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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare a brief
  2. Analyse available information
  3. Consult with individuals, groups and the community
  4. Identify required strategies
  5. Design organisational structures
  6. Document community and bioregional development strategy

Range Statement


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:

prepare a brief

analyse available information

consult with individuals, groups and the community

identify required strategies

design organisational structures

document a community and bioregional development strategy


Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

permaculture principles and practices related to bioregional development

bioregional analysis and development

climate change, Peak Oil and resource depletion responses

Transition Towns

community or bioregional development strategies, such as:

Transition Towns group activities or programs

ways of reducing the ecological ‘footprint’ of individuals, organisations or the community at large

ways of influencing government policy

ways of influencing business practices

support for ideas and solutions which enable transition to a low-carbon/low-energy future

environmental, water catchment and natural resource conservation projects

community economics and enterprise

social and cultural programs

housing and community development programs

strategic planning frameworks

community supported agriculture, organic and sustainable primary production and consumer networks and programs

energy descent plans

local food and water security

renewable energy and appropriate technologies

greenhouse emission reduction and sequestration

disaster preparedness, response and recovery

strategic planning framework including:

core values

vision

goals

strategies

action plans

benchmarks

timelines

community profile development

community consultation and facilitation methodologies, such as:

team and community building activities

community forums and discussion

open space events

cultural mapping processes

creative problem solving processes

visualisation and experiential processes

information gathering processes

structure, processes and characteristics of community organisations, such as:

non-government organisations

government organisations

cooperatives

incorporated and non-incorporated groups

companies both limited and unlimited

public companies both listed and unlisted

trusts

funding sources and their policies and strategies for encouraging community input and participation, such as grands, gifts and crowd-sourced funding

relevant local, state and federal strategies and legislation

specific knowledge of particular groups or issues