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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for harvest
   • Confirm instructions on harvest schedule with supervisor
   • Collect required equipment, including personal protective equipment, and check for serviceability
   • Prepare and move transport and holding equipment and post-harvest facilities to harvest site
2. Carry out harvest
   • Identify, isolate and retrieve stock according to supervisor instructions, ensuring appropriate safety measures are taken
   • Observe stock behaviour and report any abnormal activity to supervisor
   • Observe water and environmental conditions and report conditions that could adversely impact on the harvest or wellbeing of stock to supervisor
   • Operate and maintain equipment according to workplace procedures
   • Check, grade and count stock according to quality parameters set by harvest schedule or supervisor
   • Remove stock and place in holding containers or transport equipment according to food safety requirements
   • Move stock to the next phase of the harvest chain according to supervisor instructions
3. Complete post-harvest activities
   • Clean work area and dispose of waste materials safely according to workplace procedures
   • Check and store tools and equipment, reporting any identified repair requirements to supervisor
   • Record relevant data and observations, and report any abnormal records to supervisor

Performance Evidence

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.

There must be evidence that the individual has carried out harvesting of cultured or held stock on at least one occasion, including:

communicating with and reporting to supervisor on harvest activities

using the appropriate observation methods to monitor stock behaviour, water and environmental conditions for abnormal activity or negative impacts on harvest

using automated and/or manual harvest equipment and checking for serviceability of tools

safely preparing, operating and maintaining the required harvesting, transport and holding equipment

handling and harvesting stock using techniques appropriate for stock and quality standards

completing workplace harvest records

cleaning work area and storing tools and equipment post-harvest.

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Knowledge Evidence

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

basic characteristics of abnormal and normal behaviour of stock relevant to harvesting

key effects of water and environmental conditions on stock

key effects of environmental waste and effluent from harvesting activities

operation and maintenance of automatic or mechanised harvest equipment

workplace procedures for harvesting stock

workplace quality parameters and grading criteria for stock

biosecurity measures and health and safety in the context of harvesting stock, including safety measures for handling hazardous stock.

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