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Evidence Guide: AHCPCM502 - Collect and classify plants

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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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AHCPCM502 - Collect and classify plants

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

Prepare for plant collecting

  1. Confirm the purpose and objectives for collecting a range of plants
  2. Define the area, location and habitat for collecting
  3. Determine and prepare resources to assist in locating and identifying plants
  4. Determine and prepare equipment required for collecting and preserving specimens
  5. Obtain licences or permission to collect specimens from landowner or managing agency
  6. Assess the range of likely operating conditions, hazards and difficult or sensitive environments for impact on collecting and preserving specimens
  7. Identify work health and safety hazards associated with plant collecting, assess risks and implement controls
Confirm the purpose and objectives for collecting a range of plants

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Define the area, location and habitat for collecting

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Determine and prepare resources to assist in locating and identifying plants

Completed
Date:

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Determine and prepare equipment required for collecting and preserving specimens

Completed
Date:

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Obtain licences or permission to collect specimens from landowner or managing agency

Completed
Date:

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Assess the range of likely operating conditions, hazards and difficult or sensitive environments for impact on collecting and preserving specimens

Completed
Date:

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Identify work health and safety hazards associated with plant collecting, assess risks and implement controls

Completed
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Collect plant specimens

  1. Observe collecting ethics when selecting specimens for picking
  2. Enter into a field note book relevant information about the specimen, its characteristics and occurrence and note location coordinates
  3. Confirm the specimen collected provides adequate material for identification and preserving
  4. Tag and store specimens for later identification
  5. Follow appropriate work health and safety requirements and work practices
Observe collecting ethics when selecting specimens for picking

Completed
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Enter into a field note book relevant information about the specimen, its characteristics and occurrence and note location coordinates

Completed
Date:

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Confirm the specimen collected provides adequate material for identification and preserving

Completed
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Tag and store specimens for later identification

Completed
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Follow appropriate work health and safety requirements and work practices

Completed
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Preserve specimens

  1. Preserve specimen while still fresh
  2. Clean and prepare specimen for preserving
  3. Preserve specimen using either pressing or drying techniques
  4. Mount dried specimen and label with information from notebook
Preserve specimen while still fresh

Completed
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Clean and prepare specimen for preserving

Completed
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Preserve specimen using either pressing or drying techniques

Completed
Date:

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Mount dried specimen and label with information from notebook

Completed
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Identify plant specimen

  1. Use the relevant plant key to identify plant
  2. Identify and document the basic characteristics of a plant
  3. Confirm plant identity against botanical description of species
  4. Document plant identity on label
Use the relevant plant key to identify plant

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Identify and document the basic characteristics of a plant

Completed
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Confirm plant identity against botanical description of species

Completed
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Document plant identity on label

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 for plant collecting

1.1 Confirm the purpose and objectives for collecting a range of plants

1.2 Define the area, location and habitat for collecting

1.3 Determine and prepare resources to assist in locating and identifying plants

1.4 Determine and prepare equipment required for collecting and preserving specimens

1.5 Obtain licences or permission to collect specimens from landowner or managing agency

1.6 Assess the range of likely operating conditions, hazards and difficult or sensitive environments for impact on collecting and preserving specimens

1.7 Identify work health and safety hazards associated with plant collecting, assess risks and implement controls

2. Collect plant specimens

2.1 Observe collecting ethics when selecting specimens for picking

2.2 Enter into a field note book relevant information about the specimen, its characteristics and occurrence and note location coordinates

2.3 Confirm the specimen collected provides adequate material for identification and preserving

2.4 Tag and store specimens for later identification

2.5 Follow appropriate work health and safety requirements and work practices

3. Preserve specimens

3.1 Preserve specimen while still fresh

3.2 Clean and prepare specimen for preserving

3.3 Preserve specimen using either pressing or drying techniques

3.4 Mount dried specimen and label with information from notebook

4. Identify plant specimen

4.1 Use the relevant plant key to identify plant

4.2 Identify and document the basic characteristics of a plant

4.3 Confirm plant identity against botanical description of species

4.4 Document plant identity on label

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 plant collecting

1.1 Confirm the purpose and objectives for collecting a range of plants

1.2 Define the area, location and habitat for collecting

1.3 Determine and prepare resources to assist in locating and identifying plants

1.4 Determine and prepare equipment required for collecting and preserving specimens

1.5 Obtain licences or permission to collect specimens from landowner or managing agency

1.6 Assess the range of likely operating conditions, hazards and difficult or sensitive environments for impact on collecting and preserving specimens

1.7 Identify work health and safety hazards associated with plant collecting, assess risks and implement controls

2. Collect plant specimens

2.1 Observe collecting ethics when selecting specimens for picking

2.2 Enter into a field note book relevant information about the specimen, its characteristics and occurrence and note location coordinates

2.3 Confirm the specimen collected provides adequate material for identification and preserving

2.4 Tag and store specimens for later identification

2.5 Follow appropriate work health and safety requirements and work practices

3. Preserve specimens

3.1 Preserve specimen while still fresh

3.2 Clean and prepare specimen for preserving

3.3 Preserve specimen using either pressing or drying techniques

3.4 Mount dried specimen and label with information from notebook

4. Identify plant specimen

4.1 Use the relevant plant key to identify plant

4.2 Identify and document the basic characteristics of a plant

4.3 Confirm plant identity against botanical description of species

4.4 Document plant identity on label

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:

prepare for plant collecting

note the location, characteristics and occurrence of specimens at the point of collection

clean, preserve, mount and label specimens

use a plant key to identify plants against the botanical description of the species

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

principles and practices of plant classification

herbarium collection techniques and ethics

physical and biological habitat types including vegetation associations and communities where appropriate

plant anatomy, physiology, morphology, taxonomy and nomenclature

Range Statement