Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
AHCPCM504A Mapping and Delivery Guide
Design and maintain a specialised landscape
Version 1.0
Issue Date: June 2024
Qualification | - |
Unit of Competency | AHCPCM504A - Design and maintain a specialised landscape |
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Description | This unit covers designing and maintaining a specialised landscape and defines the standard required to identify plant species and cultivars using botanical nomenclature; recognise and select plants appropriate to the design criterion; identify and design with plants appropriate for the use in controlled environments; implement biological, organic and inorganic plant and plant pest management techniques; Identify and apply appropriate irrigation techniques and manage irrigation applications; identify disorders and recommend soils and plant nutrition requirements; Identify weeds and recommend appropriate weed management; provide garden design solutions; compile the recommendations and document a design plan or report. | ||
Employability Skills | This unit contains employability skills. | ||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit applies to the identifying the various plant families and a wide range of plants for different situations; making accurate observations of details; recognising the implications of environmental and climatic range; and assessing plants prior to planting. It requires knowledge of botanical geography; ethno botany; plant culture in Green Buildings; Conservatories and Glass Houses; lawns and lawn care; stakes and guying and irrigation and current process in new irrigation techniques. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. |
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Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
Slides PPT |
Assessment 1 | Assessment 2 | Assessment 3 | Assessment 4 | |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Design with plants as a main focus of the design project |
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Element: Place plants in a designed space |
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Element: Identify disorders and recommend soils and plant nutrition requirements |
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Element: Establish and maintain plants in a designed landscape environment |
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