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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare equipment for harvesting
   • Carry out pre-operational and safety checks tools, equipment and machinery
   • Recognise workplace hazards and report safety concerns
   • Use and maintained personal protective equipment (PPE)
2. Harvest the crop
   • Ensure harvesting procedures minimise crop and plant damage
   • Carry out basic sorting and grading
   • Clean and maintain harvesting tools, equipment and machinery
   • Report harvesting problems
3. Transport the crop
   • Use safe manual handling when handling containers
   • Move and stack containers to minimise damage to the crop
   • Maintain temperature of the harvested crop
   • Transport the crop from the field to the processing or storage area
   • Maintain containers in good working order

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:

estimate the readiness of produce for picking

harvest the crop using the correct technique

select and grade produce at picking where required

stack produce in containers without causing damage or losses

transport produce from the field according to enterprise requirements

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

principles and practices for harvesting horticultural crops

enterprise quality procedures

grading characteristics of each crop

recognition of crop maturity of a range of crops

the effect of adverse climatic conditions such as rain, hail, extreme wind with dust, or very high ultraviolet radiation, which may downgrade the quality of affected crop, prevent or impede harvest operations or severely influence the time taken to complete the harvest program

the importance of maintaining quality of produce, including cooling requirements and quick transport from field to processing areas

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