Elements and Performance Criteria
- Monitor plant or crop environment for irrigation requirement
- Check water supply and availability
- Implement irrigation shifts
- Evaluate effectiveness of irrigation activities
- Monitor irrigation system process as specified by enterprise policy and procedures
- Frequency of irrigation is recorded.
- Water usage is measured and recorded and does not exceed water allocation for a given period.
- Differences between estimated water use and actual water used are calculated.
- Water quality is measured according to enterprise Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policy and procedures.
- Plant or crop growth and water use efficiency is assessed.
- Soil chemical characteristics are measured and soil moisture is assessed.
- Labour performance is measured.
- Climate and weather conditions are recorded.
- Record irrigation information and activities as specified by enterprise policy