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Evidence Guide: AHCPCM202 - Collect, prepare and preserve plant specimens

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Tips for gathering evidence to demonstrate your skills

The important thing to remember when gathering evidence is that the more evidence the better - that is, the more evidence you gather to demonstrate your skills, the more confident an assessor can be that you have learned the skills not just at one point in time, but are continuing to apply and develop those skills (as opposed to just learning for the test!). Furthermore, one piece of evidence that you collect will not usualy demonstrate all the required criteria for a unit of competency, whereas multiple overlapping pieces of evidence will usually do the trick!

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AHCPCM202 - Collect, prepare and preserve plant specimens

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

Collect specimen

  1. Collect the largest sample practical to fit on herbarium sheet
  2. Confirm the sample includes flowers and fruit, leaves and roots and other features required for positive identification
  3. Record observations of plant
  4. Identify individual specimens in a manner that allows them to be linked to observations
Collect the largest sample practical to fit on herbarium sheet

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Confirm the sample includes flowers and fruit, leaves and roots and other features required for positive identification

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Record observations of plant

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Identify individual specimens in a manner that allows them to be linked to observations

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Press plants

  1. Protect samples from wilting until pressing
  2. Arrange specimens on sheets ready for pressing
  3. Press specimens
  4. Attach archival specimens to suitable material with observations attached following established material
  5. Pack specimens to be submitted for identification, including all data from collection observations as required by herbarium
Protect samples from wilting until pressing

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Arrange specimens on sheets ready for pressing

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Press specimens

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Attach archival specimens to suitable material with observations attached following established material

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Pack specimens to be submitted for identification, including all data from collection observations as required by herbarium

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Record data

  1. Record and catalogue all data relating to specimens
Record and catalogue all data relating to specimens

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Assessed

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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. Collect specimen

1.1 Collect the largest sample practical to fit on herbarium sheet

1.2 Confirm the sample includes flowers and fruit, leaves and roots and other features required for positive identification

1.3 Record observations of plant

1.4 Identify individual specimens in a manner that allows them to be linked to observations

2. Press plants

2.1 Protect samples from wilting until pressing

2.2 Arrange specimens on sheets ready for pressing

2.3 Press specimens

2.4 Attach archival specimens to suitable material with observations attached following established material

2.5 Pack specimens to be submitted for identification, including all data from collection observations as required by herbarium

3. Record data

3.1 Record and catalogue all data relating to specimens

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. Collect specimen

1.1 Collect the largest sample practical to fit on herbarium sheet

1.2 Confirm the sample includes flowers and fruit, leaves and roots and other features required for positive identification

1.3 Record observations of plant

1.4 Identify individual specimens in a manner that allows them to be linked to observations

2. Press plants

2.1 Protect samples from wilting until pressing

2.2 Arrange specimens on sheets ready for pressing

2.3 Press specimens

2.4 Attach archival specimens to suitable material with observations attached following established material

2.5 Pack specimens to be submitted for identification, including all data from collection observations as required by herbarium

3. Record data

3.1 Record and catalogue all data relating to specimens

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:

collect plant specimens for identification

arrange and press plant specimens

attach archival specimens to material, together with observations

pack specimens, with collection observation data, for identification

record and catalogue data

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

principles and practices of plant collection

how to recognise plants to be collected

how to select the most suitable specimen for collection

how to store the specimens correctly

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