Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assist with organisation of fieldwork
- Assemble supplies and equipment and check against inventory
- Pack supplies and equipment appropriately for safe transport
- Support field operations
- Store supplies and equipment as specified
- Restock supplies as necessary
- Collect and/or dispose of waste in accordance with workplace and environmental requirements
- Assist with field activities
- Collect samples in accordance with workplace procedures, animal care and ethics, and other legislative requirements
- Store samples in accordance with special requirements for continued wellbeing, viability or integrity of sample
- Perform simple field measurements as directed
- Collect and maintain records of site data as directed
- Demonstrate basic field survival skills
- Follow specified survival procedures in the event of emergencies and accidents
- Wear suitable clothing as protection against solar radiation, extreme temperatures and impact injury
- Assist with the completion of fieldwork
- Check and clean used equipment to prevent deterioration and contamination
- Check that the condition of vehicles, equipment and materials comply with environmental/quarantine requirements for preventing transfer of pests
- Return supplies and equipment to storage at workplace location
- Conduct a stocktake of equipment and supplies for replenishment where required
- Assist with the dispatch of collected samples for laboratory analysis, as necessary