Elements and Performance Criteria
- Prepare for implementation
- Identify and read the pest management plan and discuss requirements with supervisor
- Identify legislative requirements appropriate to the plan and determine whether declared species are involved
- Identify the basic concepts of the organisation’s pest management plan and how these impact the plan
- Identify key stakeholders and their attitudes towards pest management plan
- Select and prepare vehicles suitable to the activity
- Select and prepare required materials, tools, machinery and equipment
- Follow work health and safety policies and procedures
- Use and maintain appropriate personal protective equipment
- Identify budgetary or financial constraints for implementing the plan and tailor activities appropriately
- Assess targeted pest
- Identify the targeted pest and determine pest characteristics, including movement paths, habitat use and recolonisation ability
- Identify pest management control method, or combination of methods to be used
- Identify pest status in the context of location, land use, legislative requirements, benefits and damage caused
- Assess target area terrain and hazards and environmental risks associated with implementing the plan, including the potential for the plan to clash with local land management practices
- Implement the plan
- Use safeguards to ensure that the target pest is controlled and all other species remain unharmed
- Assess and control environmental impacts and use biosecurity and sustainability principles outlined in the plan
- Use appropriate application processes or techniques for long term outcomes
- Apply applicable Federal and State legislation relating to animal welfare, property, stock and duty of care
- Identify relevant monitoring techniques and adapt them to obtain the data necessary to assess the effectiveness of the plan
- Use follow-up techniques, where required, to minimise possibility of reinfestation
- Complete activities
- Dispose of carcases or weeds according to enterprise procedures and legislative requirements
- Review outcomes and discuss with supervisor to determine whether there were any obvious failures in implementing the plan
- Complete required documentation and make recommendations to supervisor on issues or improvements
- Clean, store and maintain equipment, tools and machinery