Course Title: Develop a management plan for a designated area

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2009

Course Code: ENVI5049C

Course Title: Develop a management plan for a designated area

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5161 - Diploma of Conservation and Land Management

Course Contact: Bruce Partland

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8323

Course Contact Email: bruce.partland@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 200

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

Satisfactory completion of all First year courses

Course Description

This competency standard covers the process of developing a management plan for a designated natural resource area. It requires the ability to define the need for a management plan, undertake preliminary
planning activities, prepare a site description, analyse site information, identify management strategies and prepare the management plan. Developing a management plan for a natural resource area requires
knowledge of management planning principles and issues, basic civil design, environmental assessment, survey and analysis techniques, native fauna and flora, pest plant and animals, revegetation techniques,
wildlife habitats, and soil, plant and water testing processes and procedures.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	RTC5504A Develop a management plan for a designated area
Element:	1. Define the need for a management plan 2. Undertake preliminary planning activities 3. Prepare a site description 4. Analyse site information and description 5. Identify management strategies 6. Prepare the management plan
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Management plan objectives are identified for the designated area. 1.2 Brief is agreed in consultation with client. 1.3 Planning team including specialists and consultants is identified. 2.1 Major stakeholders are identified. 2.2 Availability of specialists to assist in management planning work is ascertained and contracts are prepared where required. 2.3 Timelines for development of the management plan and reporting arrangements to client are established. 2.4 Resources required for the development of management strategies are identified. 3.1 Landscape values of the area are identified and mapped . 3.2 Physical features and characteristics of the area are identified and mapped. 3.3 Land uses, including current, cultural, and historical modifications, are researched and their effects on the natural resource area are determined and recorded. 3.4 Physical condition of site is assessed and documented 3.5 Biological characteristics of the site are documented. 4.1 Information is evaluated in terms of core principles and objectives. 4.2 Documents produced including plans, technical reports and maps. 4.3 Priorities and key conservation issues are determined. 4.4 Longitudinal projections of continuing impacts are prepared. 4.5 Land capability is assessed. 4.6 Opportunities and constraints to meeting planning objectives and goals are identified and documented. 4.7 Presentation to stakeholders/clients is undertaken and feedback incorporated into planning documentation. 5.1 Management strategies are identified that address defined objectives. 5.2 Management strategies are designed to alleviate existing impacts or to target management actions. 5.3 Management strategies are costed and compared to existing budgets and available resources. 5.4 Staging of work is planned to prioritise outcomes and management resource allocation. 5.5 Consultation with stakeholders/clients is undertaken and feedback incorporated into planning documentation 6.1 Site information and management strategies are documented into a draft management plan for consultation. 6.2 Consultation with stakeholders and clients is undertaken according to enterprise guidelines. 6.3 Changes are made to the draft plan, and a final plan is prepared and presented to client

Learning Outcomes

This is a competency based course

Details of Learning Activities

Seminars, classroom instruction and site visits will support students into forming cohesive work units who will co-operatively produce professional management plans. Students are expected to incorporate skills learned in other Units of study to aid in the site and land capability assessment of a designated area, and the production of a Management Plan as a major assessable work project.

Teaching Schedule

Semester 2, 2009. Classes will take place on Monday afternoons from 1pm-5pm.
In addition up to 5 compulsory all-day Site visits will be confirmed in the Timetable.

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

None

References

Other Resources

Internet, RMIT DLS (Blackboard), and Library resources, including published Management Plans.

Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course may include tests, assignments, reports and observation of work in the field

Assessment Tasks

Individual:
Report on a Management Plan……………………………….…10%

Satisfactory engagement with co-authoring and communications technology……….10%

Hardcopy of individual contribution to Management Plan… ..20%

Individual edit of entire document……………………………..…10%

Group:
Collection and analysis of site information……………………..10%.
Management aims and strategies flow logically from site / land capability assess…………………………….10%
Management Plan meets agreed Objectives………………… 20%

Management Plan presentation to ‘stake-holders’ ……………10%

Assessment Matrix

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