AHCARB609 — Measure and improve the performance of urban forests
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What an assessment for AHCARB609 must cover
90 assessable components: 5 elements (23 performance criteria), 29 performance evidence and 35 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 3 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Research urban forest practices and applications
- 1.1Research urban forest case studies and management reports
- 1.2Review best management practices in urban forest planning and management
- 1.3Research applications and functional tools for measuring benefits of urban forests
2 Analyse and report on urban forest benefits
- 2.1Analyse economic, social and environmental benefits of urban forests
- 2.2Document evidence-based research into a preliminary report on benefits of urban forests
3 Determine values of urban forest benefits
- 3.1Conduct sampling analysis of specified urban forest
- 3.2Determine required sample size to assess total tree population
- 3.3Determine accuracy of sample size
- 3.4Determine the quantitative values of urban forest environmental benefits
- 3.5Identify base financial value for functional benefit
- 3.6Calculate financial values of functional and environmental benefits of current tree population
- 3.7Determine benefits of heat island modification of urban areas
- 3.8Document a preliminary report on total asset valuation of an urban forest
4 Analyse and compile results
- 4.1Analyse urban forest structure and function
- 4.2Estimate life expectancy of tree population
- 4.3Compile results of urban forest analysis
5 Determine and report on urban forests improvements
- 5.1Identify urban forest issues within tree population sample area
- 5.2Determine recommendations for tree species and diversity
- 5.3Determine extent of current tree planting and replacement programs
- 5.4Determine volume and rate of planting programs required for improvements to urban forest performance
- 5.5Determine required modifications to planting practices
- 5.6Determine targets for urban forest improvement
- 5.7Document urban forest performance and provide recommendations for improvement in a report
Performance evidence
- researched urban forest case studies and management reports
- reviewed best management practices in urban forest planning and management
- researched applications and functional tools measuring benefits of urban forests
- analysed and documented a preliminary report of social and environmental benefits of urban forests
- conducted sampling analysis of a specified urban forest
- determined sample size required to accurately assess total tree population
- determined the quantitative values of urban forest, energy savings, environmental and amenity benefits for the following:
- canopy cover
- total carbon storage and annual carbon dioxide sequestration
- rainfall interception
- air pollution removal
- identified base financial value for each functional benefit
- calculated financial values of functional and environmental benefits of tree population
- determined benefits of urban heat island modification
- documented a preliminary report on total asset valuation of urban forest
- analysed urban forest structure and function, covering the following in the analysis:
- urban tree population half-life
- vacant planting ratio
- species distribution
- population diversity
- estimated life expectancy of tree population
- compiled results of urban forest analysis
- identified urban forest issues within tree population sample area
- determined recommendations for tree species and diversity
- determined extent of current tree planting and replacement programs
- determined volume and rate of planting programs required for improvements to urban forest performance
- determined required modifications to planting practices
- determined targets for urban forest improvement
- documented a report on urban forest performance and provided recommendations for improvement
Knowledge evidence
- urban forests and their management, including:
- sources of reports and case studies
- best practices in urban forest planning and management
- measuring the performance of urban forests and their management
- applications and functional tools for measuring benefits of urban forests
- analysing the benefits of urban forests, including:
- economic and political
- physical and psychological on community
- environmental and ecological
- evidence-based research, including what it is and how it is conducted
- sampling techniques and their analysis
- urban forests and their social, environmental and economic implications, including:
- calculating canopy cover and estimating carbon storage and annual carbon dioxide sequestration
- rainfall interception
- air pollution removal
- energy savings benefit
- environmental benefits
- amenity benefits
- valuing urban forests from an economic perspective, including:
- financial value for functional benefits
- calculations of financial values of functional and environmental benefits
- concepts of urban heat island and its modification with urban forests
- determining the total asset valuation
- the structure, function and faults of urban forests, including:
- urban tree population life expectancy
- vacant planting ratio
- species distribution and population diversity
- urban forest analysis techniques
- identifying urban forest issues within tree populations
- defining problems and compiling recommendations for tree species and diversity, including:
- tree planting and replacement programs
- volume and rate of planting programs
- modifications to planting practices
- targets for urban forest improvement
- report writing and structure of urban forest documents and reports
Foundation skills
- Reading: Critically analyse and extract information from complex research materials for urban forest management and analysis to critique and formulate performance outcomes for urban forests
- Writing: Demonstrate sophisticated writing skills by selecting appropriate conventions and stylistic devices to express precise meaning in urban forest performance reports
- Numeracy: Select and apply a wide range of highly developed mathematical and problem-solving strategies and techniques to quantitatively analyse the financial, social and ecologic benefits of urban forests
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