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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify key issues in the transition community
   • Research the community and the bioregion to identify most pressing transition issues
   • Research history of dealing with these issues
   • Research ways in which other communities or bioregions have dealt with these issues
   • Research existing solutions to the problems identified
2. Work with transition community to devise an energy descent action plan
   • Involve local community in the issues identified through community consultation
   • Reach out to as many people as possible in the community to ensure all views are canvassed
   • Support the development of a core group to distil the community work
   • Support development of new groups to explore preferences at the individual and family level
   • Coordinate the participation of diverse interest groups and individuals in the ongoing development of the project
   • Maintain communications and resolve conflicts as required
3. Develop a strategy or an Energy Descent Action Plan
   • Collate feedback from groups and organisations
   • Prepare a strategic plan to address the issues identified
   • Prepare an Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP), if required, containing all the issues, strategies and actions to be undertaken
   • Include a timeline and benchmarks for energy descent action so that the community can follow progress
4. Circulate the strategy or EDAP for comment
   • Carry out a process of community consultation and feedback on the EDAP
   • Take comments and evaluate responses
   • Update and re-circulate the EDAP as required
5. Publish the strategy or EDAP
   • Launch the strategy or EDAP in a culturally appropriate manner that involves as many members of the community as possible
   • Make the strategy or EDAP available in different forms for different audiences including summaries and graphic representations
   • Support the role out of the action strategies and continue to encourage participation

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:

identify key issues in the transition community

work with community to develop energy descent action strategies

develop an energy descent action strategy or an Energy Descent Action Plan (EDAP)

consult with the community on the strategy or EDAP

support actions from the strategy or plan

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

permaculture principles, ethics and practices

relocalisation of essential services and community functions

Climate Change strategies

transition Towns

Energy Descent Action Planning

positive action strategies for:

food production and supply

infrastructure – urban and rural

water and waste water

energy production and supply

housing and settlement design

communications

education and upskilling

employment

economics and alternative economics

health and wellbeing

community governance and decision making systems

land ownership and stewardship

emergency preparedness and critical supply strategies

strategic planning

community development

feasibility study methods

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