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The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:
elements of integrated permaculture designprinciples of integrated permaculture designstrategies for urban and rural permaculture designstrategies for building design and working with builders and architectsstrategies for settlement design and working with planning authoritiesdesign brief elementsstatement of scope of designstatement of client needs and requirementsfood productionsystem efficiencysystem productionfibre, energy and building material productionwater harvestingwaste treatmentenergy planning and designbiodiversity habitatsoil carbon buildingsoil fertilityestablishment of financial budgetestablishment of time budgetmaintenance of financial budgetmaintenance of time budgetdesign of establishment documentsmaintenance planningsustainable commercial enterprisessocial amenitiescultural considerationslist of project elementslist of assessable tasksdesign analysis and research techniquesplan interpretation and map readingsite surveying methods and toolsonsite measurement of site boundariesmapping of boundaries to scale to a plan drawingonsite layout of 1m contourmapping of contour lines to a scale plan drawingmeasurement and location of existing infrastructure and natural features on sitemapping of existing infrastructure and natural features to a scale plan drawing dumpy level or equivalent surveying instrument for taking vertical measurements on sitedumpy level or equivalent surveying instrument for measuring angles on siteGPS, satnavmeasuring tapes for measuring distance on site.design concepts and detailed design drawingsproperty boundaries, scale and north pointauthors of plans, contact detailsaddress of sitedate plan drawnexisting infrastructure and natural featuresdrawing to scalerelevant overlays and drawing numberslarge format planning (at least A1 or A2) overlays such as fire, flora and fauna, soil and geology, local planning ordinances, buffer and riparian zones, use zonescontour lines or other appropriate indication of slope direction and gradientsdrainage featuresLot, DP, landowner address and contact detailspermaculture design methodsconventional design symbolsdesign drafting and drawing conventionscomputer-aided drafting and designplant and animal selection