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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan for production
   • Interpret and confirm production schedule with supervisor
   • Confirm labour and equipment requirements with supervisor
   • Identify risk factors that could affect the quality of algal or live-feed cultures during production and plan to minimise risk
   • Assemble culture system for use according to workplace procedures
   • Communicate workplace production procedures and safety precautions to team members
2. Prepare for initiation and maintenance of algal or live-feed cultures
   • Check production vessels or structures and other equipment, including personal protective equipment, for serviceability
   • Treat culture water to meet the physicochemical requirements of the cultured organism
   • Inoculate cultures to meet the required stocking density
   • Prepare nutriment formulae or media according to workplace procedures
3. Monitor and maintain culture production
   • Measure and maintain physicochemical requirements of the culture organism for the culture period
   • Maintain hygienic culture conditions and equipment
   • Check culture health regularly by sampling the culture water, and take appropriate action to achieve the production schedule
4. Harvest culture
   • Collect and check harvesting equipment for serviceability
   • Clean and sanitise production vessels and equipment according to workplace procedures
   • Confirm quantity of culture required and harvest according to workplace procedures
   • Treat and dispose of unused cultures and wastes according to workplace procedures and environmental requirements
5. Complete culture production activities
   • Check cleaning of work area and disposal of waste materials are completed according to workplace procedures
   • Check condition, maintenance requirements and storage of tools and equipment
   • Record relevant data and observations, and report any abnormal records to supervisor
   • Interpret and confirm production schedule with supervisor
   • Confirm labour and equipment requirements with supervisor
   • Identify risk factors that could affect the quality of algal or live-feed cultures during production and plan to minimise risk
   • Assemble culture system for use according to workplace procedures
   • Communicate workplace production procedures and safety precautions to team members