Elements and Performance Criteria
- Identify crop requirements
- Determine requirements for controlled growing environment
- Prepare a management plan for controlled growing environment
- Determine management objectives for controlled growing environment consistent with production plan and market requirements for crop quantity and quality
- Develop a schedule of environmental control procedures according to controlled environment management objectives
- Evaluate and report staff training needs with regard to operation and maintenance of environmental control systems
- Document a budget supporting the controlled environment management plan and seek approval
- Communicate the schedule of environmental control procedures clearly to staff
- Manage controlled growing environment
- Identify controlled environment indicators and thresholds for remedial action for monitoring
- Develop monitoring frequency and schedule according to the requirements of the production plan and communicate to staff
- Record, analyse and apply all monitoring data to ensure optimal plant development
- Document and report remedial action undertaken
- Monitor costs of the controlled growing environment system against budget
- Record and report budget adjustments
- Evaluate recorded information, budget data and production outputs and document operational achievements towards management objectives in a report