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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify and communicate with key stakeholders
   • Identify appropriate persons within communities who hold cultural knowledge relevant to determining the cultural significance of Aboriginal places and heritage
   • Develop working relationships with key stakeholders that assist in the management of culturally significant places
   • Develop communication approaches that place Aboriginal cultural protocols and values at the forefront and accommodate stakeholder concerns and interests
   • Seek and obtain views on the way in which the cultural significance and resource can be conserved and used
   • Report feedback to management for operational planning processes
2. Define cultural significance
   • Ensure cultural knowledge holders inform the decision-making process to determine the cultural significance of places
   • Acknowledge and respect traditional Aboriginal knowledge, practices, rights and responsibilities in managing Country and environment
   • Determine the Aboriginal beliefs embedded in a place of cultural significance
   • Recognise the embodiment of cultural significance in the place itself, its fabric, natural resources, setting, use, associations, meanings, records, related places and related objects
   • Assess cultural significance
   • Document cultural significance in accordance with Community permissions
3. Identify threats to Aboriginal cultural places
   • Identify threats to culturally significant places, both external and internal to the area under consideration
   • Observe, describe and record details of evidence of land degradation using standard industry and Indigenous terminology and according to Community permissions
   • Participate in a risk assessment of all threats to determine potential impact on sites and associated cultural landscape
   • Identify appropriate protection or conservation measures to control potential and actual threats
4. Conserve significance
   • Use conservation policies and plans along with stakeholder views to participate in planning for ongoing conservation actions
   • Implement conservation activities in culturally sensitive ways, and in accordance with Burra Charter guidelines and enterprise, Community and legislative requirements
   • Apply safe and environmentally sustainable work practices
   • Obtain resources for conservation and restoration activities, along with any associated ceremonial or cultural activity

Range Statement

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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 that they can:

identify appropriate cultural authorities for a Community, place or for a site

develop working relationships with Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal stakeholders in cultural sites

canvass views in determining the cultural significance and heritage value and preservation issues of an Aboriginal cultural site

contribute to planning for the protection of an Aboriginal cultural site including identifying resources required and submissions to be completed

observe Aboriginal cultural protocols when working with stakeholders and land managers

identify threats to Aboriginal site and measures to mitigate and manage the risk of damaging incidents or loss of cultural integrity

identify natural resources and how they relate to cultural protocol, spirituality, art, environment, values, beliefs and lore/law

identify cultural rights and responsibilities when using Community knowledge, information and material

identify groups to be consulted in relation to owners or custodians of cultural and Community knowledge, information and material

use Aboriginal names and standard industry terminology appropriate to the task

apply work health and safety practices in the context of own work

apply appropriate sustainability practices in the context of own work.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

Community’s history, cultural values and interpersonal and Community protocols related to the place

authentic and authoritative sources for Aboriginal cultural information, material and expression able to be accessed and shared

industry, organisational and enterprise policies and procedures for conservation of places of cultural significance

key concepts of Burra Charter and Guidelines

key concepts of Cultural and Heritage Legislation and National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) legislation relevant to the protection of Aboriginal significant places.

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