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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify issues affecting the growing-on program
   • Production requirements are determined in consultation with management.
   • Factors that could limit the production of nursery plants are identified.
   • Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) hazards are identified, risks assessed and controls implemented.
   • The environmental implications in relation to a growing-on program are considered.
   • Sustainable practices are incorporated into the plan.
2. Develop the growing-on plan
   • Activities involved in the growing-on program are identified.
   • Labour, materials, tools and equipment needs are identified.
   • Environmental parameters are selected and altered to meet plant needs and production plans.
   • Growing media requirements are determined according to the needs of the plant and production plans.
   • Planting dimensions and layout are determined according to production plans.
   • Treatments required for the growing-on program are identified.
   • Hygiene requirements for the growing-on program are identified according to industry best practice.
3. Document the growing-on plan
   • The growing-on plan is documented, including all information identified in the development stage.
   • A budget supporting the plan is documented and approval sought by management.
   • A schedule of activities is organised according to production plans.
   • The growing-on plan and schedule of activities are communicated clearly to staff.
4. Oversee and monitor the growing-on program
   • The health of the plants is monitored to ensure they are at optimum growth.
   • Treatments are modified as required to maintain optimum growth.
   • Plants ready for dispatch are checked to ensure they meet customer specifications.

Required Skills

Required skills

conduct literature and consultative research to obtain information about production requirements growth conditions and marketing implications negotiate budget and document plans use literacy skills to read interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures develop sequenced written instructions record information collected accurately and legibly 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

Worksafe Australia criteria for the labelling and handling of hazardous substances enterprise and industry hygiene standards required for growingon activities environmental implications of the disposal of chemicals or chemical containers and the drainage of high nutrient effluent optimal growing requirements of nursery plants enterprise and industry quality standards of nursery plant production common problems that may occur while performing growingon activities in a controlled environment and preventativecorrective actions that may apply processes and techniques for preparing costing and documenting plans for and scheduling growingon activities testing methods applied to propagation media preferred types of propagation media for different species chemical cultural and biological pest weed and disease control techniques application techniques for chemical and nonchemical intervention or treatments

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 determine requirements for growingon program schedule potting program develop budgets and plans for a growingon program monitor the implementation of the program
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

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.
Nursery plants may include:	seedlings bulbs divisions containerised plants field-grown plants flowering plants foliage plants grafted plants tissue culture plants stock plants.

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