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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for agricultural crop establishment operations
   • Instructions about planting are interpreted and clarified with the supervisor.
   • Machinery, equipment and tools are selected and prepared for the task being undertaken.
   • Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) hazards are identified, risks assessed and reported to the supervisor.
   • The environmental implications of the crop production plan are identified and discussed with the supervisor.
   • Suitable personal protective equipment is selected, used and maintained.
2. Prepare the site for crop establishment
   • Old crop and other waste materials are removed and disposed of in full consideration of environmental implications.
   • Soil treatment/amendments are applied according to soil test results and the supervisor's instructions.
   • Site is worked according to the crop production plan.
   • Crop protection is implemented according to enterprise guidelines.
   • The planting pattern is marked out according to the crop production plan.
   • Machinery, equipment and tools are operated according to enterprise guidelines.
3. Carry out establishment operations
   • Planting material is selected according to the type of crop and enterprise quality standards.
   • Planting material is treated according to the crop and supervisors instructions.
   • Planting material is handled and transported to the site with no signs of transport damage.
   • Planting is carried out according to the planting plan.
4. Complete establishment operation
   • Tools and equipment are cleaned and sterilised according to the manufacturer's specifications, enterprise procedures and regulations.
   • All containers, leftover fluids, waste and debris are disposed of safely and appropriately.
   • All required workplace records are completed accurately and promptly in accordance with enterprise requirements.

Required Skills

Required skills

identify hazards and follow safety directions participate in teams and contribute to team objectives communicate with team members and supervisor read and interpret a range of workplace information calibrate equipment measure quantities of treatment determine spacings and planting patterns operate machinery to manufacturers specifications and enterprise procedures safely apply appropriate agricultural chemicals use literacy skills to follow sequenced written instructions and record information accurately and legibly use oral communication skillslanguage competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning active listening asking for clarification and seeking advice from supervisor use numeracy skills to estimate calculate and record routine workplace measures use interpersonal skills to relate to people from a range of social cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities

Required knowledge

importance of field hygiene and quality control in regard to crop establishment operations of a range of crop establishment machinery the importance of correct timing and procedures for crop planting range of preplanting soil treatments and their importance methods of waste disposal causing minimal impact on the environment OHS and environmental impacts of establishing crops

Evidence Required

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 carry out ground preparation of the area for planting apply preplanting soil treatments calibrate the planting equipment treat and plant seed apply fertiliser with seed at sowing or as a separate operation apply weedicides or herbicides under supervision record all details of sowing
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

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.
Agricultural crops may include:	canola wheat hay barley oats rice triticale maize millet chickpeas cotton faba beans lucerne lupins pigeon peas sorghum soybean sugar sunflower other crops grown as part of a broadacre mixed farming enterprise not specifically named as horticultural crops.

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