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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Prepare and propagate bioagent media
  2. Obtain bioagent cultures
  3. Maintain and monitor cultures
  4. Harvest and store cultures

Required Skills

Required skills

identify Occupational Health and Safety OHS hazards and implement safe work practices

prepare and propagate bioagent media

obtain bioagent cultures

maintain and monitor cultures

harvest and store cultures

use literacy skills to read interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures follow sequenced written instructions record accurately and legible information collected and select and apply procedures for a range of tasks

use oral communication skillslanguage competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning techniques active listening clarifying information and consulting with supervisors as required

use numeracy skills to estimate calculate and record routine workplace measures

use interpersonal skills to work with and relate to people from a range of cultural social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities

Required knowledge

the range of media available for culture maintenance

culturing and media preparation techniques

laboratory and glasshouse procedures

available biological control agents and their use

the broad range of pest species that are to be targeted

biosecurity and quarantine requirements

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following

prepare and propagate bioagent media

obtain bioagent cultures

maintain and monitor cultures

harvest and store cultures

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances