy cows to maintain health and production targets.

C.P5Demonstrate competent routine husbandry practices in dairy production to meet health, production and milk hygiene targets.

C.P6Explain common health and disease problems in dairy cows and their relevance to dairy production.

Merit

5 criteria

A.M1Analyse a dairy cow reproduction and production system and their impact on animal welfare and productivity.

B.M2Analyse the impact that nutrition, diet and feeding management have on health and production targets.

B.M3Demonstrate efficient feeding and diet management of dairy cows to maintain health and production targets.

C.M4Demonstrate efficient routine husbandry practices in dairy production to maintain health, production and milk hygiene and targets.

C.M5Analyse common health and disease problems in dairy cows and the impact on production.

Distinction

3 criteria

A.D1Evaluate a dairy cow reproduction and production system and the implications for animal welfare and production.

B.D2Demonstrate, with a high degree of accuracy, diet management and feeding of dairy cows to maintain health and production targets, evaluating the impact of nutrition and own feeding and diet management tasks.

C.D3Demonstrate, with a high degree of accuracy, routine husbandry practices to maintain health, production and milk hygiene targets, evaluating the impact of health and disease problems on production.

Command verbs in this unit

The verb decides the depth expected — that is what separates Pass from Merit and Distinction work on the same learning aim.

ExplainDemonstrateAnalyseEvaluate

Pearson's ladder runs Identify → Describe → Explain → Compare / Analyse → Evaluate / Justify / Assess. A Merit or Distinction criterion on the same aim always implies the Pass beneath it: an “evaluate” answer that never first “explains” fails, however polished it reads. Hover a verb for what it demands.

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Verification & Quality Tools for Unit 14

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