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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare to work in a permaculture environment
   • Meet with supervisor, observe conditions and receive work tasks for the day
   • Identify required materials, tools and equipment
   • Check materials, tools and equipment and tell supervisor if there are insufficient or faulty items
   • Use correct manual handling techniques when loading and unloading materials
   • Identify hazards and tell supervisor
   • Use suitable personal protective equipment (PPE) and ensure correct fit
2. Identify permaculture work practices
   • Identify good environmentally sustainable practices, and seek clarification when necessary
   • Adopt work practices which maximise productivity and time efficiency and minimise waste and resource use
   • Follow instructions and directions and ask for clarification when necessary
3. Contribute to improved permaculture practices
   • Gather information about permaculture and support the development of improved permaculture practices
   • Discuss environmental issues, community issues and their relationship to permaculture practices with supervisor and colleagues
   • Contribute to the review of permaculture practices in a permaculture environment

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:

communicate with supervisors and workplace colleagues

recognise basic environmental influences

contribute to improved permaculture work practices

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

permaculture

ethics – earth care, people care, fair share

principles – at this level, limited to the trainer/supervisor’s interpretation and simplification of those contained in the two seminal permaculture text books (Mollison 1988 and Holmgren 2002)

good practice approaches to minimising environmental hazards and risks

producing no waste

thinking globally and acting locally

observing nature and learning from her patterns

responding to change creatively and with consideration for the needs of all users of and/or elements in the system

learning from mistakes and developing successes

factors to improve environmental performance in regard to water catchments, ecosystems, habitat, efficient use of resources, sustainability and waste minimisation

factors to improve community issues, especially in regard to caring for people, sharing surpluses and setting limits to growth

environmental issues and their potential impacts

sustainability of land use and agricultural work practices

reduction and disposal of waste

improvements to water quality

improvements to air quality

energy efficiency

biodiversity and habitat protection

conservation of natural resources

wild-fire management and mitigation

food, water and energy security

human rights and right livelihood

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