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Range Statement
Performance Evidence
The candidate must provide evidence that they can:monitor and assess plant healthadminister nutrients to a hydroponic system as instructedassist in performing nutrient measurement testsread nutrient analysis informationundertake hydroponic system maintenance and repairsmonitor hydroponic maintenance programs
Knowledge Evidence
The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
principles and practices for implementing a hydroponic maintenance programcharacteristics of healthy and unhealthy plantsenvironmental implications of the disposal of chemicals or chemical containers and the drainage of high nutrient effluentequipment used in hydroponic systemsplant growing media choices and their propertiespotential problems associated with a range of crops grown in a hydroponic environmentproperties of a nutrient solutionrecirculated and non-recirculated systemstesting methods for a hydroponic nutrient solutiontesting methods for the gauging of environmental parameters