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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Receive submitted sample
   • Receive submitted sample and verify with submitted documentation
   • Notify supervisor if type, condition or quantity of sample is unsatisfactory
   • Check paperwork and complete labelling and data entry
   • Prepare submitted sample for testing as soon as practicable
   • Handle submitted sample and, if necessary, store under optimum species specific conditions
2. Reduce sample
   • Check working area and equipment for cleanliness
   • Reduce submitted sample to equal or greater than the required working sample size
   • Undertake sample reductionusing prescribed apparatus and methods
   • Use mechanical dividerswhere appropriate
   • Present working sample for testing
   • Complete labelling and records
3. Store working sample after testing
   • Check and verify records and labels for tested samples before storing
   • Handle samples according to enterprise guidelines where live insects have been detected before storage
   • Store samples after testing in environmental conditions that minimise changes in seed quality traits

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:

obtain a working sample from a seed sample submitted for testing

receive submitted samples

reduce samples

store submitted and working samples after testing

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

enterprise standard operating procedures (SOPs)

mechanical dividers and their applications

procedures for obtaining working samples for different tests

relevant work health, safety and environment requirements

sample reduction methods and apparatus

seed handling and storage

the role of the International Seed Testing Association (ISTA) and the ISTA Rules for Seed Testing

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