Elements and Performance Criteria
- Define the land use process for the local area affected by the target pest problem
- Consultation with local land users and other relevant stakeholders in the affected area is documented.
- Desired land management and/or production outcomes are identified.
- Performance criteria for measuring local land management and/or production outcomes are determined.
- Critical activities required to achieve the desired outcomes are identified.
- Local land management and/or production process is mapped against the annual planning cycle.
- Local land management and/or production process budget is determined.
- Analyse the pest problem in the local area
- Target pest population distribution within the affected local area is determined in consultation with stakeholders.
- Target pest population data supplied by stakeholders is validated.
- Other relevant data on target pest population are obtained.
- Factors which influence the target pest population and distribution within the local area are described.
- Pest life cycle is documented.
- Determine critical control points for management of the pest problem
- Periods of greatest risk in the local land management and/or production process are identified in consultation with stakeholders.
- Periods of target pest vulnerability within the life cycle are identified.
- Local land management and/or production process map and target pest life cycle map are consolidated.
- Critical points for controlling pest populations and/or changing land management or production practices within the annual planning cycle are determined in consultation with other stakeholders.
- Document and collate the impacts of the pest
- Economic losses resulting from the pest presence are measured or estimated in consultation with stakeholders.
- Environmental impacts from the pest presence are measured or estimated in consultation with stakeholders.
- Potential risks relating to exotic disease are defined.
- Pest problem is documented according to industry and enterprise standards and guidelines.