Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
AHCARB312 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Use standard climbing techniques to access trees
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
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Unit of Competency | AHCARB312 - Use standard climbing techniques to access trees |
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Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to climb trees with ropes and harnesses using standard techniques for the purpose of accessing required sections of trees.This unit applies to workers who have a range of cognitive, technical and communication skills to select and apply a specialised range of methods, ropes, equipment and information to complete routine activities and provide and transmit solutions to predictable and sometimes unpredictable problems. 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. It is an industry requirement that delivery of training and assessment in this unit provides for the explicit conditions of work team capability for aerial rescue operations. It is an industry requirement for competency in this unit that assessment must include a log record of two hundred (200) hours of standard climbing. 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: standard climbing kit harness high decibel whistle personal protective equipment (PPE) first aid and emergency kit rescue kit traffic management kit trees materials: climbing techniques form- standard climbing log record - standard hazard identification and risk control form equipment and PPE check form emergency preparation form work communications form knot identification 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 site and inspect equipment |
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Element: Select climbing equipment |
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Element: Prepare to access tree |
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Element: Access and ascend tree |
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Element: Descend from tree |
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