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Elements and Performance Criteria
- Analyse the system
- Define policy objectives
- Define legal parameters
- Define context and limitations of tree policy
- Develop tree policy
- Develop tree policy to meet strategic objectives
- Develop and communicate procedures to implement policy
- Develop policy determinations for hazard identification and mitigation, significant trees, tree selection, tree replacement, street tree planting, tree removal, tree inspections and assessments, tree pruning operations, power line clearance, habitat protection, infrastructure protection and pest and disease control as required
- Develop draft of strategic tree policy
- Promote tree policy and expected outcomes to key stakeholders
- Seek feedback from stakeholders
- Review and amend policy
- Develop tree policy documentation
- Develop compliance programs in policy documentation
- Implement strategies for continuous improvement
- Review tree policy implementation
Range Statement
Performance Evidence
The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.
The candidate must provide evidence for and demonstrate:identifying stakeholders, consult and establish stakeholder needsresearching historic and current tree policiesanalysing statutory context and policy context of the current or proposed tree policyresearching current and historic tree management activitiesanalysing current industry tree policy modelsevaluating comparative tree methodologies and systemsresearching current policy and strategic information to inform and develop policyidentifying key management objectives and management metricsestablishing benchmarksanalysing existing policies, procedures and systems for compliance with policy planning requirementsevaluating conflicting stakeholder needsdetermining tree management strategiesdefining policy reflecting strategic objectives of organisationdefining strategic objectives of the policydeveloping and communicate change management strategiesmaking recommendations for policy optionsdetermining legal parameters, statutes and local planning lawsdetermining if policy is included or referred to in statutory documents seeking advice about legal implications of policy determining parameters of policydetermining and record localised soil types, rainfall infiltration and runoff compiling database of local and indigenous tree species compiling database of exotics that perform wellcreating list of preferred and desired speciesdetermining extent and type of tree data from tree inventorysetting diversity goals for tree species and tree familiesdeveloping tree policy to meet strategic objectivesdeveloping and communicating procedures to implement policydeveloping policy determinations for hazard identification and mitigation, significant trees, tree selection, tree replacement, street tree planting, tree removal, tree inspections and assessments, tree pruning operations, power line clearance, habitat protection, infrastructure protection and pest and disease control as requireddeveloping draft of strategic tree policypromoting tree policy and expected outcomes to key stakeholdersseeking feedback from stakeholdersreviewing and amending policydeveloping tree policy documentationdeveloping compliance programs in policy documentationimplementing strategies for continuous improvementuse of industry standard terminology to describe tree policy.
Knowledge Evidence
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
current and historic tree management activitieshistoric and current tree policiestree policy modelsbenchmarksmanagement objectivesmanagement metricsstrategic objectiveskey stakeholderstree management strategieslegal parameters, statutes and local planning lawscompliance with policy planning requirementslegal implications of policy localised soil types, rainfall infiltration and runoffdatabasestree inventorypolicy determinations for hazard identification and mitigation, significant trees, tree selection, tree replacement, street tree planting, tree removal, tree inspections and assessments, tree pruning operations, power line clearance, habitat protection, infrastructure protection and pest and disease controldevelopment of draft and final documents.