Elements and Performance Criteria
- Conduct a property or catchment audit and identify areas with erosion and sediment problems
- Identify soils susceptible to erosion and sediment loss and relationship to land classes for erosion potential
- Conduct a property or site audit and document details using appropriate methodology
- Identify and classify types of erosion and sediment loss
- Identify the environmental and man made factors that influence rates and effects of erosion and sediment
- Estimate the economic and environmental losses caused by erosion and sediment losses
- Identify appropriate external sources of support to assist in the planning processes
- Identify relevant regulatory planning authorities or environmental legislation for current project and future planning developments
- Develop erosion and sediment control plan
- Investigate erosion and sediment control measures consistent with industry principles
- Develop erosion and sediment control strategy/s for project area and record in co-operation with land owner, relevant government and planning authorities and any other key stakeholders
- Identify potential problems that may require future rectification and modification to original strategies
- Develop erosion and sediment control plan to meet design specifications including environmental concerns, physical impacts, land use, production systems and key personnel
- Develop monitoring processes for evaluating and reporting performance against erosion and sediment control plan for achieving short and long-term outcomes
- Determine roles and responsibilities to all key personnel and stakeholders
- Implement and manage the erosion and sediment control plan
- Implement tasks in accordance with erosion and sediment control plan and structure specification
- Manage the communication process including strategies for conflict resolution and problem solving
- Monitor progress to ensure time, performance, cost and quality of work is achieved
- Investigate and negotiate proposed variations in consultation with all key stakeholders
- Evaluate the erosion and sediment control plan
- Conduct inspection to review work completion and collate monitoring data
- Identify alterations or modifications to the development plan and report to industry sector personnel, developer or consenting authority
- Review outcomes of completed erosion and sediment control plan against agreed short and long term objectives and report to all key stakeholders