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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish client need
   • Confirm client expectations
   • Explain current impacting legislation and policies
   • Discuss possible strategies and confirm the best option
2. Develop the strategy to utilise river restoration works
   • Check maps and titles to determine property ownership and boundaries
   • Determine profiles of river sections from photographs
   • Develop erosion and sediment control measures consistent with industry principles and selection criteria
   • Develop fauna habitats following industry recommendations
   • Ensure plants used in project comply with industry guidelines
   • Establish and document restoration strategies with the client and relevant consent authority
3. Prepare a detailed river restoration works plan
   • Check selection criteria for earthwork structures or measures against industry guidelines and legislative requirements
   • Check habitat enhancement strategies against industry guidelines
   • Prepare plan according to industry best practice and the requirements for submission to the relevant consent authority

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

check client expectations for restoration strategies for compliance and discuss issues with client

plan river restoration works according to client, environmental and legislative requirements

develop erosion and sediment control measures

follow industry guidelines to establish fauna habitat and vegetation species

document the strategy for submission to the relevant consent authority

prepare a detailed works plan

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

relevant environmental protection, planning and groundwater legislation

river restoration techniques and processes

erosion and sediment control techniques

planning procedure for erosion and sediment control

erosion control and design principles and factors including:

soils and soil formation

levels and levelling

earthmoving principles

total catchment issues

managing peak water flows

subsurface and surface drainage principles and systems

restoration principles and techniques

legal requirements related to permits

environmental issues

relevant legislation and regulations relating to soil and water degradation issues

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