Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
AHCARB305 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Dismantle trees
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | AHCARB305 - Dismantle trees |
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Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to dismantle trees in confined spaces and in difficult or hazardous circumstances.This unit applies to individuals who have a range of skills to select and apply a specialised range of methods, tools, materials and information to complete routine activities and provide and transmit solutions to predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems. Discretion and judgement is required. The work requires the application of extensive arboricultural knowledge. Work is implemented with low risk work procedures and to comply with Safe Work Method Statement documentation.Licensing, legislative, regulatory, or certification requirements apply to this unit in some states and territories at the time of publication, and may differ according to jurisdiction. Specific determination should be sought through the relevant State or Territory. Works involving this unit of competency may be subject to local tree protection and preservation laws, and the relevant content of applicable Australian Standards. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. Assessment must be demonstrated consistently over time in a suitable range of contexts and have a productivity-based outcome. No single assessment event or report is sufficient to achieve competency in this unit. Assessment may be conducted in a simulated or real work environment, however determination of competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. The mandatory equipment and materials used to gather evidence for assessment include: equipment: rigging equipment single rope technique (SRT) climbing kit static and dynamic rope kit harness lowering and friction devices gaffs/spurs high decibel whistle personal protective equipment (PPE) first aid and emergency kit rescue kit traffic management kit signage – work zone trees materials: dismantling operations form chainsaw operations form pruning operations form knot identification form hazard identification and risk control form equipment and PPE check form emergency preparation form rescue form - aerial work communications form work site operations form work records form Assessors must satisfy current standards for RTOs in the assessment of arboriculture units of competency. Assessment must be conducted only by persons who have: arboriculture vocational competencies at least to the level being assessed current arboriculture industry skills directly relevant to the unit of competency being assessed |
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Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Prepare for tree removal |
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Element: Implement dismantling of trees |
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Element: Complete tree removal |
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