The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following:

prepare the site for revegetation works

conduct a site hazard identification and risk control assessment

recognise and treat plant diseases on a revegetation site

treat weeds and competing plants

carry out revegetation works

clean and maintain the revegetated site.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances.

Required skills

prepare equipment and materials

prepare a planting site

effect revegetation works

maintain revegetated site

use literacy skills to read, interpret and follow organisational policies and procedures, follow sequenced written instructions, record information collected accurately and legibly, and select and apply procedures for a range of tasks

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation, including questioning techniques, active listening, clarifying information and consulting with supervisors as required

use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine workplace measures

use interpersonal skills to work with and relate to people from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.

Required knowledge

revegetation techniques

ecosystems, provenance and habitat requirements

factors affecting the timing and method of planting

identification of pests and diseases of trees

principles and methods relating to the prevention and control of pests and diseases

safety requirements when handling and using hazardous goods

nutrient requirements of a range of plant species and cultivars

physiology of plant growth

techniques for protecting and securing/anchoring trees and shrubs

plant selection and culture

soils and nutrients

calculations for materials.

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.

The types of establishment methods may include:

a range of establishment methods covering:

hand planting

mechanical planting

direct seeding

encouragement of natural regeneration

mechanical sowing

fire.

Earthworks may include:

irrigation

drainage

ripping

cultivating

clearing debris.