Elements and Performance Criteria
- Carry out planning activities
- Ensure client preferences and requirements are understood and confirmed according to enterprise marketing and business plans
- Assess the production site for growing factors, services and site modifications
- Research the growing requirements of plant species and cultivars and restrictions that may affect the production plan
- Identify sustainable land use issues that may affect planned production
- Set production targets that are consistent with the marketing strategy and business plan
- Determine production requirements in terms of quantity, quality and availability of the product
- Develop a plan that reflects client preferences and requirements
- Determine the requirements of horticultural production
- Identify plant species that are consistent with the plan and the calculate, cost and confirm availability with the supplier
- Select plant establishment procedures consistent with the agreed plan
- Ensure design of the site includes irrigation and drainage systems, and takes into account the growing requirements of plants and sustainable land use practices
- Provide cultural management of the growing environment from planting to harvest
- Determine harvesting dates to meet market deadlines
- Identify resources required for the establishment of the site
- Schedule production activities
- Plan monitoring of the production plan
- Determine production activities to be monitored, the format for recording factors, frequency of monitoring and the thresholds for remedial action
- Document required remedial for implementation by staff
- Review on a regular basis the effectiveness of the monitoring system
- Compare the production program with feedback and projections from clients
- Prepare and document the production plan and specification