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Evidence Guide: AHCNSY202A - Tend nursery plants

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AHCNSY202A - Tend nursery plants

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

Maintain the nursery environment

  1. Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) hazards in the nursery environment are identified, risks assessed and reported to the supervisor.
  2. Plant growth and health requirements are clarified with the supervisor.
  3. Irrigation system components are serviced for basic operational use and basic user serviceable parts are repaired or replaced.
  4. Performance of the irrigation system is checked to ensure optimum results.
  5. Temperature controls are monitored to ensure specified levels are maintained.
  6. Hygiene practices are followed to minimise risk of contamination.
Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) hazards in the nursery environment are identified, risks assessed and reported to the supervisor.

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Plant growth and health requirements are clarified with the supervisor.

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Irrigation system components are serviced for basic operational use and basic user serviceable parts are repaired or replaced.

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Performance of the irrigation system is checked to ensure optimum results.

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Temperature controls are monitored to ensure specified levels are maintained.

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Hygiene practices are followed to minimise risk of contamination.

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Maintain nursery plants

  1. Suitable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is selected, used and maintained.
  2. Common problems in nursery plants are recognised, and rectified and/or reported to the supervisor.
  3. Tools and equipment are selected and used for plant maintenance.
  4. Treatments are applied to assist plant growth as directed by the supervisor.
  5. Water is applied in the quantity and method specified.
  6. Nursery operations are undertaken according to OHS requirements.
  7. Plant quality is maintained.
Suitable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) is selected, used and maintained.

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Common problems in nursery plants are recognised, and rectified and/or reported to the supervisor.

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Tools and equipment are selected and used for plant maintenance.

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Treatments are applied to assist plant growth as directed by the supervisor.

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Water is applied in the quantity and method specified.

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Nursery operations are undertaken according to OHS requirements.

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Plant quality is maintained.

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Complete nursery plant maintenance operation

  1. Workplace information is recorded in the appropriate format.
  2. Waste is collected and disposed of or recycled.
  3. Tools and equipment are cleaned and stored.
Workplace information is recorded in the appropriate format.

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Waste is collected and disposed of or recycled.

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Tools and equipment are cleaned and stored.

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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:

establish the requirements of plants

monitor irrigation and temperature control systems

maintain nursery hygiene

monitor plants

maintain nursery records

implement procedures for waste disposal and tool maintenance.

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

recognise common problems in nursery plants

monitor temperature controls

apply plant growth treatments as directed

apply specified watering

select and use tools and equipment

check irrigation system performance

service basic irrigation system components

repair or replace user serviceable irrigation components

maintain nursery hygiene

participate in teams and contribute to team objectives

read and interpret enterprise work procedures

communicate effectively with team members and supervisor

measure quantities and calculate application rates

minimise environmental disturbance

use interpersonal skills to relate to people from a range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.

Required knowledge

daily water requirements of nursery plants

botany and plant physiology

environmental requirements of a range of containerised plants growing in a nursery setting

applied understanding of the importance of hygiene and quality control when tending nursery plants

common problems that may occur with containerised plants in a controlled environment and their treatment

Nursery Industry Water Management Best Practice Guidelines 2005

principles and operations of a range of irrigation systems used in nurseries

methods of disposing of waste to minimise damage to the external environment.

Range Statement

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

Nursery environments may include:

glasshouses

shade houses

hardening-off areas.

Plants may include:

plants common in production nurseries and commonly used and produced in the region.

Plant physiological processes may include:

principles of transpiration

water intake

nutrient uptake

photosynthesis

respiration

translocation.