AHCMDC404 — Plan and implement a care and maintenance program for medicinal cannabis

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What an assessment for AHCMDC404 must cover

31 assessable components: 4 elements (17 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 6 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 4 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 Determine care and maintenance requirements for medicinal cannabis plants

1.1Identify and confirm cultivation specifications with senior personnel
1.2Determine plant care and maintenance requirements, including climate conditions for growing and flowering cycles
1.3Determine space requirements for the program, including any parameters that impact on required growing conditions
1.4Determine legal and regulatory considerations

2 Develop care and maintenance plan

2.1Identify labour, materials, tools and equipment needs for crop care and maintenance
2.2Determine identification and quality specifications for medicinal cannabis plants during vegetative and flowering cycles
2.3Determine monitoring and treatment strategies to maintain health of medicinal cannabis plants
2.4Develop schedules for care and maintenance activities, including monitoring of plant health, water and nutrient requirements and environmental climate conditions
2.5Identify hazards, assess risks and determine control limits, measures and corrective actions that ensure health and safety, hygiene, quality and security requirements

3 Implement and monitor care and maintenance program

3.1Communicate plan and establish roles and responsibilities to all involved
3.2Communicate and provide training on workplace procedures and schedules, including health and safety, hygiene and security requirements for care and maintenance activities
3.3Monitor hygiene, quality and record-keeping requirements during care and maintenance activities
3.4Confirm maintenance activities meet legal and regulatory requirements

4 Evaluate care and maintenance program

4.1Evaluate program for effectiveness
4.2Identify and record variances from plan and scheduled activities
4.3Assess plants for health and quality
4.4Complete reports on care and maintenance activities to meet workplace and compliance requirements, including deviation investigations as required

Performance evidence

documented a plan that incorporates each of the following: plant care and maintenance requirements, resource requirements, identification and quality specifications, strategies for monitoring and treating plants, schedules for care and maintenance activities, risk assessment and control measures and actions, regulatory requirements
communicated and provided training on plant care and maintenance activities
monitored and evaluated activities against the plan
reported on care and maintenance activities, including any deviations

Knowledge evidence

principles and practices for developing a care and maintenance program for medicinal cannabis during the growing and flowering cycles, including determining: care and maintenance requirements, including water and nutrient requirements and environmental climate conditions for vegetative and flowering cycles, and for preserving mother plants; identification and quality specifications; application of non-chemical intervention or treatments; problems performing maintenance activities, and preventative action; hygiene standards required for maintenance activities; scheduling for care and maintenance activities
legal and regulatory requirements required of licensed cultivators of medicinal cannabis, including reporting requirements
principles of Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) in relation to the care and maintenance of medicinal cannabis, including: cultivation processes during vegetative and flowering cycles, and preserving mother plants; traceability; hygiene and sanitation; health and safety; monitoring, sampling and control; documentation processes, including deviation investigations reports
methods and systems that may be used for developing, monitoring and evaluating maintenance plans, schedules and workplace procedures
principles of risk assessment, including hazard identification, risk analysis, control limits, control measures and corrective actions and evaluation
effective training methods used to train staff on workplace procedures

Foundation skills

Reading: Interpret a range of textual and numerical information relevant to care and maintenance requirements to determine required actions
Writing: Prepare and logically structure components of the care and maintenance plan
Oral communication: Participate in verbal exchanges to report and present information to a range of personnel
Numeracy: Calculate required resources for maintenance plan for a period of time

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What does an assessment tool for AHCMDC404 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AHCMDC404 needs to address all 31 unit components: 4 elements with 17 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 6 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

How does Auditori generate an assessment tool for AHCMDC404?

Auditori pulls the current release of AHCMDC404 from training.gov.au and generates a complete package: candidate assessment, assessor guide with model answers and observation criteria, and a coverage matrix mapping every component. A suitably qualified person then reviews and approves the draft in a built-in workflow — consistent with ASQA's guidance on AI use in VET — before export as branded PDF and editable Word.

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