Course Level
Certificate III
Certificate III in Conservation and Ecosystem Management - AHC31424
\r\n This qualification provides the skills and theoretical and practical knowledge for work or further learning in the conservation and ecosystem management industry. The qualification provides for work roles encompassing a broad range of skills, or can be focussed on one or more specialisations, including:\r\n Indigenous land management\r\n Ecological restoration\r\n Land, parks and wildlife management\r\n Pest controller\r\n Conservation earthworks\r\n Marine\r\n Fire\r\n Mined land rehabilitation\r\n Individuals with this qualification perform a range of conservation and ecosystem management activities including, site restoration, rehabilitation and renewal and management of the rural and natural landscapes, degraded sites, and marine environments. They contribute to the preservation and maintenance of wildlife and their habitat in the natural ecosystem, parks and reserves. Activities frequently involve working with and preservation of indigenous culture and heritage resources.\r\n No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.\r\n
Campus | Duration | Fees | ATAR |
|---|---|---|---|
Bairnsdale Trade Centre | Full-time - 1 years | $13,829 | N/A |
Morwell | Full-time - 1 years | $13,829 | N/A |
Subjects
- Perform laboratory-based ecological techniques
- Use firearms to humanely destroy animals
- Provide First Aid in remote or isolated site
- Recognise plants
- Respond to wildfire
- Operate inboard and outboard motors
- Implement assisted regeneration works
- Monitor ocean conditions and marine environmental quality
- Conduct intertidal marine monitoring
- Coordinate work site activities
- Carry out inspection of designated area
- Apply seamanship skills aboard a vessel up to 12 metres
- Comply with soil and water protection
- Apply project procurement procedures
- Implement ecosystem reconstruction works
- Identify and collect marine life
- Conduct an ecological and cultural site inspection prior to works
- Set out conservation earthworks
- Implement biological reintroduction works
- Conduct bulk water truck operations
- Coordinate machinery and equipment maintenance and repair
- Transport machinery
- Implement a maintenance program for an aquatic environment
- Respond to emergencies
- Operate machinery and equipment
- Implement pest management strategies
- Identify and select explosive products
- Coordinate and report on data collection
- Apply poison baits for vertebrate pest control in rural and environmental landscapes
- Apply predator trapping techniques
- Conduct site inspections
- Implement a plant establishment program
- Rehabilitate exploration site
- Perform biological procedures
- Prepare to work with crocodiles
- Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
- Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy
- Follow Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultural protocols
- Identify customs and land rights for an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community
- Undertake burning for fuel, ecological and cultural resource management
- Collect native seed
- Plan and construct conventional fencing
- Work safely in crocodile habitats
- Apply animal trapping techniques
- Transport and store chemicals
- Implement a landscape maintenance program
- Comply with environmental protection requirements when transporting waste
- Operate in isolated and remote situations
- Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
- Determine pest control techniques
- SCUBA dive in open water to a maximum depth of 18 metres
- Provide First Aid
- Control weeds
- Interpret aspects of local Australian Indigenous culture
- Identify plant specimens
- Apply GIS software to spatial problems
- Apply health, safety and risk controls when working on oiled shorelines
- Use advanced equipment operations for oil spill response
- Implement an irrigation-related environmental protection program
- Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
- Erect timber structures and features
- Treat operational risk
- Prevent injury
- Recognise landforms and soil types
- Undertake sampling and testing of water
- Supervise park visitor activities
- Operate specialist appliance
- Operate and maintain chainsaws
- Provide information on Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples' cultural practice
- Assist in collecting basic spatial data
- Survive at sea using survival craft
- Prepare to work safely in the construction industry
- Operate remotely piloted system for conservation work
- Assess operational risk
- Provide on-job training support
- Implement property improvement, construction and repair
- Establish an Australian native stingless bee colony
- Set out site for construction works
- Operate specialised machinery and equipment
- Conduct a site inspection for ecological restoration
- Identify and report signs of unusual disease or pest
- Operate within a budget framework
- Implement cultural burning practices on Country
- Manage trees to create and maintain habitat refuges
- Sample seed before and after processing
- Trim trees using a pole saw
- Perform machinery maintenance
- Provide information on plants and their culture
- Conduct a subtidal marine monitoring operation from a vessel or platform
- Prepare and use explosives
- Contribute to workplace health and safety processes
- Perform diver rescues
- Apply biosecurity measures
- Work with an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community or organisation
- Respond to wildlife emergencies
- Apply basic survival skills in the event of vessel abandonment
- Ensure compliance with pest legislation
- Suppress dust in open-cut environments
- Identify the effects of climate change as a factor in land management
- Undertake direct seeding
- Navigate in remote or trackless areas
- Suppress wildfire
- Rehabilitate small mine site
- Construct conservation earthworks
- Read and interpret maps
- Extract, clean, store and despatch tree seeds
- Construct access tracks
- Design and produce business documents
- Perform complex four wheel drive operations
- Store and retrieve basic spatial data
- Operate four wheel drive vehicle on unsealed roads
- Operate mobile underwater vehicles
- Monitor weather conditions
- Perform restricted diving for scientific purposes
- Conduct operational inspection of park facilities
- Produce basic maps
- Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft
- Handle a vessel up to 12 metres
- Operate four wheel drive vehicle
- Use basic equipment operations for oil spill response
- Work as a guide
- Collect and preserve biological samples
- Manage fauna populations
- Conduct crocodile surveys
- Operate chemical application machinery and equipment
- Implement a biodiversity monitoring plan
- Work safely around aircraft
- Comply with regulations to ensure safe operation of a vessel up to 12 metres
- Recover four wheel drive vehicle
- Identify fauna in the field
- Implement erosion and sediment control measures
- Assist with planned burning
- Conduct photography for fieldwork
- Provide basic animal first aid
- Perform basic ecological restoration works
- Survey pests
- Follow procedures to minimise and fight fires on board a vessel
- Supervise dust and noise control
- Maintain native ecosystem areas
- Respond to rescue incidents
- Coordinate marine conservation activities on small vessels
Entry requirements
- \r\n There are no entry requirements for this qualification.\r\n