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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine factors for inclusion in forest management system
   • Identify key requirements of relevant laws, international treaties, conventions and initiatives to confirm organisational compliance requirements.
   • Quantify range and scope of organisational activities requiring compliance with laws, international treaties, conventions and initiatives.
   • Monitor relevant information sources to identify and maintain knowledge of forest management issues.
   • Measure and qualify strategic and operational factors impacting on organisational forest management processes.
   • Identify strategic priorities and plan implementation to ensure compliance with laws, international treaties, conventions and initiatives.
2. Establish forest management plans and system
   • Direct and manage design of organisational forest management system.
   • Develop criteria for implementing and maintaining systems for forest management.
   • Develop methods for gathering and monitoring forest management information.
   • Develop, circulate and maintain feedback systems supporting forest management processes.
   • Develop processes for forest management; circulate and obtain sign-off from appropriate personnel.
3. Implement forest management system
   • Allocate material and equipment resources to implement systems in line with timelines and budget.
   • Assign roles and responsibilities to appropriate personnel and provide information on expected outcomes.
   • Coordinate training of personnel to ensure system and quality practices are incorporated into day-to-day work activities.
   • Implement feedback methods for determining effectiveness of major elements of forest management system.
   • Monitor system compliance of staff and contractors.
4. Monitor and evaluate forest management system
   • Monitor forest management systems regularly for compliance with laws, international treaties, conventions and initiatives.
   • Evaluate information on forest condition and consider system improvements.
   • Review reports to ensure compliance requirements are consistently implemented and take corrective action as required.
   • Discuss and analyse feedback for operational effectiveness of system.
   • Make required changes to system based on consultation and analysis.

Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must be able to provide evidence that they can:

Complete a research project to determine and report on compliance requirements for a given organisation operating in a given forest location covering requirements for:

commonwealth, state or territory law

local government regulations

international treaties, conventions and initiatives.

Develop a suite of systems and processes to maintain compliance with the identified requirements.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

Objectives and key content of commonwealth, state or territory and local government laws and regulation relevant to forest management, including key areas of:

land ownership

boundary management

environmental management

access

silviculture

harvesting

forest protection

Methods to access, locate and select applicable objectives and key content of international and national treaties, conventions and initiatives relevant to forest management, the following key references:

Australian Standard for Sustainable Forest Management AS4708 endorsed by PEFC

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Certification

Factors to be considered in assessing forest management issues inherent to different types of forests.

Forest management issues that impact on the organisation and its practices.

Scope of forest operations and activities of the organisation, including:

operations in national parks

other operations on public land

operations on private land

timber growing and harvesting

fire management

Strategic and operational factors impacting on organisational forest management processes and decision making, including:

fire management planning

flora and fauna planning

planning for environmental protection and monitoring

regulatory compliance issues

compliance with international treaties, conventions and initiatives

location and nature of sites

organisational policy and operational guidelines

public liabilities and exposure to risk

risk-management strategies and policies

Financial and business administration principles relevant to organisational needs.

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