This unit applies to restoration and rehabilitation project managers.

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

1. Establish client need

1.1. The client expectations is discussed and confirmed.

1.2. Current impacting legislation and policies are explained to the client.

1.3. Possible strategies are discussed with the client and the best option confirmed in writing.

2. Develop the strategy to utilise restoration works

2.1. Property ownership and boundaries are confirmed by checking maps and titles.

2.2. Profiles of river sections are determined from survey and aerial photographs.

2.3. Erosion control measures are developed and are consistent with industry principles and selection criteria.

2.4. Sediment control measures are developed consistent with industry principles and selection criteria.

2.5. Fauna habitats are developed following industry recommendations.

2.6. Vegetation species utilised within restoration project comply with industry guidelines.

2.7. River restoration strategies are established and documented in co-operation with the client and relevant consent authority.

3. Prepare a detailed works plan

3.1. Selection criteria for earthwork structures or measures are checked against industry guidelines.

3.2. Habitat enhancement strategies checked against industry guidelines.

3.3. Plan is prepared according to enterprise guidelines and industry best practice.

Required skills

establish requirements of the project

establish the suitability of a project proposal

develop erosion and sediment control strategies

develop a river restoration strategy

design structural works, and prepare a river restoration plan

prepare a detailed works plan

use literacy skills to fulfil job roles as required by the organisation. The level of skill may range from reading and understanding documentation to completion of written reports

use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification, negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views

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

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

Required knowledge

relevant environmental protection, planning and groundwater legislation

river processes and restoration techniques

erosion and sediment control techniques

planning procedure for erosion and sediment control

erosion control and design principles

soils and soil formation

levels and levelling

design principles

earthmoving principles

restoration principles and techniques

total catchment issues

legal requirements - permits

environmental issues

biodiversity

managing peak water flows

subsurface and surface drainage principles and systems.

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:

restoration strategies are checked for compliance and discussed with client

develop erosion and sediment control measures

follow industry guidelines to establish fauna habitat and vegetation species

document the strategy and submit to the relevant consent authority

prepare a detailed works plan.

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.

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

Erosion control measures may include:

embankment stabilising structures and techniques.

Sediment control measures may include:

coffer dams

site management

sediment fences

sediment traps

sediment curtains

sediment retention basins.

Unit sector

Natural area restoration

This unit contains employability skills.