This unit applies to the process of coordinating harvesting activities for horticultural crops including preparing for harvest, maintaining harvest requirements, monitoring crop quality and delivering the crop and involves working under limited supervision with checking only related to overall progress
This unit covers the process of coordinating harvesting activities for horticultural crops and defines the standard required to: prepare for crop harvesting activities; maintain harvest requirements; coordinate a work group; monitor crop quality.
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Employability Skills
This unit contains employability skills.
Evidence Required
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The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following:
prepare for crop harvesting activities
maintain harvest requirements
coordinate a work group
monitor crop quality.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances.
Submission Requirements
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Assessment task 1: [title] Due date:
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Assessment Tasks
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Required skills
communicate ideas and information to work team members, supervisors, contractors and clients
utilise proforma reporting, analysis and work procedure documents, and interpret quality specifications
measure materials
interpret harvest specifications and schedules
interpret and apply test results
calculate tallies, working hours, yields and quality results
coordinate work group, contractors and own activities
use interpersonal skills to work with and relate to people from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.
Required knowledge
recognition of the maturity parameters of a range of crops
enterprise quality procedures and characteristics of a crop relative to varying market requirements
grading characteristics of each crop
the importance of maintaining quality of produce including cooling requirements and quick transport from field to processing areas
industry wage rates and conditions, contractors services, conditions and rates
licensing requirements for use of forklifts, trucks and machinery
the effect of adverse climatic conditions (e.g., rain, hail, extreme wind, or very high ultraviolet radiation), which may prevent or impede crop harvesting operations, or severely influence the time taken to complete the tasks necessary to fulfil the operation.
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.
Crops may include:
horticultural crops including those for human consumption.
Horticultural crops may include:
all fruit
vegetables
herbs
flowers
foliage
bulbs
tubers
nuts
fungi
wild harvest plants
oils
olives
grains
seeds
hops
specialised crops not specifically named as broad acre crops.
Copy and paste from the following performance criteria to create an observation checklist for each task. When you have finished writing your assessment tool every one of these must have been addressed, preferably several times in a variety of contexts. To ensure this occurs download the assessment matrix for the unit; enter each assessment task as a column header and place check marks against each performance criteria that task addresses.
Observation Checklist
Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice
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Comments/feedback
The crop to be harvested and the requirements and procedures to assure crop quality are identified according to enterprise work procedures.
Crop maturity is determined by experience, specification charts, aids or devices and according to client, enterprise and industry quality assurance specifications.
Suitable weather conditions for picking are established according to enterprise work procedures.
Tools, equipment and machinery are selected according to harvest requirements and enterprise work procedures.
Pre-operational and safety checks are carried out on tools, equipment and machinery according to manufacturers specifications and enterprise work procedures.
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) hazards are identified, risks assessed, controls implemented and reported to the supervisor.
Suitable safety and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) are selected, used and maintained.
The crop to be harvested and the requirements and procedures to assure crop quality are identified according to enterprise work procedures.
Crop maturity is determined by experience, specification charts, aids or devices and according to client, enterprise and industry quality assurance specifications.
Suitable weather conditions for picking are established according to enterprise work procedures.
Tools, equipment and machinery are selected according to harvest requirements and enterprise work procedures.
Pre-operational and safety checks are carried out on tools, equipment and machinery according to manufacturers specifications and enterprise work procedures.
OHS hazards are identified, risks assessed, controls implemented and reported to the supervisor.
Suitable safety and PPE are selected, used and maintained.
PPE is selected, maintained and used according to OHS procedures.
Harvesting procedures and the harvested crop comply with client, enterprise and industry quality assurance specifications.
The crop is handled carefully to prevent damage according to enterprise work procedures.
Sorting and grading of the crop complies with client, enterprise and industry quality assurance specifications.
Crop storage minimises postharvest deterioration according to enterprise work procedures.
The crop is transported with minimum damage according to enterprise work procedures.
Picking tallies or harvest yields are calculated and recorded according to enterprise work procedures.
Delivery details including quantity, timing and destination are confirmed according to enterprise work procedures.
Crop is delivered with damage levels that are within client, enterprise and industry quality assurance specifications.
Delivered crop complies with client, enterprise and industry quality assurance specifications.
Delivery documentation is completed accurately according to enterprise work procedures.