AHCPER421 — Select appropriate technology for a permaculture system
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What an assessment for AHCPER421 must cover
33 assessable components: 5 elements (19 performance criteria), 5 performance evidence and 9 knowledge evidence requirements. 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 Identify appropriate technology for permaculture systems
- 1.1Review and confirm design needs and requirements for potential applications of appropriate technology with client
- 1.2Identify sources and locations of information on appropriate technology according to design needs
- 1.3Determine required scale of appropriate technology
- 1.4Identify permaculture principles and practices relevant to appropriate technology
2 Investigate appropriate technology for permaculture systems
- 2.1Investigate potential appropriate technology options for permaculture project needs
- 2.2Determine unique characteristics of different appropriate technology options
- 2.3Investigate applications of alternative technologies
- 2.4Investigate requirements for integrating new technology with existing permaculture systems
- 2.5Determine capital cost of installation
- 2.6Determine training and maintenance required for operation of different options
3 Evaluate appropriate technology for permaculture systems
- 3.1Evaluate potential for integrating new appropriate technologies in permaculture system design
- 3.2Compare potential alternative technologies against cost and efficiency criteria
- 3.3Evaluate risks and obstacles of potential appropriate technology options
4 Select appropriate technology for permaculture systems
- 4.1Select suitable appropriate technology for design use
- 4.2Determine availability of appropriate technology
- 4.3Confirm cost and mode of delivery
5 Document appropriate technology for permaculture systems
- 5.1Compile investigations and selection process of appropriate technology
- 5.2Document justification for selected appropriate technology, and secure client approval
- 5.3Amend permaculture design plan for selected appropriate technology option
Performance evidence
- identified and confirmed permaculture system requirements for appropriate technology with client
- investigated appropriate technology options for permaculture system requirements
- evaluated appropriate technology options most suited to permaculture system design
- documented and confirmed selection of appropriate technology option with client
- amended permaculture design with appropriate technology option
Knowledge evidence
- permaculture principles and ethics
- definition of appropriate technologies and common considerations, including: energy technologies, alternative and resource conserving technologies, building technologies, tools and implements employed in gardening and farming operations, lifestyle choices and behavioural adjustments to conserve energy and resources to meet sustainability objectives, smaller scale and low-cost solutions to everyday activities, ingenuity applied to complex problems to develop simple solutions
- criteria for determining appropriateness of energy and resource conservation technologies
- principles of passive solar design, embodied energy and carbon emission reduction
- role of innovations in appropriate technologies
- role of appropriate technology in energy descent planning and greenhouse gas emission reduction
- types of appropriate technology systems commonly available and applied to the design of energy and resource conscious houses, farms, offices and community projects
- the benefits from combining a number of different appropriate technologies and the limitations of each different technology
- design of systems integrating appropriate technologies
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Questions about assessing AHCPER421
What does an assessment tool for AHCPER421 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for AHCPER421 needs to address all 33 unit components: 5 elements with 19 performance criteria, 5 performance evidence requirements, 9 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 AHCPER421?
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Related units
- AHCPER106 — Observe permaculture principles and work practices
- AHCPER107 — Support resource conservation practices
- AHCPER108 — Support plant care in a permaculture system
- AHCPER216 — Harvest, treat and store seed
- AHCPER217 — Report information about the local bioregion
- AHCPER218 — Prepare and store products from a permaculture system
- AHCPER219 — Plant and maintain crops in a permaculture system
- AHCPER220 — Harvest crops in a permaculture system
- AHCPER221 — Recognise characteristics of integrated plant and animal systems
- AHCPER222 — Use and maintain basic hand tools and equipment for garden and farm
- AHCPER223 — Produce new plants for a permaculture garden system
- AHCPER224 — Work effectively in permaculture
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