Required knowledge climate change science overview the impacts of increased carbon emissions on climate basic mitigation and adaptation principles the carbon cycle and the land sector the carbon cycle the role of the land sector in the carbon cycle and Australia’s emissions profile the role of different land sector industries and regions within the land sector’s emissions profile the role of carbon as it relates to agricultural productivity carbon pricing and markets and the domestic and international policy and legal framework overview the Australian Carbon Pricing Mechanism and link with the CFI voluntary markets and the National Carbon Offset Standard the Securing a Clean Energy Future Plan, including the land sector measures the Kyoto protocol and emerging post-Kyoto framework and Australia’s obligations - overview CFI and the requirements of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 and regulations relating to: CFI scope, eligible activities and the types of carbon credits generated (Kyoto and non-Kyoto Australian Carbon Credit Units) crediting periods CFI offset integrity standards additionality, the positive list and the common practice test permanence and risk of reversal buffer, Carbon Maintenance Obligations accounting for leakage accounting for variability conservative international consistency and peer-reviewed managing negative impacts negative list compliance with relevant laws, natural resource management plans co-benefits methodology requirements, methodology development and approval, including the role of the Domestic Offsets Integrity Committee the role of the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) project proponent requirements become a Recognised Offsets Entity creating and using an Australian National Register of Emissions Units account project requirements applying for an Eligible Offsets Project implementing the project in accordance with the applicable approved offsets methodology writing and submitting offsets reports and arrange audit reports applying for a certificate of entitlement and receive credits closing a project varying a project withdrawing a project from the CFI relinquishing carbon credits scheme oversight, institutions and governance the Carbon Farming Initiative handbook guidelines for submitting methodologies approved methodologies for carbon sequestration and emissions avoidance - overview of approach and requirements role of different service providers under the CFI, including advisors, project developers, project aggregators, CFI auditors and carbon brokers circumstances when a financial services license is required to provide advice about carbon farming credits carbon farming project initiation project feasibility analysis project application and approval process design, planning and implementation processes profiles of key stakeholder groups responsibilities under consumer law, workplace health and safety, privacy legislation, codes of conduct professional ethics cultural protocols and perspectives of land managers from a range of cultural, social and religious backgrounds |