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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Research and identify pest strategy monitoring requirements
   • Attitudes and management practices of other land users, regional land management bodies and other relevant stakeholders are assessed for relevance and usefulness in the monitoring system.
   • Procedures for monitoring and recording economic impacts of pests are developed.
   • Procedures for monitoring and recording environmental impacts of pests are developed.
   • Procedures for monitoring and recording pest abundance are developed.
2. Document a monitoring program
   • Monitoring procedures are documented and accessible to relevant personnel.
   • Recording systems are documented and accessible to relevant personnel.
   • Monitoring program includes schedule for monitoring activities aligned to milestones in the pest management strategy.
   • Reporting procedures are defined.

Required Skills

Required skills

research and identify pest strategy monitoring requirements document monitoring programs analyse problems plan strategically use literacy skills to fulfil job roles as required by the organisation The level of skill may range from reading and understanding documentation to completion of written reports use oral communication skillslanguage competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning active listening asking for clarification negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views use numeracy skills to estimate calculate and record complex workplace measures use interpersonal skills to work with others and relate to people from a range of cultural social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities

Required knowledge

land management processes production processes procedures for monitoring and recording pest biology relevant legislative and regulatory requirements environmental protection legislation Occupational Health and Safety OHS legislation codes of practice and enterprise procedures weed control statutory 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 identify parameters to monitor the effectiveness of the strategy source benchmarks against which to compare performance develop a monitoring program and procedures for pest management define the pest management strategy and intended outcomes
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

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.
Pests to be targeted may include:	insects weeds pathogens vertebrates nematodes molluscs.
Pest management strategies may include:	changing land management or production processes and practices e.g.: changing lambing times changing sowing times changing crops modifying habitat pasture management and pest population control e.g.: shooting poisoning trapping mustering relocation fumigation sedation exclusion fencing biological controls harvesting tagging weed control including: chemical biological control mechanical removal.

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