Elements and Performance Criteria
- Plan for maintenance and harvesting of permaculture crops
- Identify requirements of the site and crop maintenance program
- Select materials, tools, equipment and machinery
- Carry out pre-operational and safety checks on tools, equipment and machinery
- Identify work health and safety hazards, assess risks, implement controls and take appropriate action
- Select, use and maintain appropriate safety and personal protective equipment
- Maintain permaculture crops
- Implement maintenance tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program
- Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake required maintenance operations
- Ensure tasks are undertaken according to work health and safety requirements and environmental considerations
- Monitor maintenance of crop and take corrective action where required
- Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout maintenance operations
- Harvest permaculture crops
- Implement harvesting tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program
- Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake harvesting operations
- Ensure compliance with work health and safety requirements and observe environmental considerations
- Monitor harvesting of crop and take corrective action to ensure standards are met
- Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout harvesting operations
- Complete maintenance and harvesting activities