This unit applies to land managers in land disturbing projects for local government, urban, civil construction, forestry, extractive industry, rural, or natural resource management.

ELEMENT

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

1. Establish suitability of development proposal

1.1. Data concerning suitability of development site is compiled using industry methodology.

1.2. Alterations or modifications to the development plan are noted and reported to developer or consent authority.

1.3. Compliance is established with relevant regulatory planning authority or environmental legislation following industry procedures.

1.4. Concurrence is established relating to suitability of development proposal and conforms to erosion and sediment control guidelines.

2. Develop erosion and sediment control strategy

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

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

2.3. Erosion and sediment control strategies are established and documented in co-operation with the developer and relevant consent authority.

3. Prepare an erosion and sediment control plan

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

3.2. Design specifications for structures incorporated in plan details.

3.3. Erosion and sediment control plan and documentation supporting the plan follow industry guidelines.

Required skills

establish suitability of development proposal

prepare reports on erosion and sediment control plans

develop erosion and sediment control strategy

prepare an erosion and sediment control 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, planning and groundwater legislation

planning process for erosion and sediment control

erosion control and design principles

soils and soil formation

levels and levelling

earthmoving principles

total catchment issues

legal requirements - permits

environmental issues

country code

managing peak water flows

subsurface and surface drainage principles and systems

awareness of the limitations of design aids provided for industry.

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:

establish suitability of development proposal

prepare reports on erosion and sediment control plans

check selection criteria for earthwork structures or measures against industry guidelines

develop erosion and sediment control strategy

prepare an erosion and sediment control 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.

Earthworks may include:

the range of conservation earthworks on rural lands including:

contour banks

waterways

dams

drainage structures.

Erosion control measures may include:

site management

land shaping

batter stabilisation

banks and channels

level spreader

revegetation

waterways

check dams

bank and channel linings

grade stabilising structures

outlet protection structures

stormwater detention measures

dust control

rural road&track crossbank and crossfall.

Sediment control measures may include:

sediment basins

sediment traps

sediment filters

excavated sediment traps

straw bale

stormwater inlet sediment traps

sediment fence

straw bale

geotextile fabric

vegetation strips.

Unit sector

Soil and water conservation

This unit contains employability skills.