AHCBIO401 — Plan and implement a biosecurity program

Elements & performance criteria

Performance evidence

• scoped biosecurity threats and possible incursion points and established goals for property
• used current biosecurity advice, standards and protocols
• identified biosecurity hazards, assessed the risks and identified controls for the specific work site, including: inputs to the workplace, output from the workplace, movement of personnel and visitors, movement and hygiene of machinery and equipment, worksite practices, pest and disease control
• prepared a communications program to train work team and visitors
• identified and assessed documentation required for managing biosecurity
• developed a program for implementing biosecurity
• monitored work team and visitor compliance
• reviewed biosecurity program
• reviewed and updated training and induction records

Knowledge evidence

• national industry standards and guidelines relevant to managing biosecurity
• principles of risk management for biosecurity, including: relevant standards and procedures, identification, assessment of risk and the significance and severity, evaluation of risk, establishing control options
• documentation and traceability procedures, including: quality and disease free assurance status, compliance with national, state and territory standards and regulations, industry health assurance programs, movement of product and materials on and from properties, chemical use and storage in accordance with industry best practice, pest, disease and weed status of organic materials and compliance with Industry Purchasing Code of Practice or equivalent quality controls
• biosecurity threats to production and land management environments
• workplace inputs, including: new plants or animals, quality of water resource, production material, use of organic and inorganic materials
• movement of workers and visitors, including: training and communication, signage, visitor access, sign in and out, controlled access points and production areas, general hygiene, biosecurity entry and exist procedures such as shower in and shower out
• vehicles and equipment, including: dedicated equipment use, harvest and storage, vehicle entry points, roads and tracks, vehicle movement and parking, vehicle and equipment hygiene and run off from wash areas
• worksite and production practices, including: plant or animal by-products and waste, product and feed storage, water quality and access, animal or plant disease control and resistance to treatments, monitoring production, biosecurity surveillance and frequency, fencing and boundary security
• control of pests, including: vertebrate pests, pest and volunteer plants, treatments and control measures
• influence of biosecurity on property and enterprise performance and values
• possible environmental incursion points to sites, including, wind, denudation and soil movement
• planning processes for costing, allocating resources and establishing timelines
• importance of records and record keeping for biosecurity procedures and processes

Foundation skills

• Learning: Plan to review biosecurity resources produced by industry to update personal skills and knowledge for revising and redesigning biosecurity plan and program
• Reading: Interpret and critically analyse biosecurity advice, standards, and protocols for including content in plans and programs
• Writing: Communicate complex relationships between biosecurity principles into plans and programs using a style of writing applicable to work team and visitors
• Oral Communication: Communicate clearly and effectively with work team and visitors

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