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Evidence Guide: SFIAQU508 - Plan and design stock culture or holding systems and structures

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SFIAQU508 - Plan and design stock culture or holding systems and structures

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

Determine appropriate location or orientation

  1. Determine type of culture or holding structure or system to ensure appropriate environment is provided for cultured or held stock
  2. Determine numbers of structures to ensure stock is available in sufficient quantity at harvest
  3. Design, locate and orientate water use and culture or holding structure or system to make the best use of water resources
  4. Research and consider mechanisation or automation of process or activity, including the use of specialised contract services
  5. Document design calculations and construction specifications for required work
  6. Identify and protect environmentally sensitive areas and land degradation according to legislative requirements
Determine type of culture or holding structure or system to ensure appropriate environment is provided for cultured or held stock

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Determine numbers of structures to ensure stock is available in sufficient quantity at harvest

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Design, locate and orientate water use and culture or holding structure or system to make the best use of water resources

Completed
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Research and consider mechanisation or automation of process or activity, including the use of specialised contract services

Completed
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Document design calculations and construction specifications for required work

Completed
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Identify and protect environmentally sensitive areas and land degradation according to legislative requirements

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Design culture or holding structures and systems

  1. Design individual culture or holding structures to provide optimal conditions for stock
  2. Consider all production inputs and culture or holding activities in design of systems
  3. Select construction materials to suit design specifications and design calculations
  4. Optimise relationship between capital and operational costs, including a comparison of energy sources
  5. Check power supply design specifications with power authorities
  6. Select accessories and performance indicators and integrate into functional systems that can be monitored and maintained
  7. Define construction specifications to achieve required standards of uniformity and efficiency
Design individual culture or holding structures to provide optimal conditions for stock

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Consider all production inputs and culture or holding activities in design of systems

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Select construction materials to suit design specifications and design calculations

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Optimise relationship between capital and operational costs, including a comparison of energy sources

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Check power supply design specifications with power authorities

Completed
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Select accessories and performance indicators and integrate into functional systems that can be monitored and maintained

Completed
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Define construction specifications to achieve required standards of uniformity and efficiency

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Determine capital expense budget

  1. Document design calculations and decisions and ensure relevant information is communicated clearly through plans, specifications and manuals
  2. Ensure design output is checked by a competent designer against workplace objectives
  3. Determine and document material requirements from plans and specifications
  4. Estimate labour requirements, based on documented work schedule allowing reasonable variances in work schedules
  5. Negotiate external labour and hire contracts, if required, and confirm with management
Document design calculations and decisions and ensure relevant information is communicated clearly through plans, specifications and manuals

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Ensure design output is checked by a competent designer against workplace objectives

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Determine and document material requirements from plans and specifications

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Estimate labour requirements, based on documented work schedule allowing reasonable variances in work schedules

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Negotiate external labour and hire contracts, if required, and confirm with management

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Determine operating expense budget

  1. Confirm operating expense budget with senior personnel
  2. Apply all expenses to the completed stock culture or holding system
Confirm operating expense budget with senior personnel

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Apply all expenses to the completed stock culture or holding system

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Assessed

Teacher: ___________________________________ Date: _________

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Instructions to Assessors

Required Skills and Knowledge

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.

There must be evidence that the individual has developed and documented, on at least one occasion, a design plan for a stock culture or holding system and structure, including:

determining location and resource requirements for the stock culture or holding systems and structures

developing a detailed budget based on resource requirements and expenses

developing construction specifications for stock culture or holding systems and structures.

An individual must be able to demonstrate the knowledge required to perform the tasks outlined in the elements and performance criteria of this unit. This includes knowledge of:

types, functions and options for stock culture or holding systems and their components

key design features and processes for planning stock culture or holding systems and structures

features and options for mechanisation or automatic control and monitoring systems

mechanisation or automation research

biological requirements of cultured or held stock relevant to holding systems and structures

overview of stock biological and production cycles relevant to holding systems and structures

waste management and environmental issues relevant to stock culture or holding systems and structures

key features of contracts and contract management

basic bookkeeping for budgeting

key government regulations relating to aquaculture operations

features of latest culture technology

biosecurity relevant to culture or holding systems

sustainability practices relating to aquaculture operations.