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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Investigate cultural knowledge
   • Acknowledge the determination of Aboriginal people as the primary source of information about cultural knowledge
   • Work with cultural authorities to identify appropriate persons within communities who hold cultural knowledge
   • Access cultural knowledge through reference to the appropriate Knowledge Holders or Cultural Manager
   • Consult appropriate cultural authorities to obtain approval to be on Country
   • Determine boundaries and extent of Country
   • Establish ownership rights and intellectual property rights to Aboriginal cultural knowledge
   • Establish parameters for access and access restrictions in transferring cultural knowledge and information
   • Determine and record key principles, values and practices of Aboriginal cultural knowledge
   • Define relationships between cultural knowledge and Country according to Aboriginal cultural protocols
   • Determine and record the history of dispossession from Community sources and available resources
   • Recount lost connections to Country due to colonisation
2. Acquire information
   • Manage movement through Country/park/reserve to minimise disturbance and degradation to the park/reserve and surrounding environments
   • Determine the relationships between Aboriginal beliefs, Aboriginal sites, land features, seasons, artefacts, objects and spirituality
   • Identify landscape features and sites on Country in accordance with their place and role in Dreaming, Aboriginal spirituality and local cultural practices and ceremony
   • Make the association of connection to Country through language, stories, song, dance and art
   • Determine the role of lore and customs in matters of land, family, marriage, kinship, totem, clan and obligation
   • Use Aboriginal and common names to identify fauna and flora used for food and medicine
   • Investigate knowledge of relationships between plants and animals from Aboriginal beliefs, land management and cultural perspectives
   • Define simple bush tucker food chains relevant to Country and determine relationships to the cultural landscape
   • Carry out investigations in accordance with work health and safety and environmental sustainability policies and procedures
   • Document investigation in accordance with Community protocols and permissions, to enterprise standards
3. Relate information on cultural knowledge to others
   • Seek permissions from cultural authorities, relevant individuals and organisations for access, use and documentation of Aboriginal cultural information and material
   • Provide information on Aboriginal cultural knowledge to those who are authorised to possess that knowledge according to Community guidelines and Aboriginal cultural protocols
   • Relate information on cultural knowledge in an appropriate format and medium according to Community guidelines and cultural protocols
   • Refer requests for disclosure of information on Aboriginal cultural sites, landscapes and cultural material that infringes intellectual property rights of a group or Community to appropriate persons
   • Decline requests for disclosure of information on aspects of cultural knowledge by unauthorised individuals

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:

interpret cultural landscapes from an Aboriginal cultural and spiritual perspective

identify details of plant and animal species on Country, their Aboriginal names and their roles and place in the cultural landscape

collate information on Aboriginal culture and history for Country in culturally appropriate ways

collect and use information according to Community guidelines and cultural protocols

follow community lore/laws, customs on accessing and sharing cultural knowledge

identify landscape features and sites on Country in accordance with their place and role in Dreaming, Aboriginal spirituality and local cultural practices and ceremony

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 to minimise disturbance and degradation to park or reserve and surrounding environments.

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

Aboriginal history, cultural values and interpersonal and Community protocols associated with area

Aboriginal cultural customs and heritage related to area

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

designated cultural areas and features of Country, boundaries and extent of Country

key principles, values and practices of Aboriginal cultural knowledge

connection to Country through stories, song, dance and art

role of Community lore and customs in matters of land, family, marriage, kinship, totem, clan and obligation

protocols and customs relating to disclosure of knowledge about Country

when and how to relate and document information and when it is not appropriate according to cultural protocols

Aboriginal names for plants, animals and landscape features

cultural knowledge about plant and animals relating to a particular Community, group or region

role and rights of Indigenous people in maintaining and controlling cultural knowledge

individuals who are authorised to possess cultural knowledge.

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