Formats and tools
- Unit Description
- Reconstruct the unit from the xml and display it as an HTML page.
- Assessment Tool
- an assessor resource that builds a framework for writing an assessment tool
- Assessment Template
- generate a spreadsheet for marking this unit in a classroom environment. Put student names in the top row and check them off as they demonstrate competenece for each of the unit's elements and performance criteria.
- Assessment Matrix
- a slightly different format than the assessment template. A spreadsheet with unit names, elements and performance criteria in separate columns. Put assessment names in column headings to track which performance criteria each one covers. Good for ensuring that you've covered every one of the performance criteria with your assessment instrument (all assessement tools together).
- Wiki Markup
- mark up the unit in a wiki markup codes, ready to copy and paste into a wiki page. The output will work in most wikis but is designed to work particularly well as a Wikiversity learning project.
- Evidence Guide
- create an evidence guide for workplace assessment and RPL applicants
- Competency Mapping Template
- Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners. A template for developing assessments for a unit, which will help you to create valid, fair and reliable assessments for the unit, ready to give to trainers and students
- Observation Checklist
- create an observation checklist for workplace assessment and RPL applicants. This is similar to the evidence guide above, but a little shorter and friendlier on your printer. You will also need to create a seperate Assessor Marking Guide for guidelines on gathering evidence and a list of key points for each activity observed using the unit's range statement, required skills and evidence required (see the unit's html page for details)
- Self Assessment Survey
- A form for students to assess thier current skill levels against each of the unit's performance criteria. Cut and paste into a web document or print and distribute in hard copy.
- Moodle Outcomes
- Create a csv file of the unit's performance criteria to import into a moodle course as outcomes, ready to associate with each of your assignments. Here's a quick 'how to' for importing these into moodle 2.x
- Registered Training Organisations
- Trying to find someone to train or assess you? This link lists all the RTOs that are currently registered to deliver AHCBEK303, 'Re-queen a honey bee colony'.
- Google Links
- links to google searches, with filtering in place to maximise the usefulness of the returned results
- Books
- Reference books for 'Re-queen a honey bee colony' on fishpond.com.au. This online store has a huge range of books, pretty reasonable prices, free delivery in Australia *and* they give a small commission to ntisthis.com for every purchase, so go nuts :)
Elements and Performance Criteria
Element | Performance criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Identify requirement to re-queen a colony | 1.1 Assess the vigour of the current queen 1.2 Monitor colony for signs that indicate queen replacement is necessary |
2. Prepare to re-queen a colony | 2.1 Check personal protective equipment (PPE) for serviceability and use and wear correctly 2.2 Identify work health and safety hazards associated with task and take action to deal with them effectively 2.3 Obtain replacement queen that meet enterprise criteria from a commercial supplier or from own breeding stock 2.4 Store replacement queen and any escort worker bees in appropriate conditions and monitor until re-queening is undertaken 2.5 Monitor hive to ensure re-queening occurs under optimum conditions 2.6 Confirm replacement queen as being healthy and free from pests and diseases |
3. Introduce replacement queen bee | 3.1 Find old queen bee in the hive and remove 3.2 If replacing queen bee with a nucleus colony, place nucleus colony on top of colony to be re-queened with the two colonies separated by a single layer of paper 3.3 If replacing the queen bee with a caged queen bee, remove cork from candy end (if in place) and introduce into the hive using a suitable, proven introduction method 3.4 Leave hive undisturbed for a period of ten days |
4. Monitor progress of a replacement queen bee | 4.1 After ten days, monitor the hive for acceptance of replacement queen bee by colony 4.2 Monitor replacement queen bee for evidence of egg laying and adequate levels of hatching |