Elements and Performance Criteria
- Determine directions for the business
- Establish long-term directions and purposes of the business through identification and analysis of the values, expectations and personal goals of the people involved
- Identify business and personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT)
- Develop strategies to address the SWOT consistent with the business vision
- Audit the natural resources and infrastructure of the property
- Identify and record physical characteristics of the soil resource
- Produce a soil map of property and record land classes using classification terminology
- Determine land capability and identify land management options for each land class
- Show natural property features and infrastructure on property map
- Identify areas at risk of soil degradation
- Classify native vegetation and assess condition
- Identify endangered species as appropriate
- Identify other natural resource issues as appropriate
- Identify infrastructure to assist with planning and maintenance
- Monitor legal requirements impacting on the management of the property
- Develop management strategies to address natural resource management issues
- Develop, cost and prioritise property improvement plans to assist natural resource management
- Develop plans to repair land degradation
- Prepare water supply and water management, vegetation and revegetation management, and wildlife management strategies as appropriate to the property
- Develop strategies for weed and pest management
- Develop plans to address fire risk and fire management as appropriate
- Review whole farm plan