Elements and Performance Criteria
- Assess requirements for improved land use
- Audit the natural resource base and identify threats to sustainability
- Review the production and management plans to incorporate sustainable land use principles
- Assess water resources, quality and impacts of run off for risk of erosion
- Assess soil health and fertility against the requirements of the production plan
- Assess vegetation types and coverage and identify required changes
- Plan and prioritise land and water protection measures and structures
- Carry out structural improvements to address threats to sustainability
- Follow work health and safety policies and procedures in field work
- Inspect sites, note key features and place pegs for improvements
- Determine materials for the construction from the plans
- Obtain and organise materials, personnel and equipment
- Check equipment to be used
- Construct structural works and revegetate the area and secure from livestock
- Treat areas of land degradation
- Realign fences to land classes and soil conservation works
- Protect contour banks and repair as necessary
- Construct water carrying structures or repair as necessary
- Establish shelter belts for crop and stock protection
- Review and amend soil cultivation and planting practices to prevent erosion and minimise soil run-off
- Plan grazing strategies to maximise ground cover and avoid damage through foot tracks or damage to banks
- Ensure all works and plans comply with environmental protection legislation, regulations and codes of practice