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Evidence Guide: AHCBAC405 - Supervise agricultural crop harvesting

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AHCBAC405 - Supervise agricultural crop harvesting

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

Prepare for harvesting

  1. Assess crop maturity and quality in readiness for harvesting
  2. Determine pre-harvest treatments for the control and eradication of pests and implement appropriately
  3. Identify and comply with licence or permit requirements
  4. Assess insurance requirements and plan and implement required risk management strategies
  5. Identify work health and safety hazards and assess risks in crop harvesting
Assess crop maturity and quality in readiness for harvesting

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Determine pre-harvest treatments for the control and eradication of pests and implement appropriately

Completed
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Identify and comply with licence or permit requirements

Completed
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Assess insurance requirements and plan and implement required risk management strategies

Completed
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Identify work health and safety hazards and assess risks in crop harvesting

Completed
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Determine harvest strategy

  1. Estimate and calculate optimum timing to carry out harvest according to crop maturity assessment
  2. Assess resource requirements appropriate to the size of the crop and estimated timing of harvest
  3. Assess technology to ensure most efficient performance of operations
  4. Arrange and confirm required labour and equipment to carry out harvesting operations within budgetary constraints
  5. Identify and arrange appropriate requirements for fire prevention and control
Estimate and calculate optimum timing to carry out harvest according to crop maturity assessment

Completed
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Assess resource requirements appropriate to the size of the crop and estimated timing of harvest

Completed
Date:

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Assess technology to ensure most efficient performance of operations

Completed
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Arrange and confirm required labour and equipment to carry out harvesting operations within budgetary constraints

Completed
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Identify and arrange appropriate requirements for fire prevention and control

Completed
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Coordinate the harvest strategy

  1. Implement work health and safety controls
  2. Implement appropriate communication strategies
  3. Implement harvesting operations and adjust as required according to weather, equipment and staff requirements
  4. Coordinate and monitor equipment operation
  5. Identify and control existing and potential biosecurity hazards appropriately
Implement work health and safety controls

Completed
Date:

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Implement appropriate communication strategies

Completed
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Implement harvesting operations and adjust as required according to weather, equipment and staff requirements

Completed
Date:

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Coordinate and monitor equipment operation

Completed
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Identify and control existing and potential biosecurity hazards appropriately

Completed
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Complete harvest operation

  1. Identify appropriate storage resources and strategies for drying grain
  2. Segregate grain quality of grain to marketing grades and monitor for moisture content according to classification standards
  3. Evaluate harvesting operations and outcomes against harvest strategy
  4. Document and record information for continual analysis and effective planning management
Identify appropriate storage resources and strategies for drying grain

Completed
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Segregate grain quality of grain to marketing grades and monitor for moisture content according to classification standards

Completed
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Evaluate harvesting operations and outcomes against harvest strategy

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Document and record information for continual analysis and effective planning management

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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 for harvesting

1.1 Assess crop maturity and quality in readiness for harvesting

1.2 Determine pre-harvest treatments for the control and eradication of pests and implement appropriately

1.3 Identify and comply with licence or permit requirements

1.4 Assess insurance requirements and plan and implement required risk management strategies

1.5 Identify work health and safety hazards and assess risks in crop harvesting

2. Determine harvest strategy

2.1 Estimate and calculate optimum timing to carry out harvest according to crop maturity assessment

2.2 Assess resource requirements appropriate to the size of the crop and estimated timing of harvest

2.3 Assess technology to ensure most efficient performance of operations

2.4 Arrange and confirm required labour and equipment to carry out harvesting operations within budgetary constraints

2.5 Identify and arrange appropriate requirements for fire prevention and control

3. Coordinate the harvest strategy

3.1 Implement work health and safety controls

3.2 Implement appropriate communication strategies

3.3 Implement harvesting operations and adjust as required according to weather, equipment and staff requirements

3.4 Coordinate and monitor equipment operation

3.5 Identify and control existing and potential biosecurity hazards appropriately

4. Complete harvest operation

4.1 Identify appropriate storage resources and strategies for drying grain

4.2 Segregate grain quality of grain to marketing grades and monitor for moisture content according to classification standards

4.3 Evaluate harvesting operations and outcomes against harvest strategy

4.4 Document and record information for continual analysis and effective planning management

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 for harvesting

1.1 Assess crop maturity and quality in readiness for harvesting

1.2 Determine pre-harvest treatments for the control and eradication of pests and implement appropriately

1.3 Identify and comply with licence or permit requirements

1.4 Assess insurance requirements and plan and implement required risk management strategies

1.5 Identify work health and safety hazards and assess risks in crop harvesting

2. Determine harvest strategy

2.1 Estimate and calculate optimum timing to carry out harvest according to crop maturity assessment

2.2 Assess resource requirements appropriate to the size of the crop and estimated timing of harvest

2.3 Assess technology to ensure most efficient performance of operations

2.4 Arrange and confirm required labour and equipment to carry out harvesting operations within budgetary constraints

2.5 Identify and arrange appropriate requirements for fire prevention and control

3. Coordinate the harvest strategy

3.1 Implement work health and safety controls

3.2 Implement appropriate communication strategies

3.3 Implement harvesting operations and adjust as required according to weather, equipment and staff requirements

3.4 Coordinate and monitor equipment operation

3.5 Identify and control existing and potential biosecurity hazards appropriately

4. Complete harvest operation

4.1 Identify appropriate storage resources and strategies for drying grain

4.2 Segregate grain quality of grain to marketing grades and monitor for moisture content according to classification standards

4.3 Evaluate harvesting operations and outcomes against harvest strategy

4.4 Document and record information for continual analysis and effective planning management

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 that they can:

organise and schedule the maintenance of plant and equipment

establish strategies, procedures and controls for crop harvesting

negotiate and arrange contracts and agreements

implement safe workplace and positive environmental practices

deal with weather and other contingencies

establish strategies, procedures and controls for crop harvesting, including fire prevention and control plans

correct use of technology to improve efficiency

negotiate and arrange contracts and agreements

estimate crop yields

maintain budgetary controls

assess crop maturity and quality in readiness for harvesting

arrange storage and delivery requirements

segregate grain for quality and monitor for moisture content

implement work health and safety policies in the context of the work team

implement biosecurity policies in the context of the work team.

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

crop maturity and yield potential

grain or seed quality

functions and limitations of harvesting equipment

role of technology in improving efficiency

crop measurement techniques and parameters

grain market information and sources

location and relative skills and abilities of available contractors

weather conditions which may affect the harvest

relevant legislation, codes of practice and enterprise requirements for Work Health and Safety, contractor engagement, environment and pesticides

environmental controls and codes of practice applicable to harvesting operations

enterprise biosecurity policies.

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