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Evidence Guide: SFIAQU410 - Implement a program to operate, maintain or upgrade a recirculating aquaculture system

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SFIAQU410 - Implement a program to operate, maintain or upgrade a recirculating aquaculture system

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

Plan operation and maintenance of a recirculating aquaculture system

  1. Confirm operations, maintenance or design or upgrade specifications in the culture or holding system or facility with senior personnel
  2. Draw up work plans or schedules, order materials and arrange labour and appropriate equipment according to specifications and in consultation with senior personnel
  3. Check raw and prefabricated materials against delivery manifest or specifications
  4. Prepare worksite according to specifications, and secure for safety or loss prevention
  5. Assess potential risks, including environmental and water quality parameters for the cultured or held stock, and prepare contingency plans
  6. Brief staff members on work objectives relevant to the site, equipment being used and type of maintenance or upgrade activities
  7. Quantify costs and confirm budget with senior personnel
Confirm operations, maintenance or design or upgrade specifications in the culture or holding system or facility with senior personnel

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Draw up work plans or schedules, order materials and arrange labour and appropriate equipment according to specifications and in consultation with senior personnel

Completed
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Check raw and prefabricated materials against delivery manifest or specifications

Completed
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Prepare worksite according to specifications, and secure for safety or loss prevention

Completed
Date:

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Assess potential risks, including environmental and water quality parameters for the cultured or held stock, and prepare contingency plans

Completed
Date:

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Brief staff members on work objectives relevant to the site, equipment being used and type of maintenance or upgrade activities

Completed
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Quantify costs and confirm budget with senior personnel

Completed
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Implement operations, maintenance or upgrade program

  1. Implement work plan to minimise disruption to workplace operations and stress to cultured or held stock
  2. Monitor progress of maintenance or upgrade program against the work plan, and adjust for unforeseen circumstances
  3. Confirm availability of required materials, resource and supply provisions, and labour
  4. Anticipate, avoid or minimise hazards and environmental implications and other potential problems through contingency planning
Implement work plan to minimise disruption to workplace operations and stress to cultured or held stock

Completed
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Monitor progress of maintenance or upgrade program against the work plan, and adjust for unforeseen circumstances

Completed
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Confirm availability of required materials, resource and supply provisions, and labour

Completed
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Anticipate, avoid or minimise hazards and environmental implications and other potential problems through contingency planning

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Monitor operations, maintenance or upgrade activities

  1. Monitor operations, maintenance or upgrade activities and component or system performances against maintenance or upgrade plan
  2. Monitor costs within workplace budget requirements
  3. Give feedback to staff members on work progress and performance
  4. Prepare records or reports to management on project progress
  5. Check and ensure that the maintained or upgraded system or facility fits maintenance or design specifications, is operable and complies with biosecurity regulatory requirements
  6. Check budget for operations, maintenance or upgrade, and report major discrepancies to senior personnel
Monitor operations, maintenance or upgrade activities and component or system performances against maintenance or upgrade plan

Completed
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Monitor costs within workplace budget requirements

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Give feedback to staff members on work progress and performance

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Prepare records or reports to management on project progress

Completed
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Check and ensure that the maintained or upgraded system or facility fits maintenance or design specifications, is operable and complies with biosecurity regulatory requirements

Completed
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Check budget for operations, maintenance or upgrade, and report major discrepancies to senior personnel

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Finalise and review operations, maintenance and upgrade activities

  1. Supervise clean-up of work area, including repairs and storage of equipment
  2. Record relevant operations, maintenance and upgrade data, observations or information, and check any abnormal records
  3. Prepare required reports for senior personnel
Supervise clean-up of work area, including repairs and storage of equipment

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Record relevant operations, maintenance and upgrade data, observations or information, and check any abnormal records

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Prepare required reports for senior personnel

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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

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Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.

There must be evidence that the individual has planned and implemented a program to operate, maintain or upgrade a recirculating aquaculture system on at least one occasion, including:

documenting a work plan for the operations, maintenance or upgrade of the system that includes contingency plans and resources and labour requirements

monitoring the operations, maintenance or upgrade for the system against work specifications and plan, ensuring it complies with biosecurity regulatory requirements

effectively communicating information about operations, maintenance or upgrades to the work team and senior personnel

maintaining accurate records and reports on progress and budget.

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

relevant legislative requirements relating to recirculating aquaculture systems

approaches to coordinating operations

impacts of inputs on systems and component operation and on maximum operation loads

requirements for record-keeping, data collection and analysis

forward planning and risk management for events, such as blackouts, brownouts and equipment breakdowns

importance of optimised production to achieve sound economic outcomes

mechanical and technical aspects of recirculation systems, including energy use, mass balance, water hydraulics and flow, and pumps and pipe work

monitoring basic and advanced environmental and water quality parameters.