AHCLPW409Inspect and monitor culturally significant places

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What an assessment for AHCLPW409 must cover

43 assessable components: 5 elements (23 performance criteria), 8 performance evidence and 10 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 2 foundation skills. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.

Elements & performance criteria

1 Prepare for inspection

  • 1.1Determine significance of place from cultural and/or heritage management plans
  • 1.2Determine specific facilities and equipment required for inspection according to operational request
  • 1.3Obtain charters and specifications for evaluating the condition of cultural place

2 Carry out comprehensive inspection

  • 2.1Follow work health and safety policies and procedures for carrying out inspections
  • 2.2Inspect condition of cultural place for deterioration and damage
  • 2.3Assess and record non-conformity with conservation and management plans
  • 2.4Evaluate deterioration and damage to the cultural place to determine impact on the significance
  • 2.5Determine threats to cultural place
  • 2.6Determine and schedule maintenance works for the cultural place
  • 2.7Identify potential hazards, assess risk, and document controls for cultural place according to workplace safety procedures

3 Submit report and recommendations

  • 3.1Action urgent substandard cultural conditions in accordance with conservation management plan
  • 3.2Document inspection into a draft report and submit to stakeholders for feedback
  • 3.3Review frequency and scope of inspection requirements in management systems
  • 3.4Develop recommendations for future action according to conservation management plan, industry best practice, legislative requirements and international environmental standards
  • 3.5Prepare final report incorporating feedback and recommendations, and submit to management
  • 3.6Update information management system with inspection results according to workplace procedures

4 Monitor cultural area and surrounds

  • 4.1Monitor cultural area for deterioration and damage
  • 4.2Determine the short-term and long-term deterioration and impact on the significance of cultural place
  • 4.3Plan required restoration or modification of potential deterioration of the cultural area and surrounds
  • 4.4Integrate maintenance, restoration and modification of cultural place

5 Monitor stakeholder views on significance

  • 5.1Seek feedback from stakeholders on the significance and maintenance of cultural place
  • 5.2Review feedback and record stakeholder views on significance and maintenance of cultural place
  • 5.3Report assessment of changed views to workplace, charter processes and Indigenous places guidelines

Performance evidence

  • established the value and significance of cultural place from management plans
  • obtained charters and specifications used to evaluate the condition of cultural place
  • inspected at least one cultural place to establish: - a schedule of maintenance - a process to monitor site management
  • prepared and submitted report to workplace standards, which must include: - results of inspection - feedback from stakeholders - recommendations based on inspection, feedback and review of existing management plan
  • monitored cultural area surroundings to establish restoration, reclamation, modification and protection required for each of the potential causes: - biological agents - changes to the geophysics of the site - biosecurity risks
  • conducted safety hazard analysis and risk assessments according to workplace policies and procedures
  • monitored stakeholder views for impact on cultural significance, approach to maintenance, restoration and modification, and current and proposed uses of the cultural place
  • applied work health and safety practices

Knowledge evidence

  • Australian Heritage Commission legislation and requirements, state or territory heritage requirements and World Heritage requirements for cultural places
  • definition of cultural and heritage places with either natural or cultural value or significance, including: - aesthetic - historic - scientific - social
  • application of national charters and International Charters of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), including the Burra Charter, to monitoring cultural places
  • environmental legislation and codes of practice, including: - relevant environmental standards - best practice guidelines
  • strategies for communicating with, and seeking feedback from, stakeholders, including: - Indigenous and other cultural groups - visitors - agency personnel - special interest groups
  • processes and causes of environmental and artefact deterioration and damage, including: - indigenous and exotic biological agents causing damage and degradation - geophysical changes - biosecurity risks
  • methods for assessing and monitoring cultural places, including: - equipment and resources - techniques - timing and scheduling
  • maintenance, restoration and modifications that could be applied to place or area: - exclusion zones, fencing and barriers - signage
  • threats to cultural place or area, including: - visitor impact - climate and exposure to weather
  • report writing skills, including: - report structure - organising content - presenting data - summarising - formatting and presenting reports

Foundation skills

  • Reading: Critically analyse charters and specifications for consolidating information for the development of maintenance and monitoring of cultural places
  • Writing: Prepare reports using clear and detailed language in order to convey explicit information, requirements and recommendations for inspecting and monitoring cultural places

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What does an assessment tool for AHCLPW409 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AHCLPW409 needs to address all 43 unit components: 5 elements with 23 performance criteria, 8 performance evidence requirements, 10 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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