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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare to produce and harvest royal jelly
  2. Collect and store royal jelly
  3. Finalise tasks

Required Skills

Required skills

bee handling

carefully collecting and filtering royal jelly

record keeping

removing larvae

use literacy skills to read interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures develop sequenced written instructions record accurately and legibly information collected and select and apply procedures to a range of tasks

use oral communication skillslanguage 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

bee handling

correct cleaning and sanitation methods

field floral conditions

food safety requirements

role of nurse bees in royal jelly production

quality assurance including requirements of honey Bee Industry Quality Assurance Program BQUAL

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

graft larvae and stimulate royal jelly production

hygienically collect and store royal jelly

keep records of royal jelly production for food safety and Quality Assurance QA requirements

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