Unit of competency Outline

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Assist with care and maintenance of medicinal cannabis

Assist with care and maintenance of medicinal cannabis

Unit of competency
National Code
AHCMDC202
State Code
OCS57
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
2.00
Current Release Date
01/05/2024
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
21/05/2021
Field of Education
050301 - Horticulture
Original Release Date
21/05/2021
Nominal Hours
35
Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to provide assistance in the care and maintenance of medicinal cannabis plants during vegetative and flowering stages. It includes the care and maintenance of mother plants that are kept in the vegetative stage. It requires the ability to prepare self, tools, equipment and materials for maintenance tasks, assist with trimming, training and repotting tasks, assist with monitoring plant health and environmental climate conditions and reporting abnormalities, record and report on care and maintenance data, and clean up on completion.The unit applies to individuals who carry out a range of routine maintenance tasks on a licensed medicinal cannabis production site under the direction of a supervisor.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Prepare for medicinal cannabis care and maintenance tasks
  • 1.1 Identify and confirm plant care and maintenance tasks, workplace procedures and specifications with supervisor
  • 1.2 Recognise health and safety hazards, and report safety concerns
  • 1.3 Collect required tools, equipment and materials for the task, and check for approval and functionality
  • 1.4 Fit and use personal protective equipment according to health and safety and hygiene requirements
  • 1.5 Apply personal hygiene and tool and equipment sanitation procedures
  • 1.6 Check cultivation work area is clean and free of waste on entering secured area
2. Assist with maintaining plants
  • 2.1 Identify and inspect medicinal cannabis plants, including mother plants, to be maintained, and confirm quantity and weights with supervisor
  • 2.2 Assist with trimming and training tasks according to supervisor instructions
  • 2.3 Use tools and equipment safely and cautiously around growing systems while maintaining plants
  • 2.4 Assist with repotting tasks, using required techniques for growing media used
  • 2.5 Assist with water and nutrient requirements following trimming and repotting tasks
  • 2.6 Use safe practices to transfer pots between vegetative and flowering cultivation areas, ensuring areas are clear of waste before moving plants
  • 2.7 Record required data according to workplace quality procedures, reporting any deviations from quantity and weights
3. Assist with monitoring plant health and climate conditions during vegetative and flowering stages
  • 3.1 Confirm quantity and weights of plants to be monitored with supervisor
  • 3.2 Assist with monitoring plant health according to monitoring schedule, and report abnormalities as required
  • 3.3 Check for signs of disease or pests, and report presence or potential of disease or pests as required
  • 3.4 Assist with monitoring water and nutrient and climate control levels according to specifications, and report levels that are out of acceptable range
  • 3.5 Assist with monitoring growth, health and climate conditions for mother plants to ensure that they remain in a vegetative stage, and report abnormalities as required
  • 3.6 Keep growing system clean and free from plant waste at all times
  • 3.7 Record required data according to workplace quality procedures, reporting any deviations from quantity and weights
4. Clean up after care and maintenance tasks
  • 4.1 Clean and sanitise cultivation work area before safely leaving secured area
  • 4.2 Weigh, record and place plant waste in designated containers according to workplace and regulatory requirements
  • 4.3 Dispose of material waste safely according to workplace procedures
  • 4.4 Check, clean and sanitise and store tools and equipment, reporting identified repair requirements to supervisor
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