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Evidence Guide: AHCPER504 - Manage a permaculture project or enterprise

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AHCPER504 - Manage a permaculture project or enterprise

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

Initiate permaculture project or enterprise

  1. Undertake strategic planning assessment of permaculture project or permaculture enterprise
  2. Initiate community and bioregional assessment of project or enterprise
  3. Determine the scope of the project or enterprise
  4. Determine feasibility of project or enterprise
  5. Determine stakeholders in project or enterprise
Undertake strategic planning assessment of permaculture project or permaculture enterprise

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Initiate community and bioregional assessment of project or enterprise

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Determine the scope of the project or enterprise

Completed
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Determine feasibility of project or enterprise

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Determine stakeholders in project or enterprise

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Cost and quote for permaculture project or enterprise start up

  1. Prepare costings and quotations using realistic price structure
  2. Include a contingency amount in case of need
  3. Include allowances for work in kind and volunteers, ensuring that the right livelihood of all is considered
  4. Prepare a detailed budget with stages of implementation
  5. Submit quotation and cost outline to client and be prepared to justify costs
Prepare costings and quotations using realistic price structure

Completed
Date:

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Include a contingency amount in case of need

Completed
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Include allowances for work in kind and volunteers, ensuring that the right livelihood of all is considered

Completed
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Prepare a detailed budget with stages of implementation

Completed
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Submit quotation and cost outline to client and be prepared to justify costs

Completed
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Manage permaculture project or enterprise

  1. Secure human and material resources required to achieve strategies
  2. Execute action plans to achieve strategic ends
  3. Follow budget and project stages
  4. Direct process outlined in action plans and timelines
  5. Integrate project human and material resources to achieve planned project outcomes
  6. Establish communication process including responsibilities for conflict resolution
  7. Take feedback on management practices and processes
Secure human and material resources required to achieve strategies

Completed
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Execute action plans to achieve strategic ends

Completed
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Follow budget and project stages

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Direct process outlined in action plans and timelines

Completed
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Integrate project human and material resources to achieve planned project outcomes

Completed
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Establish communication process including responsibilities for conflict resolution

Completed
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Take feedback on management practices and processes

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Monitor permaculture project or enterprise

  1. Observe execution of project or enterprise action plan processes
  2. Review and correct problematic planning processes
  3. Measure project or enterprise activities
  4. Measure costs against budget and communicate with client regarding any over-runs
  5. Monitor project or enterprise variables
Observe execution of project or enterprise action plan processes

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Review and correct problematic planning processes

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Measure project or enterprise activities

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Measure costs against budget and communicate with client regarding any over-runs

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Monitor project or enterprise variables

Completed
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Undertake permaculture project or enterprise

  1. Confirm completion of action plan processes
  2. Determine success of project or enterprise strategies in relation to stage benchmarks, budget and timelines
  3. Document permaculture project or enterprise management initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and completion or ongoing progress
  4. Conclude permaculture project or continue to manage and monitor permaculture enterprise
Confirm completion of action plan processes

Completed
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Determine success of project or enterprise strategies in relation to stage benchmarks, budget and timelines

Completed
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Document permaculture project or enterprise management initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and completion or ongoing progress

Completed
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Conclude permaculture project or continue to manage and monitor permaculture enterprise

Completed
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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

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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. Initiate permaculture project or enterprise

1.1 Undertake strategic planning assessment of permaculture project or permaculture enterprise

1.2 Initiate community and bioregional assessment of project or enterprise

1.3 Determine the scope of the project or enterprise

1.4 Determine feasibility of project or enterprise

1.5 Determine stakeholders in project or enterprise

2. Cost and quote for permaculture project or enterprise start up

2.1 Prepare costings and quotations using realistic price structure

2.2 Include a contingency amount in case of need

2.3 Include allowances for work in kind and volunteers, ensuring that the right livelihood of all is considered

2.4 Prepare a detailed budget with stages of implementation

2.5 Submit quotation and cost outline to client and be prepared to justify costs

3. Manage permaculture project or enterprise

3.1 Secure human and material resources required to achieve strategies

3.2 Execute action plans to achieve strategic ends

3.3 Follow budget and project stages

3.4 Direct process outlined in action plans and timelines

3.5 Integrate project human and material resources to achieve planned project outcomes

3.6 Establish communication process including responsibilities for conflict resolution

3.7 Take feedback on management practices and processes

4. Monitor permaculture project or enterprise

4.1 Observe execution of project or enterprise action plan processes

4.2 Review and correct problematic planning processes

4.3 Measure project or enterprise activities

4.4 Measure costs against budget and communicate with client regarding any over-runs

4.5 Monitor project or enterprise variables

5. Undertake permaculture project or enterprise

5.1 Confirm completion of action plan processes

5.2 Determine success of project or enterprise strategies in relation to stage benchmarks, budget and timelines

5.3 Document permaculture project or enterprise management initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and completion or ongoing progress

5.4 Conclude permaculture project or continue to manage and monitor permaculture enterprise

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. Initiate permaculture project or enterprise

1.1 Undertake strategic planning assessment of permaculture project or permaculture enterprise

1.2 Initiate community and bioregional assessment of project or enterprise

1.3 Determine the scope of the project or enterprise

1.4 Determine feasibility of project or enterprise

1.5 Determine stakeholders in project or enterprise

2. Cost and quote for permaculture project or enterprise start up

2.1 Prepare costings and quotations using realistic price structure

2.2 Include a contingency amount in case of need

2.3 Include allowances for work in kind and volunteers, ensuring that the right livelihood of all is considered

2.4 Prepare a detailed budget with stages of implementation

2.5 Submit quotation and cost outline to client and be prepared to justify costs

3. Manage permaculture project or enterprise

3.1 Secure human and material resources required to achieve strategies

3.2 Execute action plans to achieve strategic ends

3.3 Follow budget and project stages

3.4 Direct process outlined in action plans and timelines

3.5 Integrate project human and material resources to achieve planned project outcomes

3.6 Establish communication process including responsibilities for conflict resolution

3.7 Take feedback on management practices and processes

4. Monitor permaculture project or enterprise

4.1 Observe execution of project or enterprise action plan processes

4.2 Review and correct problematic planning processes

4.3 Measure project or enterprise activities

4.4 Measure costs against budget and communicate with client regarding any over-runs

4.5 Monitor project or enterprise variables

5. Undertake permaculture project or enterprise

5.1 Confirm completion of action plan processes

5.2 Determine success of project or enterprise strategies in relation to stage benchmarks, budget and timelines

5.3 Document permaculture project or enterprise management initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and completion or ongoing progress

5.4 Conclude permaculture project or continue to manage and monitor permaculture enterprise

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:

carry out strategic planning assessment of a permaculture project or enterprise

acquire project resources

develop project pricing and costing

consult with stakeholders

manage project activities

evaluate and report on project

manage human resources

demonstrate group leadership

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

permaculture principles, ethics and practices

permaculture projects

initiatives with a defined sustainability purpose and time horizon

sustainable community development projects

bioregional initiatives

not-for-profit projects

projects on public land

community gardens

community supported agriculture systems

land restoration and conservation works

alternative technology programs

sustainability education

social and economic development activities

community carbon reduction and sequestration strategies

energy descent or transition projects

disaster preparedness, response and recovery

permaculture enterprises

ethical for-profit businesses where surpluses are returned to earth care and people care

initiatives with a focus on right livelihood with plans for ongoing operation and/or growth

sustainable farming

community food distribution businesses

permaculture design and consultancies

energy descent planning services

climate change planning services

permaculture works implementation businesses

community and bioregional sustainability planning services

community economic and enterprise systems

integrated social, housing and community development programs

community supported agriculture

organic and sustainable primary production

local food and water security enterprises

greenhouse emission reduction and sequestration enterprises

sustainable regional transport networks and systems

strategic planning

project management

human resource management

financial planning

purchases and acquisitions

costing and pricing

income generation including issues of right livelihood

promotion and marketing

organisational restructuring

project or enterprise start up

mentoring and education

new project or enterprise initiatives

political lobbying

grant applications

community consultation

research and development

community development

feasibility study methods

economic and financial assessment

legal and planning issues

market opportunities and challenges

community and cultural acceptance

bioregional suitability

operational considerations

resource availability

sustainability criteria

energy descent/transition strategies

climate change strategies

environmental, water catchment and natural resource conservation issues

contract law

budgetary frameworks

benchmarking

Range Statement