Elements and Performance Criteria

OHS requirements are to be in accordance with Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures. Requirements may include:
the use of personal protective equipment and clothing
safety equipment
first aid equipment
fire fighting equipment
hazard and risk control
elimination of hazardous materials and substances
safe forest practices including required actions relating to forest fire
manual handling including shifting, lifting and carrying

Legislative requirements are to be in accordance with applicable legislation from all levels of government that affect organisational operation. Requirements may include:
award and enterprise agreements
industrial relations
Australian Standards
confidentiality and privacy
OHS
the environment
equal opportunity
anti-discrimination
relevant industry codes of practice
duty of care
heritage and traditional land owner issues

Organisational requirements
may include legal, organisational and site guidelines, policies and procedures relating to own role and responsibility, quality assurance, procedural manuals, quality and continuous improvement processes and standards, OHS, emergency and evacuation, ethical standards, recording and reporting, access and equity principles and practices, equipment use, maintenance and storage, environmental management (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines)

Local authorities
are to include local government councils or shires with local planning and zoning authority for a given region

Land owning
is to include the process of notifying and obtaining owner approval to commence harvesting operations

Boundaries
are to include designated forest allotments owned privately, by Government or by the Forestry organisation. Boundaries fall within survey pegs for the land allocated

Zoning
is to include designated forest coupes owned privately, by Government or by the Forestry organisation with boundaries that fall within survey pegs for the land allocated for forest growing and harvesting operations under local authority allocation

Planning permits
are to include permits granted by local authorities for forest growing and harvesting operations to take place based on approved plans submitted to local government complying with all required regulations

Communication
may include verbal and non-verbal language, constructive feedback, active listening, questioning to clarify and confirm understanding, use of positive, confident and cooperative language, use of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differences, control of tone of voice and body language

Species
may include native species of one or more type or imported species

Topography
is to include a map of the designated area showing terrain levels, contours, elevations, slopes, gullies and adjoining land parcels, rainfall, soil type

Gross area
is to include the total area mass of the planned forest coupe

Net area
is to include the total area of forest available for harvesting excluding streamside buffers, filter strips, habitat protection areas, rainforest protection, excluded areas, roads, tracks and landings

Harvesting
is to include the methods of cutting and extracting trees and logs from designated areas

Volume
is to include the estimated return of cubic metres or tonnes of timber for each of sawlogs, pulpwood or firewood

Operational activities
may include coupe map details, site preparation, streamside buffers, filter strips, contours, gullies, crossing points, habitat protection, rainforest protection, flora and fauna protection, landscape protection, excluded areas, rubbish removal, permanent roads, temporary roads, landings, dumps, snig tracks, forwarding tracks, adjoining land, wet weather restrictions, fire protection requirements

Cartage
is to include the use of log truck hauling operators to remove felled logs from the site

Regeneration
is to include the return of a coupe to a revegetated state, protecting its landscape, soil and drainage

Site conditions
may include rainfall, soil type, topography

Environmental protection measures
may include ground growth, canopy, general forest lean, wind speed and direction, fallen trees, density of trees, ground slope, soil and water protection, ground hazards and obstacles

Seeding process
is to include natural seed-fall following burning of log debris

Silviculture
is to include the growth management of a forest and tending to the trees to maximise growth

Records and reports
may include producing detailed records and reports outlining the planning of coupe establishment, harvesting and regeneration processes
may be manual, using a computer-based system or another appropriate organisational communication system

Overview of assessment
A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence that they can safely and efficiently manage coupe planning within organisational requirements

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit
Comply with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislative and regulatory requirements and codes of practice, including OHS, environmental and organisational policies and procedures, relevant to managing coupe planning
Comply with applicable licensing or certification requirements
Communicate effectively and work safely with others in the work area
Efficiently manage coupe planning in accordance with regulations and organisational requirements
Effectively plan the establishment, harvest and regeneration of forest coupes in accordance with site conditions, regulations and organisational requirements

Context of and specific resources for assessment
Competency is to be assessed in the workplace or realistically simulated workplace
Assessment is to occur under standard and authorised work practices, safety requirements and environmental constraints
Assessment of essential underpinning knowledge, other than confirmatory questions, will usually be conducted in an off-site context
Assessment is to comply with relevant regulatory or Australian Standards requirements

The following resources should be made available:

workplace location or simulated workplace
materials and equipment relevant to coupe planning
specifications and work instructions

Method of assessment
Assessment must satisfy the endorsed Assessment Guidelines of the FPI05 Training Package
Assessment methods must confirm consistency and accuracy of performance (over time and in a range of workplace relevant contexts) together with application of underpinning knowledge
Assessment must be by direct observation of tasks, with questioning on underpinning knowledge and it must also reinforce the integration of key competencies
Assessment methods must confirm the ability to access and correctly interpret and apply the essential underpinning knowledge
Assessment may be applied under project-related conditions (real or simulated) and require evidence of process
Assessment must confirm a reasonable inference that competency is able not only to be satisfied under the particular circumstance, but is able to be transferred to other circumstances
Assessment may be in conjunction with assessment of other units of competency
The assessment environment should not disadvantage the candidate
Assessment practices should take into account any relevant language or cultural issues related to Aboriginality, gender or language backgrounds other than English
Where the participant has a disability, reasonable adjustment may be applied during assessment
Language and literacy demands of the assessment task should not be higher than those of the work role

Communicating ideas and information
By communicating in simple language to confirm planning requirements and convey information and requests to colleagues (2)

Collecting analysing and organising information
By collecting, organising and analysing information required to undertake coupe planning (3)

Planning and organising activities
By organising work activities in the correct sequence for coupe planning to be completed within the designated timeframes (3)

Working with others and in teams
By using effective communication and interpersonal techniques with colleagues and others to maximise confidence, satisfaction and productivity during planning processes (3)

Using mathematical ideas and techniques
By calculating time to complete tasks, estimating resource requirements, and calculating distances, pricing bids, gross areas, net areas and volumes (2)

Solving problems
By establishing safe and effective processes for coupe planning which anticipate likely problems to avoid wastage and downtime (3)

Using technology
By selecting and using computer equipment to manage coupe planning (1)