Course Title: Conduct biological surveys

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5367 Diploma of Conservation and Land Management

Course Title: Conduct biological surveys

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 200

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

MATH7076C

City Campus

TAFE

174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Face-to-Face or Internet

Term1 2018,
Term1 2019,
Term1 2020

Course Contact: Thierry Demathieu, Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8359

Course Contact Email: thierry.demathieu@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to plan and conduct biological surveys and produce a biological survey report, according to client requirements and biological components to be surveyed.
This unit applies to land restoration managers who provide and communicate solutions to a range of predictable and unpredictable problems.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

AHCNAR502 Conduct biological surveys

Elements:

1. Carry out preliminary design activities for the biological survey

2. Determine requirements of the biological survey

3. Conduct the biological survey

4. Compile a biological survey report


Learning Outcomes

Refer to elements


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this competency may include plant & animal surveys, written reports & assignments, group work and field work assessments

Assessment Task 1:

Bird Survey Proposal

Assessment Task 2:

Ecology, Habitat & Food Webs

Assessment Task 3:

Birds of Newport Lakes Report

Assessment Task 4:

Threatened Fauna Species

Assessment Task 5:

Invertebrate Identification

Assessment Task 6:

Wonthaggi Fauna Survey Report