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Evidence Guide: AHCIRG502A - Design irrigation system maintenance and monitoring programs

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AHCIRG502A - Design irrigation system maintenance and monitoring programs

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

Design an irrigation system maintenance program

  1. Resources needed to perform maintenance tasks are specified in the program outline.
  2. Repairs, replacements and servicing requirements for all equipment and machinery are specified in the program outline.
  3. Activities required to maintain the irrigation site, system hardware and water quality are specified according to enterprise needs.
  4. Manufacturer's operating manuals are obtained and used as guidance to specify maintenance activities, schedule and skills required.
  5. Timing and frequency of maintenance activities are scheduled to co-ordinate with other enterprise activities.
  6. System maintenance program activities relate to water supply authority constraints and requirements for water and maintenance.
  7. Labour and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements for each activity are determined and recorded in the system maintenance program.
  8. Weed control, water storage and treatment maintenance form an integral part of the system maintenance program.
  9. Strategies are specified in the program to ensure that negative impacts of irrigation, drainage and water treatment systems are minimised, and positive impacts are maximised.
Resources needed to perform maintenance tasks are specified in the program outline.

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Repairs, replacements and servicing requirements for all equipment and machinery are specified in the program outline.

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Activities required to maintain the irrigation site, system hardware and water quality are specified according to enterprise needs.

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Manufacturer's operating manuals are obtained and used as guidance to specify maintenance activities, schedule and skills required.

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Timing and frequency of maintenance activities are scheduled to co-ordinate with other enterprise activities.

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System maintenance program activities relate to water supply authority constraints and requirements for water and maintenance.

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Labour and Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) requirements for each activity are determined and recorded in the system maintenance program.

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Weed control, water storage and treatment maintenance form an integral part of the system maintenance program.

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Strategies are specified in the program to ensure that negative impacts of irrigation, drainage and water treatment systems are minimised, and positive impacts are maximised.

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Design a monitoring and scheduling program

  1. Procedures for monitoring and recording system hardware use and performance are included in the monitoring and scheduling program.
  2. Procedures for scheduling, monitoring and recording water use form an integral part of the monitoring and scheduling program.
  3. Procedures for monitoring and recording operating costs are included in the program.
  4. Contingency plans in the event of water restrictions being imposed are developed for inclusion in the monitoring and scheduling program.
Procedures for monitoring and recording system hardware use and performance are included in the monitoring and scheduling program.

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Procedures for scheduling, monitoring and recording water use form an integral part of the monitoring and scheduling program.

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Procedures for monitoring and recording operating costs are included in the program.

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Contingency plans in the event of water restrictions being imposed are developed for inclusion in the monitoring and scheduling program.

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

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:

identify irrigation system monitoring and maintenance requirements

determine the resources required for irrigation system maintenance

design a maintenance program for an irrigation system

develop procedures for scheduling and monitoring an irrigation system to achieve required performance

develop contingency plans for the irrigation system for periods of restricted water supply.

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.

Required Skills and Knowledge

Required skills

analyse and organise information

identify and schedule activities

design scheduling and recording procedures

identify adverse environmental impacts of irrigation, drainage and water treatment activities and appropriate remedial action

develop and include relevant enterprise OHS and environmental procedures

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

maintenance and monitoring design requirements

irrigation, drainage and water treatment maintenance activities

water supply authority constraints

water quality guidelines for fresh and marine water (e.g. ANZECC 1999)

environmental impacts of irrigation

drainage and water treatment using water from any ground or underground source

OHS and environmental protection legislation, codes of practice and enterprise requirements for monitoring and maintenance programs.

Range Statement

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

Irrigation systems may include:

pressurised irrigation systems such as:

micro-irrigation systems

spray irrigation systems

gravity fed irrigation systems.