Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to monitor facilities and practices in both wild stock fisheries and aquaculture environments for compliance with a range of legislative and regulatory requirements.
The unit applies to individuals who communicate with industry and the wider community to promote awareness of compliance, conduct site inspections, monitor organisations and prepare and submit compliance reports.
All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, according to state/territory health and safety, biosecurity and environmental regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace.
Regulatory requirements apply to this unit. Users are required to check with the relevant jurisdiction for current requirements.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria |
1. Identify scope of compliance powers in jurisdiction | 1.1 Identify current legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to fisheries management 1.2 Identify jurisdictional policies and procedures for monitoring non-compliance and responding to reportable events |
2. Promote awareness of compliance in the fisheries industry | 2.1 Promote fisheries management codes of practice and principles of environmental sustainability to industry and/or community 2.2 Promote protocols for handling the movement of stock interstate to industry and community 2.3 Communicate consequences of non-compliance to industry and community 2.4 Give timely, accurate and relevant responses to enquiries |
3. Monitor fishery enterprises for compliance | 3.1 Conduct routine site inspections to ensure compliance with identified legislation, protocols and codes of practice 3.2 Carry out site inspections with due regard for organisation hygiene, safety, biosecurity and quality assurance procedures 3.3 Monitor fisheries under development to ensure licensing terms and conditions are being met 3.4 Take appropriate action on notification of reportable events 3.5 Prepare and submit fisheries compliance monitoring activity reports |
Evidence of Performance
An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.
There must be evidence that the individual has conducted activities to implement fisheries compliance on at least one occasion, including:
establishing and applying current fisheries management legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to the jurisdiction
communicating compliance-related matters as part of an industry or community enquiry or forum
conducting a site inspection to monitor compliance for at least one fishery organisation
responding to and reporting on compliance monitoring activities.
Evidence of Knowledge
An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:
common fishery stock in the region, and its lifecycle
fisheries management practices used in the region
health and disease problems associated with fishery stock in the region, including procedures to identify disease and protected species, assess results of mass mortality events and take samples
jurisdictional policies and procedures for monitoring fishery compliance, including record-keeping protocols
principles of environmental sustainability
legislation, regulations and codes of practice relevant to fishery management
requirements for site inspections of associated fishery management equipment, natural and manufactured structures and systems.
Assessment Conditions
Assessment of the skills in this unit of competency must take place under the following conditions:
physical conditions:
skills must be conducted in a fisheries management compliance monitoring setting or an environment that accurately represents workplace conditions
resources, equipment and materials:
range of reportable events
specifications:
access to relevant jurisdictional policies and procedures, legislation, regulations and codes of practice for implementing fishery compliance
licensing terms and conditions.
Assessors of this unit must satisfy the requirements for assessors in applicable vocational education and training legislation, frameworks and/or standards.
Foundation Skills
Skill | Description |
Numeracy | Estimate numbers of stock, and size of fisheries structures |
Reading | Interpret compliance-related information |
Writing | Prepare compliance reports and related documentation |
Navigate the world of work | Interpret regulatory requirements and seek clarification or other assistance when required |
Interact with others | Use appropriate vocabulary, conventions and protocols, including technical language relevant to role, to promote compliance awareness, and convey compliance requirements and consequences of breaches to community and workplaces |
Get the work done | Resolve and de-escalate compliance conflicts; make decisions about appropriate compliance response |
Sectors
Compliance (CPL)