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Evidence Guide: AHCPER305 - Implement crop maintenance and harvesting programs for permaculture systems

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AHCPER305 - Implement crop maintenance and harvesting programs for permaculture systems

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

Plan for maintenance and harvesting of permaculture crops

  1. Identify requirements of the site and crop maintenance program
  2. Select materials, tools, equipment and machinery
  3. Carry out pre-operational and safety checks on tools, equipment and machinery
  4. Identify work health and safety hazards, assess risks, implement controls and take appropriate action
  5. Select, use and maintain appropriate safety and personal protective equipment
Identify requirements of the site and crop maintenance program

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Select materials, tools, equipment and machinery

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Carry out pre-operational and safety checks on tools, equipment and machinery

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Identify work health and safety hazards, assess risks, implement controls and take appropriate action

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Select, use and maintain appropriate safety and personal protective equipment

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Maintain permaculture crops

  1. Implement maintenance tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program
  2. Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake required maintenance operations
  3. Ensure tasks are undertaken according to work health and safety requirements and environmental considerations
  4. Monitor maintenance of crop and take corrective action where required
  5. Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout maintenance operations
Implement maintenance tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program

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Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake required maintenance operations

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Ensure tasks are undertaken according to work health and safety requirements and environmental considerations

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Monitor maintenance of crop and take corrective action where required

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Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout maintenance operations

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Harvest permaculture crops

  1. Implement harvesting tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program
  2. Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake harvesting operations
  3. Ensure compliance with work health and safety requirements and observe environmental considerations
  4. Monitor harvesting of crop and take corrective action to ensure standards are met
  5. Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout harvesting operations
Implement harvesting tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program

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Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake harvesting operations

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Ensure compliance with work health and safety requirements and observe environmental considerations

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Monitor harvesting of crop and take corrective action to ensure standards are met

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Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout harvesting operations

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Complete maintenance and harvesting activities

  1. Re-use or dispose of waste material
  2. Clean, maintain and store tools, equipment and machinery appropriately
  3. Record harvesting outcomes
Re-use or dispose of waste material

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Clean, maintain and store tools, equipment and machinery appropriately

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Record harvesting outcomes

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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. Plan for maintenance and harvesting of permaculture crops

1.1 Identify requirements of the site and crop maintenance program

1.2 Select materials, tools, equipment and machinery

1.3 Carry out pre-operational and safety checks on tools, equipment and machinery

1.4 Identify work health and safety hazards, assess risks, implement controls and take appropriate action

1.5 Select, use and maintain appropriate safety and personal protective equipment

2. Maintain permaculture crops

2.1 Implement maintenance tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program

2.2 Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake required maintenance operations

2.3 Ensure tasks are undertaken according to work health and safety requirements and environmental considerations

2.4 Monitor maintenance of crop and take corrective action where required

2.5 Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout maintenance operations

3. Harvest permaculture crops

3.1 Implement harvesting tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program

3.2 Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake harvesting operations

3.3 Ensure compliance with work health and safety requirements and observe environmental considerations

3.4 Monitor harvesting of crop and take corrective action to ensure standards are met

3.5 Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout harvesting operations

4. Complete maintenance and harvesting activities

4.1 Re-use or dispose of waste material

4.2 Clean, maintain and store tools, equipment and machinery appropriately

4.3 Record harvesting outcomes

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. Plan for maintenance and harvesting of permaculture crops

1.1 Identify requirements of the site and crop maintenance program

1.2 Select materials, tools, equipment and machinery

1.3 Carry out pre-operational and safety checks on tools, equipment and machinery

1.4 Identify work health and safety hazards, assess risks, implement controls and take appropriate action

1.5 Select, use and maintain appropriate safety and personal protective equipment

2. Maintain permaculture crops

2.1 Implement maintenance tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program

2.2 Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake required maintenance operations

2.3 Ensure tasks are undertaken according to work health and safety requirements and environmental considerations

2.4 Monitor maintenance of crop and take corrective action where required

2.5 Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout maintenance operations

3. Harvest permaculture crops

3.1 Implement harvesting tasks in sequence to the crop maintenance program

3.2 Instruct personnel or work team members to undertake harvesting operations

3.3 Ensure compliance with work health and safety requirements and observe environmental considerations

3.4 Monitor harvesting of crop and take corrective action to ensure standards are met

3.5 Maintain a clean and safe work area throughout harvesting operations

4. Complete maintenance and harvesting activities

4.1 Re-use or dispose of waste material

4.2 Clean, maintain and store tools, equipment and machinery appropriately

4.3 Record harvesting outcomes

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:

interpret site plans and crop maintenance and harvesting schedules

harvest or maintain crops correctly and without damaging produce

coordinate work group, contractors and own activities

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

permaculture principles and practices related to obtaining a yield

principles of maintaining crops and the methods used to maximise crop yields

maintenance techniques for a range of crops, such as:

manual thinning

selective harvesting

training

summer and winter pruning

hedging

skirting

topping

trimming

picking

bagging

trellising

maturity or ripeness properties of crops when ready for harvest

effects of maintenance operations on plant growth, habit and production levels of maintenance operations

maintenance of soil health and impact on production

enterprise quality procedures and characteristics of a crop relative to varying market requirements

Range Statement