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This
training package covers a wide range of jobs and roles involving land
management. Key industry sectors include:
• Community Co-ordination and Facilitation - Units within this sector
focus on the knowledge and skills required to foster, promote and
support community development, particularly in rural communities that
are engaged in land management activities. The work of these
communities underscores the notion that conservation and land
management is also about co-ordination and facilitation with
communities and groups involved in land management.
• Conservation Earthworks - This sector focuses on
the design and construction of earthworks associated with soil
conservation on rural properties, and erosion and sediment control on
rural, urban and infrastructure construction sites. Work can
include the forming of farm dams, contour banks, waterways, gully
restoration and clearing, access tracks, erosion control works,
sediment traps and basins, and the revegetation of development sites.
• Indigenous Land Management - Units within this sector cover a broad
range of land management skills and knowledge which may be integrated
with skills and knowledge from a range of other areas such as
agriculture, horticulture and tourism. Indigenous land management is
distinctive in that it is undertaken within the context of Indigenous
culture and traditional customs. This requires in some cases, approval
from local communities or traditional owners for delivery and
assessment of units of competency, and acknowledgment of protocols and
parameters governing access to and use of indigenous knowledge and
skills.
• Vertebrate Pest Management - Animals that are classified as
"vertebrate pests" represent complex management problems for
agriculture and the environment. Their control can involve a range of
techniques such as fencing, habitat modification, trapping,
pasture/crop management, shooting, relocation and poisoning. These
control techniques are usually carried out under an Integrated Pest
Management approach within local, regional, State and/or national
management planning frameworks and strategies.
• Lands, Parks and Wildlife - This sector comprises government and
non-government agencies with a primary responsibility to manage places
and areas of natural and cultural significance. This management is
undertaken according to relevant legislation, international, national
and local agreements, policies, recognised codes of practice, charters
and guidelines. Some of the main areas of work include; conservation of
ecosystems, working in community conservation, managing introduced
pests and diseases, supporting community education and interpretation,
responding to emergencies, involvement in national and International
Conservation, overseeing commercial recreational and scientific
activities, management of properties and structures, supporting and
overseeing tourism activities in parks and supporting Indigenous
heritage and involvement in land management.
• Weed Management - The units within this sector are designed to cover
a range of agricultural, environmental and community bases operations.
Weed management covers work associated with the management and control
of weeds on public and private lands, commercial production systems, or
in response to broader land management objectives. Those involved in
weed management include the rural industry, contractors, State land
management agencies, bush regeneration personnel and local council
staff.
• Natural Area Restoration - This is newly defined sector that
represents a large number of people and organisation engaged in the
restoration and management of natural areas including bushland, forest,
arid lands, coastal, wetlands and aquatic sites. Work covers planning,
management and restoration, and management activities associated with
increasing the physical stability, biodiversity and/or ecological
integrity of an area.
• General Land Management - As the type and scope of work in
conservation and land management is very broad and evolving, a general
qualification has been designed to support those whose work may not sit
easily within the self-defined sectors. These qualifications are broad
enough that, with customization of units, other specifications can be
defined, thereby providing relevant outcomes from training and
assessment for particular enterprises, agencies and natural resource
management training initiatives. (top)
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