LGAPLA005 — Protect heritage and cultural assets
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What an assessment for LGAPLA005 must cover
84 assessable components: 5 elements (24 performance criteria), 12 performance evidence and 43 knowledge evidence requirements, plus 5 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 heritage and cultural asset inventory.
- 1.1Identify community heritage and cultural assets and associated council expectations and requirements.
- 1.2Assess heritage and cultural asset significance according to criteria and community expectations.
- 1.3Conduct field investigation and research to obtain information base of significant places.
- 1.4Research information sources to collect data on heritage and cultural assets.
- 1.5Prepare inventory of heritage and cultural assets.
2 Assess threats and opportunities.
- 2.1Identify heritage and cultural asset threats and opportunities.
- 2.2Interpret and apply council and community input to establish criteria for assessing heritage and cultural threats and opportunities.
- 2.3Assess and prioritise heritage and cultural asset threats and opportunities.
3 Develop heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
- 3.1Consult with the community and property owners on heritage and cultural asset protection.
- 3.2Establish framework for legal protection of heritage and cultural assets.
- 3.3Develop heritage and cultural asset protection strategies to conserve heritage and cultural assets in response to community needs.
- 3.4Benchmark heritage and cultural asset protection strategies to assess effectiveness of strategies
- 3.5Determine policy elements of proposed heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
4 Implement heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
- 4.1Consult with the community and property owners about proposed heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
- 4.2Estimate and procure financial resources for heritage and cultural asset protection according to budget cycles
- 4.3Select, assign and train personnel to undertake heritage and cultural asset protection tasks.
- 4.4Select and procure physical facilities and equipment for heritage and cultural asset protection according to budget cycles.
- 4.5Prepare and distribute community education and information materials to support heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
- 4.6Incorporate heritage and cultural asset protection strategies into organisational policies and procedures.
- 4.7Set timetable and priorities for implementation of heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
- 4.8Implement heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
5 Evaluate heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
- 5.1Monitor implementation of heritage and cultural asset protection strategies.
- 5.2Evaluate heritage and cultural asset protection strategies to identify areas for improvement.
- 5.3Prepare heritage and cultural asset protection report according to organisational requirements.
Performance evidence
- protect heritage and cultural assets including:
- preparing one inventory of heritage and cultural assets
- protect one heritage and cultural asset including:
- assessing threats and opportunities:
- political emphasis
- reductions in maintenance
- lack of planning
- other authorities’ planning
- competing interests
- community attitudes
- consulting the community and property owners
- developing, documenting, implementing and monitoring heritage and cultural asset protection strategies
Knowledge evidence
- organisational policies and procedures applicable to protecting heritage and cultural assets
- legislative requirements applicable to protecting heritage and cultural assets
- types of heritage and cultural assets:
- cultural and environmental significance
- national and local area significance
- danger component of heritage element and structure
- cultural assets
- asset classification systems
- community needs and expectations applicable to protecting heritage and cultural assets
- significance of heritage and cultural assets:
- aesthetic, historical, scientific and social aspects
- community expectations
- national
- state
- regional
- local
- contributory
- places of significance:
- buildings
- structures
- plantings
- subsurface remains
- types of criteria for significance of heritage and cultural assets:
- community preference
- budget constraints
- legislative provisions
- resources
- time frames
- age
- outstanding craftsmanship
- architectural style
- construction technology
- an association with important events or figures
- building type
- rarity
- technical and creative achievement
- representing a way of life
- artistic
- religious and cultural associations
- sources of information for heritage and cultural assets:
- survey information
- historical information
- reports, studies and texts.
Foundation skills
- Reading skills: research and interpret legislation applicable to heritage and cultural asset protection; research and interpret heritage and cultural asset information from local, national and international sources.
- Writing skills: write heritage and cultural asset protection reports.
- Oral communication skills: consult with the community and property owners.
- Numeracy skills: interpret, use, discuss, estimate, calculate and document financial information relevant to budgets and lifecycle costings.
- Technology skills: use information systems relevant to development planning.
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What does an assessment tool for LGAPLA005 need to cover?
To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for LGAPLA005 needs to address all 84 unit components: 5 elements with 24 performance criteria, 12 performance evidence requirements, 43 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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