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AHCSOL403A
Prepare acid sulphate soil management plans

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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024


This unit is likely to be carried out independently within enterprise guidelines.

This unit covers the process of developing management plans that address the relevant legislation and issues associated with land and ground water disturbing activities for Acid Sulphate Soil (ASS) and defines the standard required to: complete a desktop assessment of the land for actual and potential ASS risk based on current/proposed land use, site data and compliance issues; collect and use field and test data to identify strategies to remediate and manage the site; document an ASS management plan and effectively communicate it to the landowner, relevant consent authority and contractors; support implementation of ASS management plan by reports on materials management and remediation and site rehabilitation.

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Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills.



Evidence Required

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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:

complete a desktop assessment of the land for actual and potential ASS risk based on current/proposed land use, site data and compliance issues

collect and use field and test data to identify strategies to remediate and manage the site

document an ASS management plan and effectively communicate it to the landowner, relevant consent authority and contractors

support implementation of ASS management plan by reports on materials management and remediation and site rehabilitation.

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 Tasks

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Required skills

ability to assess field and laboratory results from AASS and PASS sites

collaborate with designers and relevant consent authority

develop remediation and management strategies

develop monitoring strategies

prepare works action plans

prepare ASS management plans

prepare reports on materials management and remediation and site rehabilitation to implement approved ASS plans

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification, negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views

use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine and more complex workplace measures and data

use interpersonal skills to work with others and relate to people from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.

Required knowledge

relevant environmental, planning and groundwater legislation

planning process for remediation and management plans

ASS assessment tools

environmental impacts of ASS

environmental plans, strategies and options for management and remediation

total catchment issues

principles of duty of care and due diligence

soils and soil chemistry

levels and levelling

earthmoving principles

environmental impact issues

managing acid leachate water flows

subsurface and surface drainage principles and systems.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.

Management plans may include:

plans covering type of land use and/or works

land class (LGA zoning and ASS Planning and Risk Map classes)

site characteristics

land tenure

drainage administration

construction methodology

materials remediation

site rehabilitation to industry guidelines and relevant consent authority standards.

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Current/proposed land use established and documented following discussions with landholder and relevant consent authority. 
Site data assessed following industry guidelines and relevant consent authority standards. 
Compliance issues established/checked with relevant regulatory authority or environmental legislation and/or industry procedures. 
Site investigations communicated to proponent/ landholder and concurrence is established to develop a management plan in accordance with relevant consent authority requirements. 
Field investigation and laboratory test data reviewed and matched to strategy options consistent with industry principles and relevant consent authority standards. 
ASS management options identified consistent with industry guidelines and relevant consent authority requirements. 
Remediation/management strategies identified and documented in consultation with the landholder/developer and relevant consent authority. 
Remediation/management strategies are checked against industry guidelines and relevant consent authority requirements. 
Design specifications for structures incorporated in management plan details. 
Monitoring strategies for the site are detailed in line with prevailing site factors and industry guidelines and relevant consent authority standards. 
On site responsibilities listed following industry guidelines and relevant consent authority requirements. 
Contingency procedures in accordance with industry guidelines and relevant consent authority requirements. 

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