AHCPER422 — Identify and analyse bioregional characteristics and resources

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• identified sources of information on bioregional characteristics and resources
• organised investigative team to extract information on bioregional characteristics and resources
• compiled and checked information against stakeholder requirements
• planned and prepared a report on bioregional characteristics
• prepared and delivered a presentation of report according to stakeholder requirements

Knowledge evidence

• bioregional characteristics and resources, including: a bioregion as a land and water territory whose limits are defined not by political boundaries, but by the geographical limits of human communities and ecological systems; a town or a segment of a city as typical as the main node of a bioregion, as was the pattern of most settlement and economic development until the 20th century; water catchment as one of the key identifiers of the bioregion, with the water catchment, storage, use/treatment of effluent and the water quality of rivers and creeks; Ecological Vegetation Class (EVC) of the area or the population of endemic species, as well as the suitability of any other species to grow or breed in the area; history, social make-up, land use and population information that go towards understanding an area; bioregional resources, including the human and social capital or culture of an area, its capacity to produce its own needs and supply surplus to others and its resilience in responding to change or catastrophe; the natural (biophysical), built, social and cultural elements of the area, including water supply and catchment management systems, transport systems, local exchange trading systems (LETS) and cooperatives, food supply systems, fuel and fibre supply systems; data held by local councils, community groups, historical societies, individuals and organisations that adds value to a study of the bioregion
• bioregional issues, including: transition initiatives; local food and water security; bioregional self-reliance regarding other components of daily life from local sources as opposed to importing basic needs from long distances at a high cost to the environment; embodied energy, including: how to measure energy inputs for consumable items; compared with energy output over the life of the item; waste disposal of an item as part of its energy ‘cost’
• types of information sources
• methods and means of accessing data and extracting relevant information
• report writing, including planning, structure and format
• presenting reports and information to stakeholders, including: types of media; methods of presenting; formatting information; methods of reviewing, validating and checking reliability of information

Foundation skills

• Writing: Prepare and produce report, including diagrammatic modelling, to convey complex relationships between entities within a bioregion using industry terminology and language to convey understanding for stakeholders
• Oral communication: Use collaborative and inclusive techniques, including active listening, questioning, and reading of verbal and non-verbal signals, to convey, clarify and confirm instructions to investigative work team

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