Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
SITTPPD004A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Plan and implement minimal impact operations
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | SITTPPD004A - Plan and implement minimal impact operations |
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Description | This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to organise and operate tourism activities with minimal negative environmental and social impact, and to monitor and report on any impact. No licensing, legislative, regulatory or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of endorsement.The emphasis of this unit is on short-term operational action planning and implementation, without the strategic focus found in SITTPPD006B Plan and develop ecologically sustainable tourism operations. | ||
Employability Skills | The required outcomes described in this unit of competency contain applicable facets of employability skills. The Employability Skills Summary of the qualification in which this unit is packaged will assist in identifying employability skills requirements. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit describes a product planning function for a diverse range of tourism products delivered across a range of tourism industry sectors. It has particular application to the tour operating, cruise and attractions sectors and to those tourism products that are delivered in environmentally sensitive areas. Many would be nature or ecotourism-based experiences.The planning and implementation of minimal impact operations could be for a series of activities within a venue, a tour operation, or a one-off activity. This role would normally apply to those who operate with some level of autonomy or under limited supervision and guidance from others, e.g. senior operational or supervisory personnel such as senior guide or senior activities coordinator, site guide, interpretive guide and owner-operator of a small tourism business. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Prerequisites/co-requisites | Nil | ||
Competency Field | Planning and Product Development |
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 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Organise environmentally responsible activities. |
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Element: Conduct activities with minimal impact. |
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Element: Monitor impact and changes. |
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