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Evidence Guide: AHCARB201 - Apply a range of treatments to trees

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AHCARB201 - Apply a range of treatments to trees

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Prepare to apply tree treatments

  1. Locate trees on streets using maps
  2. Recognise trees requiring treatment
  3. Identify site hazards, assess risks and report to supervisor
  4. Confirm work zone with work crew and monitor site
  5. Select and use personal protective equipment
  6. Select, prepare, and carry out pre-operational and safety checks, on tools and equipment
  7. Confirm first aid and emergency personnel, equipment and procedures
  8. Communicate with work team during operations using voice, hand and whistle signals
  9. Read packaging labels to maintain awareness of work hazards
  10. Clean or sterilise tools and equipment to avoid disease transfer and biosecurity issues
  11. Record and implement work health, safety, site, environmental and traffic control measures
Locate trees on streets using maps

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Recognise trees requiring treatment

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Identify site hazards, assess risks and report to supervisor

Completed
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Confirm work zone with work crew and monitor site

Completed
Date:

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Select and use personal protective equipment

Completed
Date:

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Select, prepare, and carry out pre-operational and safety checks, on tools and equipment

Completed
Date:

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Confirm first aid and emergency personnel, equipment and procedures

Completed
Date:

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Communicate with work team during operations using voice, hand and whistle signals

Completed
Date:

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Read packaging labels to maintain awareness of work hazards

Completed
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Clean or sterilise tools and equipment to avoid disease transfer and biosecurity issues

Completed
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Record and implement work health, safety, site, environmental and traffic control measures

Completed
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Modify environment to maintain health and vigour of tree

  1. Remove competing plants to ensure maintenance of adequate space, light, water and nutrient requirements of tree
  2. Apply nutrient additives at specified rates and locations
  3. Ameliorate soil structure in relation to aeration and drainage
  4. Ameliorate soil condition with plant-based mulch application
  5. Determine benefit and limits of decompaction methods
Remove competing plants to ensure maintenance of adequate space, light, water and nutrient requirements of tree

Completed
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Apply nutrient additives at specified rates and locations

Completed
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Ameliorate soil structure in relation to aeration and drainage

Completed
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Ameliorate soil condition with plant-based mulch application

Completed
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Determine benefit and limits of decompaction methods

Completed
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Apply chemical treatment

  1. Calibrate application equipment
  2. Apply treatment with due regard for environmental implications
  3. Apply chemicals under supervision
Calibrate application equipment

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Apply treatment with due regard for environmental implications

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Apply chemicals under supervision

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Complete treatment operations

  1. Maintain awareness of effect on environment of own work practices
  2. Clean and store personal protective equipment
  3. Clear and clean site
  4. Report applications and treatments and update work records
Maintain awareness of effect on environment of own work practices

Completed
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Clean and store personal protective equipment

Completed
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Clear and clean site

Completed
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Report applications and treatments and update work records

Completed
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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

Signature: ________________________________________________

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1. Prepare to apply tree treatments

1.1 Locate trees on streets using maps

1.2 Recognise trees requiring treatment

1.3 Identify site hazards, assess risks and report to supervisor

1.4 Confirm work zone with work crew and monitor site

1.5 Select and use personal protective equipment

1.6 Select, prepare, and carry out pre-operational and safety checks, on tools and equipment

1.7 Confirm first aid and emergency personnel, equipment and procedures

1.8 Communicate with work team during operations using voice, hand and whistle signals

1.9 Read packaging labels to maintain awareness of work hazards

1.10 Clean or sterilise tools and equipment to avoid disease transfer and biosecurity issues

1.11 Record and implement work health, safety, site, environmental and traffic control measures

2. Modify environment to maintain health and vigour of tree

2.1 Remove competing plants to ensure maintenance of adequate space, light, water and nutrient requirements of tree

2.2 Apply nutrient additives at specified rates and locations

2.3 Ameliorate soil structure in relation to aeration and drainage

2.4 Ameliorate soil condition with plant-based mulch application

2.5 Determine benefit and limits of decompaction methods

3. Apply chemical treatment

3.1 Calibrate application equipment

3.2 Apply treatment with due regard for environmental implications

3.3 Apply chemicals under supervision

4. Complete treatment operations

4.1 Maintain awareness of effect on environment of own work practices

4.2 Clean and store personal protective equipment

4.3 Clear and clean site

4.4 Report applications and treatments and update work records

Required Skills and Knowledge

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

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

1. Prepare to apply tree treatments

1.1 Locate trees on streets using maps

1.2 Recognise trees requiring treatment

1.3 Identify site hazards, assess risks and report to supervisor

1.4 Confirm work zone with work crew and monitor site

1.5 Select and use personal protective equipment

1.6 Select, prepare, and carry out pre-operational and safety checks, on tools and equipment

1.7 Confirm first aid and emergency personnel, equipment and procedures

1.8 Communicate with work team during operations using voice, hand and whistle signals

1.9 Read packaging labels to maintain awareness of work hazards

1.10 Clean or sterilise tools and equipment to avoid disease transfer and biosecurity issues

1.11 Record and implement work health, safety, site, environmental and traffic control measures

2. Modify environment to maintain health and vigour of tree

2.1 Remove competing plants to ensure maintenance of adequate space, light, water and nutrient requirements of tree

2.2 Apply nutrient additives at specified rates and locations

2.3 Ameliorate soil structure in relation to aeration and drainage

2.4 Ameliorate soil condition with plant-based mulch application

2.5 Determine benefit and limits of decompaction methods

3. Apply chemical treatment

3.1 Calibrate application equipment

3.2 Apply treatment with due regard for environmental implications

3.3 Apply chemicals under supervision

4. Complete treatment operations

4.1 Maintain awareness of effect on environment of own work practices

4.2 Clean and store personal protective equipment

4.3 Clear and clean site

4.4 Report applications and treatments and update work records

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence for and demonstrate:

locating trees on streets using maps

recognising trees requiring treatment

identifying site hazards, assessing risks and reporting to supervisor

confirming work zone with work crew and monitoring site

selecting and use personal protective equipment

selecting, preparing, and carrying out pre-operational and safety checks, on tools, equipment and machinery

confirming first aid personnel, equipment and procedures applicable to tree work

communicating with work team during operations

reading packaging labels to maintain awareness of work hazards

cleaning or sterilising tools and equipment

avoiding disease transfer and biosecurity issues

recording and implementing work health, safety, site, environmental and traffic control measures

removing competing plants to ensure maintenance of adequate space, light, water and nutrient requirements of tree

applying nutrient additives at specified rates and locations

amelioration of soil structure in relation to aeration and drainage

amelioration of soil condition with plant-based mulch application

determining benefit and limits of decompaction methods

calibrating application equipment

applying treatment with due regard for environmental implications

applying chemicals under supervision

maintaining awareness of effect on environment of own work practices

cleaning and storing personal protective equipment

clearing and cleaning sites

awareness of work health and safety in the context of own work.

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

methods of locating trees on streets and maps

tree recognition

methods of identifying site hazards, assessing risks and reporting to supervisors

risk assessment systems

confirmation of work zones

how trees react to stress

personal protective equipment

pre-operational and safety checks, on tools, equipment and machinery

first aid

first aid personnel, equipment, and first aid plan procedures

communication systems using voice, hand and whistle signals

application of packaging instructions

methods of cleaning and sterilising tools and equipment

methods of disease transfer

biosecurity principles and practices

work health, safety, site, environmental and traffic control measures

plant removal methods

soil nutrition

rates of nutrient application

soil amelioration techniques

soil structure, aeration and drainage

mulch

compaction and decompaction

correct preparation prior to applying treatment to trees

calibration techniques of application equipment

chemical application techniques, usage restrictions and risk controls

environmental implications of chemical use in own work practices.

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