Elements and Performance Criteria
- Select monitoring techniques
- Select monitoring operations to obtain required data described in monitoring plan
- Assess range of likely operating conditions, hazards and difficult or sensitive environments for impact on monitoring
- Consider alternative land, sea and air operations to collect data
- Trial operations to test monitoring scheme for reliability, timeline and safety
- Prepare equipment and resources
- Obtain appropriate certificates, licenses and authorisations
- Source equipment required for monitoring
- Transport equipment and personnel to monitoring sites
- Install and protect equipment from weather conditions
- Test equipment and monitoring procedures in field conditions
- Ensure equipment does not have lasting detrimental impacts on the environment
- Develop systems to capture, maintain and analyse data
- Monitor biodiversity
- Analyse data
- Determine presence of ecosystems and flora, fauna and microorganism populations within specified area
- Identify threats to specified area
- Examine records of monitored data for consistency and accuracy within requirements of the monitoring plan
- Determine whether the observations and measurements are addressing factors and issues consistent with the monitoring plan
- Adjust monitoring techniques to overcome any deficiency or report need for adjustment to monitoring plan