Elements and Performance Criteria
- Collect and collate all available data
- Data on system performance is collated.
- Data on environmental and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) issues is collated.
- Data on equipment supply and usage is collated.
- Data on crop production is collated.
- Data on water use and quality is collated.
- Data on climatic trends is collated.
- Data on physical and chemical properties of soil is collated.
- Assess actual data against benchmarks, specifications and predictions
- System performance is compared to system specifications and performance predictions.
- Supply and stock use is compared to previous and estimated usage and costs.
- Crop production is compared to previous and predicted production.
- Water usage and quality is compared to past and predicted usage and quality.
- Climatic information is compared to predicted trends.
- Soil properties are compared to previous and predicted properties.
- Production costs related to irrigation system are compared to previous and predicted costs.
- Net profits are compared to past and predicted profits.
- Compile a report of system evaluation
- Report includes discussion of results of data analysis.
- Indicators of good performance are isolated and discussed.
- Indicators of poor performance are isolated and discussed.
- Causes of deviations from performance specifications and requirements are examined.
- Conclusions about irrigation system performance in relation to crop production and business performance are clearly stated.
- Conclusions are supported by the data.
- Recommend alterations to irrigation system to achieve performance improvement