Release

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Release 1

This version released with AHC Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management Training Package Version 4.0.

Elements

Performance Criteria

Elements describe the essential outcomes.

Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element.

1. Determine production process requirements

1.1 Access information about the products being grown or manufactured and the market

1.2 Confirm characteristics of the land under production and the quality of associated infrastructure

1.3 Analyse recent and historical data from organisational records for input to production planning

1.4 Identify potential for improvements or innovations to inform production planning

1.5 Identify production processes required to achieve the targeted production and compare with those that currently exist

1.6 Check production planning information is fed into other organisational planning processes

2. Plan production and monitoring systems

2.1 Establish targets for the enterprise, for each product, crop, herd or flock using information from organisational management and strategic plans

2.2 Schedule production processes taking organisational factors into consideration

2.3 Establish waste management controls to minimise waste and dispose of waste sustainably

2.4 Establish monitoring points and performance indicators using target, environmental management and scheduling information

2.5 Establish appropriate biosecurity and quality assurance requirements

2.6 Establish risk management strategies to control hazards

2.7 Document the production plan, including targets and monitoring requirements

3. Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of production processes

3.1 Check that performance indicators, targets and specifications are met and amendments to the process are made where necessary

3.2 Evaluate the effectiveness of the production processes at key points and make adjustments as necessary

3.3 Monitor and assess environmental impacts and workplace health and safety hazards throughout the production cycle

3.4 Modify the production process by shifting priorities and results when necessary

3.5 Analyse data, observations and documentation from the production process against the plan

4. Record and manage information

4.1 Prepare recommendations for future plans based on the analysis of production data

4.2 Prepare a report that documents the plan’s implementation

4.3 Maintain records and documentation as described in the production plan

4.4 Check that required information is available, accessible, meaningful and useful

Skill

Description

Reading

• Interpret and extract information from a range sources such as professional literature, legal documents, policies and procedures

Numeracy

• Set yield targets and objectives and estimate timelines
• Estimate, calculate and record complex workplace measures

Code and title current version

Code and title previous version

Comments

Equivalence status

AHCAGB519 Plan and monitor production processes

AHCAGB503 Plan and monitor production processes

Performance criteria clarified

Foundation skills added

Assessment requirements updated

Equivalent unit

Release

Comments

Release 1

This version released with AHC Agriculture, Horticulture, Conservation and Land Management Training Package Version 4.0.