Certificate III in Conservation and Ecosystem Management - AHC31420
TAFE NSW
Type of institution: TAFE Institute
Level: Pre-degree
CRICOS: 00591E
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:Indigenous land managementEcological restorationLand, parks and wildlife managementPest controllerConservation earthworksMarine operationsFire managementIndividuals 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.No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this qualification at the time of publication.
Subjects
- Recognise plants
- Survey pests
- Apply health, safety and risk controls when working on oiled shorelines
- Follow Aboriginal cultural protocols
- Operate mobile underwater vehicles
- Assist with planned burning
- Transport machinery
- Control plant pests, diseases and disorders
- Set out conservation earthworks
- Apply seamanship skills aboard a vessel up to 12 metres
- Erect timber structures and features
- Navigate in remote or trackless areas
- Construct conservation earthworks
- Identify the effects of climate change as a factor in land management
- Perform diver rescues
- Collect and preserve biological samples
- Provide on-job training support
- Carry out inspection of designated area
- Operate chemical application machinery and equipment
- Use advanced equipment operations for oil spill response
- Prepare and apply chemicals to control pest, weeds and diseases
- Apply basic survival skills in the event of vessel abandonment
- Conduct site inspections
- Monitor ocean conditions and marine environmental quality
- Design and produce business documents
- Suppress wildfire
- Apply biosecurity measures
- Respond to rescue incidents
- SCUBA dive in open water to a maximum depth of 18 metres
- Follow procedures to minimise and fight fires on board a vessel
- Operate aerial ignition equipment in an aircraft
- Provide appropriate information on cultural knowledge
- Monitor weather conditions
- Conduct photography for fieldwork
- Identify and report signs of unusual disease or pest
- Operate inboard and outboard motors
- Conduct operational inspection of park facilities
- Prepare to work with crocodiles
- Transport and store chemicals
- Maintain native ecosystem areas
- Work with an Aboriginal Community or organisation
- Use basic equipment operations for oil spill response
- Operate machinery and equipment
- Operate specialised machinery and equipment
- Implement Aboriginal cultural burning practices
- Implement pest management strategies
- Operate remotely piloted system for conservation work
- Set out site for construction works
- Respond to emergencies
- Conduct intertidal marine monitoring
- Undertake burning for fuel, ecological and cultural resource management
- Conduct a subtidal marine monitoring operation from a vessel or platform
- Recover four wheel drive vehicles
- Coordinate work site activities
- Identify fauna in the field
- Extract seed
- Collect native seed
- Store and retrieve basic spatial data
- Implement property improvement, construction and repair
- Plan and construct conventional fencing
- Apply predator trapping techniques
- Operate in isolated and remote situations
- Perform complex 4x4 operations
- Identify traditional customs and land rights for an Indigenous Community
- Survive at sea using survival craft
- Work safely around aircraft
- Assist in collecting basic spatial data
- Sample seed before and after processing
- Treat operational risk
- Contribute to work health and safety processes
- Control weeds
- Handle a vessel up to 12 metres
- Assess operational risk
- Provide advanced resuscitation and oxygen therapy
- Recognise landforms and soil types
- Supervise park visitor activities
- Perform restricted diving for scientific purposes
- Undertake direct seeding
- Implement a maintenance program for an aquatic environment
- Operate specialist appliance
- Trim trees using a pole saw
- Work safely in crocodile habitats
- Use information technology for spatial information services activity
- Prepare and use explosives
- Implement assisted regeneration works
- Identify and collect marine life
- Apply animal trapping techniques
- Determine pest control techniques
- Apply environmentally sustainable work practices
- Identify and select explosive products
- Perform machinery maintenance
- Comply with regulations to ensure safe operation of a vessel up to 12 metres
- Implement a biodiversity monitoring plan
- Work as a guide
- Operate a four wheel drive on unsealed roads
- Conduct crocodile surveys
- Implement a plant establishment program
- Construct access tracks
- Coordinate and report on data collection
- Implement ecosystem reconstruction works
- Conduct an ecological and cultural site inspection prior to works
- Provide First Aid
- Use firearms to humanely destroy animals
- Rescue animals and apply basic first aid
- Comply with soil and water protection
- Implement erosion and sediment control measures
- Manage trees to create and maintain habitat refuges
- Interpret aspects of local Australian Indigenous culture
- Respond to wildlife emergencies
- Identify plant specimens
- Coordinate machinery and equipment maintenance and repair
- Apply poison baits for vertebrate pest control in rural and environmental landscapes
- Provide information on plants and their culture
- Read and interpret maps
- Undertake sampling and testing of water
- Respond to wildfire
- Apply GIS software to solve spatial data problems
- Prevent injury
- Ensure compliance with pest legislation
- Coordinate marine conservation activities on small vessels
- Produce basic maps
- Implement a landscape maintenance program
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