FWPHAR4206 — Implement environmental management practices in timber harvesting operations

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62 assessable components: 3 elements (14 performance criteria), 10 performance evidence and 34 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 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 Identify environmental management requirements in forest harvest plans

1.1Review harvest plan to identify features of the environment that require protection and required environmental protection measures
1.2Identify resources required to implement the environmental protection measures specified in the harvest plan
1.3Recognise legislative, regulatory and business consequences of non-compliance with environmental management requirements in harvest plans
1.4Confirm environmental management indicators for the forest harvesting operation
1.5Confirm methods used to monitor compliance with and achievement of the environmental management indicators

2 Apply environmental management requirements for a forest harvesting operation

2.1Communicate environmental management requirements and strategies to work team involved in harvesting operation prior to starting work
2.2Manage harvesting operation to comply with environmental management indicators, workplace procedures and harvest plan requirements
2.3Identify non-compliances with environmental management indicators according to workplace procedures
2.4Rectify and report non-compliances with environmental management indicators according to workplace procedures
2.5Assess root cause of non-compliance and implement appropriate changes in work practices

3 Monitor implementation of environmental management requirements for a forest harvesting operation

3.1Implement strategies for monitoring compliance with environmental management indicators
3.2Record performance against environmental management indicators for all harvesting stages, including pre-harvesting and post-harvesting, according to workplace and contractual requirements
3.3Report performance against environmental management indicators to appropriate stakeholders according to legislative and contractual requirements
3.4Analyse environmental management data from tree harvesting operations to assist with planning future harvesting operations

Performance evidence

An individual demonstrating competency must satisfy all of the elements and performance criteria in this unit.
There must be evidence that the individual has developed one management strategy for one timber harvesting operation to minimise environmental impact and meet the environmental management requirements specified in the relevant harvest plan.
In undertaking this activity, the invidiual has:
reviewed the harvest plan to identify environmental assets, environmental indicators and environment protection measures
identified resources required to implement the environmental protection measures specified in the harvest plan
confirmed methods used to monitor compliance with and achievement of environmental management indicators
communicated environmental management requirements and strategies to work team
coordinated harvesting operation to comply with environmental management indicators, workplace procedures and harvest plan requirements
monitored achievement of environmental management requirements and identifed non-compliances with indicators
recorded and reported performance against environmental management indicators.

Knowledge evidence

commonwealth, state, territory or local government regulations and codes of practice relevant to environmental management in harvest operations
features of the environment that may require protection in harvesting operations:
adjacent properties
physical structures
environmentally sensitive sites
waterways and riparian areas
Indigenous and other culturally important sites
archaeological sites
soil
endangered plant and animal species
habitats
environmental management strategies used in harvesting operations to minimise or avoid environmental damage associated with:
fuel storage
machine servicing
tree felling, log extraction and machinery operation
logging debris and slash
spread of weeds and pests
water runoff
road construction
disposal of waste material
cleaning plant, tools and equipment
environmental management indicators:
water quality and quantity
soil condition
native flora and fauna protection
maintenance of culturally significant landscapes, natural or anthropogenic formations and constructions
strategies for monitoring compliance with environmental management indicators:
field checks
documentation
harvest plans:
purpose of harvest plans
format, content and use of plans
method of identifying environmental protection requirements in harvest plans
types, purpose and ways of determining buffer zones, protected areas and erosion control measure.

Foundation skills

Reading: Interpret complex and unfamiliar regulatory and environmental information affecting harvest plans
Writing: Complete routine forms related to environmental management practices used in forest harvest operations
Oral communication: Use interactive communication techniques to communicate information on environmental management practices to forest harvest work teams Ask open and closed probe questions to confirm that work team members are aware of environmental management practices to be used in forest harvest operations
Numeracy: Perform routine calculations related to the collation and analysis of environmental management indicators for forest harvesting operations

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What does an assessment tool for FWPHAR4206 need to cover?

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