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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Determine goals of the plan
   • Determine scope of the plan
   • Determine the need for, and establish a steering committee, where necessary
   • Determine consultation requirements
   • Conduct and document consultation with stakeholders to determine goals
   • Assess and document options for controlling pest populations, changing land management or production practices, in terms of economic factors, technical difficulty, practical feasibility, and social and environmental acceptability
2. Set specific objectives for the pest management plan
   • Define and document objectives to be achieved in consultation with stakeholders
   • Define roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in delivering objectives
3. Identify activities required to achieve specific objectives
   • Determine and document activities required to achieve objectives in consultation with stakeholders
   • Prioritise activities and seek commitment from relevant stakeholders, where relevant
   • Conduct risk management for community, environment, work health and safety and production
   • Ensure activities align with pest management plan, environmental sustainability policies and biosecurity plans or legislation
   • Determine monitoring, evaluation and reporting methods
4. Determine performance criteria for objectives
   • Determine measurable performance criteria in terms of target pest population levels, economic impacts and environmental impacts
5. Publish the plan
   • Check the plan meets all biosecurity, legislative and national and State or Territory strategic policies
   • Submit draft plan to stakeholders for review
   • Finalise plan and seek endorsement by key stakeholders
   • Publish and distribute plan according to organisational requirements

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

produce a pest management plan that contains objectives and management options which comply with relevant legislation and best practice principles of pest management

consult with stakeholders to reach agreed upon outcomes from identified objectives

scope geographical area, landscape and land uses within area and with stakeholders

develop pest management plan according to defined pest problem

align pest management plan to biosecurity plans or legislation

develop pest management plan in accordance with sustainable land use principles, economic feasibility, environmental acceptability and statutory requirements for pest control

develop, evaluate and document all management options to control, eradicate or prevent pest populations

achieve approval of the plan by key stakeholders

conduct risk assessments and cost-benefit analyses of the range of management options available in order to select the best option for the specific context

apply work health and safety policies and procedures in the context of own work

include appropriate animal welfare Code of Practice and Standard Operating Procedures in the plan

apply appropriate sustainability practices in the plan

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

planning techniques

concepts of the strategic approach to pest management, the importance of monitoring and the effectiveness of management evaluation

relevant local, regional, State/Territory and national pest management strategies

Federal, State or Territory legislation and regulations relating to pest management activities

principles of integrated pest management

types of monitoring technology available

land use processes, ecological systems and production systems

pest management options and strategies

techniques used to validate target pest population and distribution data supplied by stakeholders, and methods of obtaining other relevant data

how to measure or estimate economic losses and environmental impacts from pest presence

Federal and State or Territory legislation and regulations relating to property, stock and duty of care

target pest biology and lifecycles

potential diseases or toxicity risks

pest population dynamics and economic and environmental thresholds

wildlife issues and how to minimise risks to non-target species as well as deal with pest behaviour

environmental protection legislation

basic requirements for ensuring the welfare of animals described in the relevant Codes of Practice

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