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Evidence Guide: AHCPCM505 - Conduct environment and food safety risk assessment of plant nutrition and soil fertility programs

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AHCPCM505 - Conduct environment and food safety risk assessment of plant nutrition and soil fertility programs

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Maintain currency of environment and food safety information relating to fertilisers and soil ameliorants

  1. Research, identify and document community, government and agricultural industry concerns and legislative requirements in relation to fertiliser and soil ameliorant environmental stewardship and define initiatives to address them
  2. Identify and document local information relating to nutrient management, particularly in a catchment or regional context, by communicating with local organisations
  3. Research, identify and document national and local information and standards relating to food safety associated with fertiliser and soil ameliorant use
  4. Research, identify and document information and standards relating to transporting, handling, storing and applying fertilisers and soil ameliorants
Research, identify and document community, government and agricultural industry concerns and legislative requirements in relation to fertiliser and soil ameliorant environmental stewardship and define initiatives to address them

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Identify and document local information relating to nutrient management, particularly in a catchment or regional context, by communicating with local organisations

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Research, identify and document national and local information and standards relating to food safety associated with fertiliser and soil ameliorant use

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Research, identify and document information and standards relating to transporting, handling, storing and applying fertilisers and soil ameliorants

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Evaluate environmental risks and develop a nutrient management plan

  1. Identify and document environmentally significant features of fertiliser, soil ameliorants, soil, landscape and climate that are likely to influence environmental risks associated with plant nutrition and soil fertility programs
  2. Identify and document agronomic and operational activities associated with fertiliser and soil ameliorant programs and associated environmental risk categories
  3. Evaluate and prioritise environmental risks and impacts associated with agronomic and operational activities
  4. Identify and evaluate management options to appropriately address environmental risks
  5. Develop a plant nutrition and soil fertility management plan and present to the land owner or manager
  6. Discuss appropriate management options to address any identified environmental risks with client and gain agreement
  7. Use nutrient management tools in conjunction with land owner or manager to monitor effectiveness of management decisions over time
  8. Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of plant nutrition and soil fertility program, including use of fertilisers and soil ameliorants and modify operational and agronomic recommendations accordingly
Identify and document environmentally significant features of fertiliser, soil ameliorants, soil, landscape and climate that are likely to influence environmental risks associated with plant nutrition and soil fertility programs

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Identify and document agronomic and operational activities associated with fertiliser and soil ameliorant programs and associated environmental risk categories

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Evaluate and prioritise environmental risks and impacts associated with agronomic and operational activities

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Identify and evaluate management options to appropriately address environmental risks

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Develop a plant nutrition and soil fertility management plan and present to the land owner or manager

Completed
Date:

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Discuss appropriate management options to address any identified environmental risks with client and gain agreement

Completed
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Use nutrient management tools in conjunction with land owner or manager to monitor effectiveness of management decisions over time

Completed
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Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of plant nutrition and soil fertility program, including use of fertilisers and soil ameliorants and modify operational and agronomic recommendations accordingly

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Identify and communicate relevant best practice in transport, handling and storage for environmental stewardship to land owner or manager

  1. Identify key environmental product stewardship issues in transport, handling and storage of fertilisers and soil ameliorants relevant to the plant nutrition and soil fertility program as contained in codes of practice and legislation
  2. Develop a report on the identified key environmental stewardship issues and present to the land owner or manager
Identify key environmental product stewardship issues in transport, handling and storage of fertilisers and soil ameliorants relevant to the plant nutrition and soil fertility program as contained in codes of practice and legislation

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Develop a report on the identified key environmental stewardship issues and present to the land owner or manager

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Assessed

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Maintain currency of environment and food safety information relating to fertilisers and soil ameliorants

1.1 Research, identify and document community, government and agricultural industry concerns and legislative requirements in relation to fertiliser and soil ameliorant environmental stewardship and define initiatives to address them

1.2 Identify and document local information relating to nutrient management, particularly in a catchment or regional context, by communicating with local organisations

1.3 Research, identify and document national and local information and standards relating to food safety associated with fertiliser and soil ameliorant use

1.4 Research, identify and document information and standards relating to transporting, handling, storing and applying fertilisers and soil ameliorants

2. Evaluate environmental risks and develop a nutrient management plan

2.1 Identify and document environmentally significant features of fertiliser, soil ameliorants, soil, landscape and climate that are likely to influence environmental risks associated with plant nutrition and soil fertility programs

2.2 Identify and document agronomic and operational activities associated with fertiliser and soil ameliorant programs and associated environmental risk categories

2.3 Evaluate and prioritise environmental risks and impacts associated with agronomic and operational activities

2.4 Identify and evaluate management options to appropriately address environmental risks

2.5 Develop a plant nutrition and soil fertility management plan and present to the land owner or manager

2.6 Discuss appropriate management options to address any identified environmental risks with client and gain agreement

2.7 Use nutrient management tools in conjunction with land owner or manager to monitor effectiveness of management decisions over time

2.8 Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of plant nutrition and soil fertility program, including use of fertilisers and soil ameliorants and modify operational and agronomic recommendations accordingly

3. Identify and communicate relevant best practice in transport, handling and storage for environmental stewardship to land owner or manager

3.1 Identify key environmental product stewardship issues in transport, handling and storage of fertilisers and soil ameliorants relevant to the plant nutrition and soil fertility program as contained in codes of practice and legislation

3.2 Develop a report on the identified key environmental stewardship issues and present to the land owner or manager

Required Skills and Knowledge

Element

Performance criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Maintain currency of environment and food safety information relating to fertilisers and soil ameliorants

1.1 Research, identify and document community, government and agricultural industry concerns and legislative requirements in relation to fertiliser and soil ameliorant environmental stewardship and define initiatives to address them

1.2 Identify and document local information relating to nutrient management, particularly in a catchment or regional context, by communicating with local organisations

1.3 Research, identify and document national and local information and standards relating to food safety associated with fertiliser and soil ameliorant use

1.4 Research, identify and document information and standards relating to transporting, handling, storing and applying fertilisers and soil ameliorants

2. Evaluate environmental risks and develop a nutrient management plan

2.1 Identify and document environmentally significant features of fertiliser, soil ameliorants, soil, landscape and climate that are likely to influence environmental risks associated with plant nutrition and soil fertility programs

2.2 Identify and document agronomic and operational activities associated with fertiliser and soil ameliorant programs and associated environmental risk categories

2.3 Evaluate and prioritise environmental risks and impacts associated with agronomic and operational activities

2.4 Identify and evaluate management options to appropriately address environmental risks

2.5 Develop a plant nutrition and soil fertility management plan and present to the land owner or manager

2.6 Discuss appropriate management options to address any identified environmental risks with client and gain agreement

2.7 Use nutrient management tools in conjunction with land owner or manager to monitor effectiveness of management decisions over time

2.8 Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of plant nutrition and soil fertility program, including use of fertilisers and soil ameliorants and modify operational and agronomic recommendations accordingly

3. Identify and communicate relevant best practice in transport, handling and storage for environmental stewardship to land owner or manager

3.1 Identify key environmental product stewardship issues in transport, handling and storage of fertilisers and soil ameliorants relevant to the plant nutrition and soil fertility program as contained in codes of practice and legislation

3.2 Develop a report on the identified key environmental stewardship issues and present to the land owner or manager

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:

Research, identify and document community, government and agricultural industry information, concerns and requirements in relation to fertiliser and soil ameliorant use and environmental stewardship

Research, identify and document information and standards relating to transporting, handling, storing and applying fertilisers and soil ameliorants

identify and evaluate probability and severity of identified environmental risks associated with plant nutrition and soil fertility programs

calculate areas, ratios, proportions and application rates

liaise with managers and landowners, local and national organisations

develop a nutrient management plan

monitor effectiveness of plant nutrition and soil fertility management decisions over time

identify opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness of plant nutrition and soil fertility program

estimate treatment and product requirements, material sizes and quantities

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

principles and practices of food safety risk assessment

environmental implications for environment of soil amendment and fertiliser use, that may include nutrient mining, run-off, nutrient loading of soil and water, toxicity, noise and dust

food safety issues relating to the use of fertilisers and soil ameliorants

law of the minimum and importance of nutrient interactions

methods and pathways of nutrient uptake by plants and loss from soil

nutrient cycling and its practical relevance to specific plants and soils encountered in local area, including role of soil biology

nutrients required by plants grown within enterprise and effects of nutrient deficiency and toxicity on individual plant species and varieties

relationship between soil characteristics and the availability of nutrients, including macro and micro elements, to plants

single nutrient and complete fertiliser products encountered in local area, including physical attributes, nutrient analysis, solubility, salt index, application rates and costs, and appropriate application techniques and equipment

soil amendments commonly used to treat local soil problems

soil and water sampling techniques to adapt activities and instructions to a range of environmental contexts

techniques for interpreting laboratory results and making fertiliser and amendment recommendations

techniques to assess effects of fertiliser and amendment recommendations on soil, plants and water

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