Elements and Performance Criteria

RANGE STATEMENT
The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.
Legislation, regulations and codes of practice may relate to:
development
environmental protection and ESD principles
fisheries, aquaculture, ornamental, holding or display facilities
harbours, navigation and maritime regulations
Indigenous native title, land claims and cultural activities, including fishing by traditional methods
livestock translocation, health treatment, biosecurity and animal welfare.
Aquaculture developmentandproduction may include:
implied individual or corporate ownership of the stock being cultivated
farming, culturing or holding of aquatic organisms
implied interventions in the rearing process to enhance production, such as regular stocking, feeding and protection from predators.
Cultured or held stock may include:
adults, broodstock (ready to breed), seedstock or stockers, eggs and sperm, fertilised eggs, larvae, post-larvae, seed, spat, hatchlings, yearlings, juveniles, fry, fingerlings, yearlings, smolt, sporophytes, seedlings and tissue cultures
finfish, crustaceans, molluscs, aquatic reptiles, amphibians, polychaete and oligochaete worms, plankton, micro-algae, seaweed, aquatic plants, live rock, sponges and other aquatic invertebrates
for human consumption (seafood), stockers for other farms, stockers for conservation or recreational fishing, display or companion animals (ornamentals), and other products, including pearls, skins, shells, eggs, chemicals and pigments
wild caught, hatchery or nursery reared.
Reportable events may include:
illegal disease treatments
importation of live cultured or held stock
movement of specified species off-farm
notifiable diseases.
Principles of ESD may include:
animal welfare ethics
chemical use and contaminant reduction
collection or disposal of broodstock or seedstock
disposal of effluent and waste:
biohazard (e.g. moribund animals, hormones and chemicals)
from culture structures
nitrogenous waters or sediments
solid and soluble wastes
uneaten food and settled solids
movement of live animals and seedstock
prevention of live culture organisms being introduced into environment
protected species.
Consequences of non-compliance may include:
culling/slaughter and disposal of live stock
expiation fees
monetary fines imposed by court
termination of lease or licence by authorised person.
Siteinspections may include:
associated equipment or systems, such as:
blowers, aerators, paddlewheels and aspirators
greenhouses, hothouses and igloos
pest, predator and disease control structures
water supply, and disposal or effluent systems, including pumps, pipes, canals, channels, settlement ponds and storage dams
culture or holding structures or systems, such as:
cages, pontoons, enclosures and pens, including associated moorings, anchors, floats and markers
dams, ponds and pools
display tanks, aquaria and aquascapes
grow out facilities, hatcheries and nurseries
harvesting swimways, canals or channels
live holding tanks, bins, cages and pens
longlines, posts, racks and rails, rafts, fences, socks, trays, sticks, baskets, modules, barrels, bags and panels
open, flow-through, closed and semi-closed systems
purging or depurating systems
tanks, raceways and recirculating systems
offshore and inshore
on-land, lakes, streams, rivers, dams and reservoirs.
Licensing terms and conditions may include:
meeting the development schedule as determined under legislation relevant to aquaculture development
requirements for treatment of effluent and other wastes
security arrangements
stocking densities
time within which construction must commence
use of chemicals.
Appropriate action (on receiving notification of a reportable event) may include:
call in health and environmental experts
call in veterinary assistance
establishing and maintaining quarantine
organising and supervising culling or slaughter of stock.

EVIDENCE GUIDE
The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.
Overview of assessment

Critical aspects for assessment evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit
Assessment must confirm ability to:
monitor aquaculture development and production for compliance with relevant legislation, regulations and codes of practice
meet licensing terms and conditions
respond to reportable events.

Assessment must confirm knowledge of:
legislation, regulations and codes of practice
jurisdictional policies and procedures for monitoring aquaculture compliance.
Context of and specific resources for assessment
Assessment is to be conducted at the workplace or in a simulated work environment and should cover the range of aquacultured species commonly farmed in the region. It should also cover the range of legislation, regulations, codes of practice and reportable events relevant in the region.

Resources may include:
licensing terms and conditions
range of reportable events.
Method of assessment
The following assessment methods are suggested:
questions
practical exercises or role-plays
demonstration.
Guidance information for assessment
This unit may be assessed holistically with other units within a qualification.