Elements and Performance Criteria
- Interpret weather and climate information
- Monitor weather and climate information and warnings regularly to determine likely conditions
- Anticipate and assess potential variations in weather and climate conditions according to warnings, weather patterns and historical experience
- Identify the possible impacts of weather and climate on crops, livestock and work tasks to determine appropriate preventative action
- Review suitable preventative actions to ensure availability of appropriate resources and responses
- Carry out preventative action
- Monitor weather and climate
- Access regular updates to determine the ongoing suitability of current programs
- Review the viability of livestock and crop management practices and scheduling of work tasks to ensure suitability within meteorological conditions
- Undertake research on forecasting techniques to maintain currency of information
- Record relevant information