The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Cultural landscapes may include: | places and areas made up of living stories that have connections to the past and can include natural resources, objects, customs and traditions (and their contexts) places of land, sea and air where cultural and natural elements are considered together |
Cultural significance may include: | aesthetic, historic, scientific, social or spiritual value for past, present or future generations significance embodied in the place itself, its fabric, setting, use, associations, meanings, records, related places and related objects |
Cultural knowledgemay include: | Aboriginal land, landscape features, rivers, lakes and sea resources and their uses, and the relationships between plants, animals and individuals, clans and Community Aboriginal beliefs, values, spirituality, language, lore/law, customs, gender roles, kinship networks, factions, moieties, and speaking rights ceremonies, rituals, stories, song, dance and art traditional and current land management practices Aboriginal-sites, places, objects, material and landscapes names, locations and meanings Aboriginal cultural protocols Aboriginal cultural heritage the cultural significance of Aboriginal knowledge |
Cultural connections may include: | totemic relationships with Ancestral beings which now form part of the cultural landscape geographical locations access to cultural sites, land and cultural landscapes obligation relationships to protect and maintain place, species, sites and landforms ceremonial duties cultural knowledge duties |
Aboriginal cultural values may include: | aesthetic aspects historic aspects scientific aspects social and spiritual elements cultural knowledge Ceremonial knowledge lore/law |
Archaeological evidence may include: | Aboriginal material objects pigments pollen charcoal |
Cultural authorities may include: | Cultural authority refers to the most appropriate senior person/s that is able to speak for particular Country, cultural objects, ceremony and/or materials in a specific place. A cultural authority could be a Traditional Owner, a Native Title Claimant, Aboriginal Culture and Heritage Body, Elder, Aboriginal Land Council, etc. A ceremonial/cultural manager in terms of Aboriginal customary law means someone who does the work either under the direct supervision of the Aboriginal Owner or does the work that is authorised by the Owner. In a ceremony for example, the ceremonial manager(s) may provide the food and do the performance (work). Traditional roles and responsibilities swap over depending on a person’s status in any given situation – i.e. – whose land / estate one is on for business. |
Aboriginal beliefs may refer to: | connection to Country creation events structure of Community such as lore/law men and women, elders and custodians practicality and purpose appropriate behaviour, protocols and restrictions spiritual value of knowledge and stories communal ownership of some knowledge and material intergenerational ownership of some knowledge and material oral tradition of passing on knowledge and responsibilities roles as custodians of specified knowledge, ceremony, designs, information kinship and relationships storytelling |