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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Promote the identification of environmental issues
  2. Facilitate development of priorities for action
  3. Facilitate development of goals
  4. Support group to identify and evaluate potential projects
  5. Support group in development of project proposals and submissions

Required Skills

Required skills

facilitate groups

present to groups

develop strategic plans

promote the identification of land management issues

assist in setting priorities for action

support a group to identify and evaluate potential projects

use literacy skills to fulfil job roles as required by the organisation The level of skill may range from reading and understanding documentation to completion of written reports

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 complex workplace measures

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

the range of group facilitation styles

previous group history

regional and national environmental issues

regional community groups and cultures

local and broader politics

strategic planning principles

program guidelines

national State and regional funding priorities

legislative requirements

community and sector perspectives

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

identify and discuss land management issues with local groups

work with groups to identify local actions that they can become involved in to promote improved land management outcomes

provide support to a group in preparing project proposals and submissions

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


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.

Goals, action plans and projects may range from:

a small area to a sub-catchment plan.

Environment issues for this standard may include:

issues associated with the preservation of quality of soil, water and air, with protection of ecosystems or species, or the management of disturbance or degradation.

Group activities may include:

previous and current range of activities of group

interests expressed by group members who may be independent or in co-operation with other groups

may relate to small area up to a sub-catchment plan, may address one or more issues.

Stakeholders may include:

indigenous cultures.