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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine priorities within the plan
   • Priorities in conservation or resource management plan are identified to conserve places/area of high significance before those of lower significance, address threats to significance, manage risks, and generate revenue from the resources.
   • Priorities in the plan are expressed in terms of new or continuing investigations into natural and/or cultural significance, new procedures, and new or continuing development or maintenance projects.
   • New procedures are developed and address conservation priorities within the context of legislation, enterprise procedures and Codes of Practice.
2. Develop projects to priorities
   • Projects are defined from the plan requirements in terms of development and maintenance.
   • Project definition is developed to identify outcomes and key project steps.
   • Preliminary project design is completed to identify project steps and funding requirements.
   • Arrangements for project implementation are made to according to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), legislative and enterprise requirements.
3. Obtain and manage funds
   • Funds requirements to develop operations and projects to the plan are estimated.
   • Applications are made for funds according to legislative and enterprise requirements.
   • Funds are managed to budget and in accordance with enterprise procedures.
4. Brief staff on plan, priorities and project
   • Staff are briefed on the plan objectives, priorities and actions planned.
   • Staff are trained in new procedures developed to address plan objectives.
   • Project implementation details are developed in consultation with staff, and/or by staff under supervision.

Required Skills

Required skills

determine priorities within the plan develop projects to priorities obtain and manage funds brief staff on plan priorities and projects use literacy skills to fulfil job roles as required by the organisation The level of skill may range from reading and understanding documentation to completion of written reports use oral communication skillslanguage competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning active listening asking for clarification negotiating solutions and responding to a range of views use numeracy skills to estimate calculate and record complex workplace measures use interpersonal skills to work with others and relate to people from a range of cultural social and religious backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities

Required knowledge

parkreserve management approaches human resource and financial management works and project management regional tourism activities the range of scientific cultural historical and other concepts that are to be integrated into the plan policies applying across all levels of government and within the specific region including those under catchment plans international treaties agreements and charters Australian Natural Heritage Charter and the Burra Charter and the interpretation of the charters enterprise policies and procedures good planning practice and enterprise planning procedures and timelines OHS and environmental protection legislation codes of practice and enterprise procedures

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following determine priorities based on high significance areas the level of risk to sensitive areas and the potential for revenue generation identify projects from the agreed priorities develop budgets for projects and apply for funding brief and train staff to carry out tasks and projects identified from the management plan
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.
Plans may include:	all projects associated with natural and cultural resource management.

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