Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

SITTGDE008 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Prepare specialised interpretive content on flora, fauna and landscape

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Issue Date: April 2024


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Unit of Competency SITTGDE008 - Prepare specialised interpretive content on flora, fauna and landscape
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to research and critically analyse specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape to develop interpretive themes and messages. It highlights the need for ongoing research to update and expand knowledge. This unit applies across many industry sectors and has particular application to guides who work in national parks, or who conduct tours with a strong focus on the natural environment. In this context, guides work independently to research and prepare interpretive content.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.

Skills must be demonstrated in an operational guiding environment. This can be:

an industry workplace where specialised interpretive content is developed for guiding activities

a simulated activity involving the development of specialised interpretive content for guiding activities.

Assessment must ensure access to:

current sources of information as listed in the knowledge evidence

current interpretive resources

equipment used to source, record and store information:

computer and software

internet

data storage equipment.

Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations’ requirements for assessors; and:

have worked in industry for at least three years where they have applied the skills and knowledge of this unit of competency.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Guiding
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities 		Slides
PPT 		Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Research specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.
  • Identify key sources of specialised information about flora, fauna and landscape.
  • Evaluate credibility and reliability of information sources.
  • Use formal and informal research techniques to access current, accurate and relevant information.
  • Determine potential subjects of customer interest and make focus of research activities.
       
Element: Prepare specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.
  • Analyse information and develop interpretive themes and messages to meet customer needs.
  • Organise information to support ways in which it will be used and presented.
       
Element: Update knowledge of specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.
  • Identify and use opportunities to maintain currency of knowledge about specialised topics.
  • Proactively seek opportunities to enhance and expand own knowledge base.
  • Incorporate updated and expanded knowledge into work activities.
       


Evidence Required

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ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Research specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.

1.1.Identify key sources of specialised information about flora, fauna and landscape.

1.2.Evaluate credibility and reliability of information sources.

1.3.Use formal and informal research techniques to access current, accurate and relevant information.

1.4.Determine potential subjects of customer interest and make focus of research activities.

2. Prepare specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.

2.1.Analyse information and develop interpretive themes and messages to meet customer needs.

2.2.Organise information to support ways in which it will be used and presented.

3. Update knowledge of specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.

3.1.Identify and use opportunities to maintain currency of knowledge about specialised topics.

3.2.Proactively seek opportunities to enhance and expand own knowledge base.

3.3.Incorporate updated and expanded knowledge into work activities.

Evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:

prepare three different presentations, with each presentation:

using at least four credible and reliable sources of information

demonstrating knowledge of flora, fauna and landscape as listed in the knowledge evidence

using appropriate ecological terminology and concepts

incorporating interpretive themes and messages

organising information in a logical and suitable manner for presentation.

Demonstrated knowledge required to complete the tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit:

role of interpretation in creating a powerful customer experience

sources of information on flora, fauna and landscape in the relevant geographic context

landscapes of interest within a local region and their general characteristics

key ecological terminology and concepts:

biodiversity and abundance

biotic and physical factors

carbon cycle

community relations

energy flow

food web

life cycles

nutrient cycle

populations

succession

water cycle

zonation

interrelationships between parts of the ecosystem:

developmental processes related to the formation of local landscapes:

geological formations and history

soil composition and its relation to plant and animal life and water catchment areas

principles of Gondwana theory and the impact of Gondwana on plant and animal communities

major landscape types and their characteristics:

alpine

coastal

desert

outback

temperate

tropical

major species of flora and fauna within the local landscape:

characteristics

commonalities

interactions between species and the environment

nature of species and where it is found

nutrition and life cycles

roles of individual species

species harmful to humans

identification techniques for flora and fauna

environmental influences that affect landscape:

climate

earthquake

fire

flood

human impact on landscape:

industrial activity

land clearing

mining

management regimes and codes of practice for local landscape

Australian Indigenous perspective on local landscape

information sources frequently used by guides:

artworks

events

exhibitions

experiences and observations (of self or others)

films

geological societies, plant study groups or wildlife societies

images

internet

music

local experts

traditional owners

performances

presentations

professional associations

printed texts.

Submission Requirements

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Assessment task 1: [title]      Due date:

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Assessment Tasks

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ELEMENTS

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Research specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.

1.1.Identify key sources of specialised information about flora, fauna and landscape.

1.2.Evaluate credibility and reliability of information sources.

1.3.Use formal and informal research techniques to access current, accurate and relevant information.

1.4.Determine potential subjects of customer interest and make focus of research activities.

2. Prepare specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.

2.1.Analyse information and develop interpretive themes and messages to meet customer needs.

2.2.Organise information to support ways in which it will be used and presented.

3. Update knowledge of specialised information on flora, fauna and landscape.

3.1.Identify and use opportunities to maintain currency of knowledge about specialised topics.

3.2.Proactively seek opportunities to enhance and expand own knowledge base.

3.3.Incorporate updated and expanded knowledge into work activities.

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify key sources of specialised information about flora, fauna and landscape. 
Evaluate credibility and reliability of information sources. 
Use formal and informal research techniques to access current, accurate and relevant information. 
Determine potential subjects of customer interest and make focus of research activities. 
Analyse information and develop interpretive themes and messages to meet customer needs. 
Organise information to support ways in which it will be used and presented. 
Identify and use opportunities to maintain currency of knowledge about specialised topics. 
Proactively seek opportunities to enhance and expand own knowledge base. 
Incorporate updated and expanded knowledge into work activities. 

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