AHCPER423 — Design harvesting and storage systems for permaculture products
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What an assessment for AHCPER423 must cover
58 assessable components: 4 elements (16 performance criteria), 7 performance evidence and 35 knowledge evidence requirements. 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 Determine harvesting and storage system requirements
- 1.1Determine range and type of produce to be harvested and stored with stakeholders
- 1.2Determine seasonal requirements for produce
- 1.3Define optimum harvesting, processing and storage techniques for produce
- 1.4Determine resource requirements for harvesting and storage system
2 Identify requirements for maintaining optimum condition of permaculture products
- 2.1Determine maintenance requirements of stored produce
- 2.2Identify treatment requirements for produce
- 2.3Determine preservation techniques and processes for produce
- 2.4Identify preparation requirements for storage of produce
3 Prepare harvesting and storage plan
- 3.1Estimate volumes of produce to be harvested and stored
- 3.2Prepare a seasonal schedule of produce to be harvested and stored
- 3.3Select treatment, preparation and preservation methods for produce
- 3.4Design method and layout of storage area for produce
- 3.5Document a harvesting and storage plan
4 Present harvesting and storage system to stakeholders
- 4.1Assess and plan training needs for harvesting and storage plan with stakeholders
- 4.2Compile plans, designs and schedules into a harvesting and storage system
- 4.3Present the harvesting and storage system to stakeholders for approval
Performance evidence
- determined harvesting, post-harvest and storage system requirements with stakeholders
- identified requirements for maintaining optimum condition of produce from a permaculture system
- identified resource requirements, which must include: location, materials and layout, budget
- prepared a harvesting and storage plan
- assessed training needs
- documented harvesting and storage system
- communicated harvesting and storage system to stakeholders
Knowledge evidence
- products commonly harvested and stored from a permaculture system
- design systems for meeting year-round supplies of fresh and stored produce, including:
- growing requirements and crop regulation strategies
- calendar or seasonal chart with planting times of crops
- selection of early, mid-season and late season varieties to extend harvest
- number of plants and area to be planted
- crop regulation and maintenance program involving tipping, mounding, thinning, staking
- sequential planting and/or harvesting schedules
- climatic conditions for harvesting crop, including appropriate time of day
- harvest and post-harvest factors influencing plant metabolism and quality
- post-harvest treatment and preparation, including:
- flow chart of harvest, treatment, preservation and storage process
- harvest and post-harvest treatment timelines and schedules
- design or plans of processing and storage area
- design of processing technology or equipment, including solar food dryer
- materials, tools, equipment and ingredients
- manuals and operating instructions for equipment
- recipes and instructions
- anticipated shelf-life of product
- labelling and recording systems
- work health and safety, food safety, hygiene and other relevant enterprise and work practices
- preservation methods and processes for produce
- technologies used in crop processing, treatment, preservation and storage systems
- design of storage areas
- developing planting and harvesting schedules for products from a permaculture system
- identifying training needs for harvest and storage workers, including:
- work health and safety, and other relevant enterprise and work practices
- food safety and hygiene standards
- appropriate clothing and personal protective equipment (PPE)
- harvest and post-harvest handling, processing and storage practices
- food preserving techniques
- operation and maintenance of tools and equipment
- reporting, recording and labelling procedures
- preparing plans and reports
- food safety, health and hygiene requirements for preservation and storage of products for human consumption
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What does an assessment tool for AHCPER423 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AHCPER423 needs to address all 58 unit components: 4 elements with 16 performance criteria, 7 performance evidence requirements, 35 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.
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