Course Title: Collect and classify plants
Part A: Course Overview
Program: C5305 Diploma of Conservation and Land Management
Course Title: Collect and classify plants
Portfolio: SEH Portfolio Office
Nominal Hours: 120
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.Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
AGRI5021C |
City Campus |
TAFE |
155T Vocational Health and Sciences |
Face-to-Face or Internet |
Term1 2013, Term1 2014, Term1 2015, Term2 2016 |
Course Contact: Namrita Kaul
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4309
Course Contact Email: namrita.kaul@rmit.edu.au
Course Description
This unit covers the process of collecting and identifying plants using taxonomic keys and the preserving of plant specimens and defines the standard required to: collect plant specimens; note the location, characteristics and occurrence of specimens at the point of collection; clean, preserve, mount and label plant specimens; use a plant key to identify plants against the botanical description of the species; label preserved specimens.
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
There are none
National Competency Codes and Titles
National Element Code & Title: |
AHCPCM502A Collect and classify plants |
Elements: |
1.Prepare for plant collecting 2. Collect plant specimens 3. Preserve specimens 4. Identify plant specimen |
Learning Outcomes
This is a competency based course with learning outcomes embedded in the competencies
Overview of Assessment
Assessment fo this course may include reports, project work, individual assignments, practical assessment and tests