Course Title: Develop a management plan for a designated area
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2016
Course Code: ENVI5077C
Course Title: Develop a management plan for a designated area
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5305 - Diploma of Conservation and Land Management
Course Contact: Namrita Kaul
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4309
Course Contact Email: namrita.kaul@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Bruce Partland
bruce.partland@rmit.edu.au
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
There are none
Course Description
This unit covers developing a management plan for a designated area and defines the standard required to: discuss management plan objectives, deliverables and timeline with client; prepare a site plan detailing landscape values, physical features and characteristics, land uses (both past and present), physical condition and biological characteristics; identify land capability and conservation issues on and surrounding the site; analyse site information and description to assess feasibility of management objectives; develop and cost recommended actions and present to client for discussion as a draft management plan; consult with stakeholders and incorporate feedback into the final management plan.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
AHCLPW501A Develop a management plan for a designated area |
Element: |
1. Define the need for a 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. |
Element: |
2. Undertake preliminary planning activities |
Performance Criteria: |
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. |
Element: |
3.Prepare a site description |
Performance Criteria: |
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 designated area are determined and recorded. 3.4.Physical condition of site is assessed and documented 3.5.Biological characteristics of the site are documented. |
Element: |
4. Analyse site information and description |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1.Information is evaluated in terms of core principles and objectives. 4.2.Documents are 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.
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Element: |
5. Identify management strategies |
Performance Criteria: |
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. |
Element: |
6. Prepare the management plan |
Performance Criteria: |
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
Details of Learning Activities
Learning activities will include lectures, field trips, case studies and detailed mapping activities in the Computer Room.
The Course requires students to become familar with the many pressures on public lands, and to understand the important role of planning in preserving and enhancing desirable values on those lands.
To achieve this students will be introduced to: relevant international and local Case studies; assess an actual management plan; become competent at map creation; become familiar with online resources such as DSE Interactive maps and the relevant Planning information they contain; be introduced to the DSE Management Plan template.
Students will be actively involved in the assessment of an area of public land, producing a comprehensive Site Assessment / Existing Conditions Report. Much of this work will be done in-class, after on-ground familiarization with the site.
After in-class analysis of site information, and discussion with relevant stakeholders regarding the actual or perceived Values of the site, students will identify management strategies that are likely to preserve and hopefully enhance the core values of the area.
Following this students will compile a comprehensive Draft Management Plan for the site. After comments from relevant stakeholders this ’publishable’ Plan will (along with the existing Conditions Report) form the major assessment piece for this Course.
Teaching Schedule
Lesson / Date |
Lecture Topic |
Assessments / Field Trips |
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Week 1 6th July |
Introduction: Why do we need a management plan?
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Hurdle Task 1. Review a Management Plan (Case Study) |
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Week 2 13th July |
Field Trip to ‘designated area’.
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Site Visit 1 . |
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Week 3 20nd July
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Define the need for a Management Plan (2) Types of management plans Choosing a Site Identifying stakeholders Objectives of the plan Management issues at the site Information sources: what and where
Intro to Assessment 2: Existing Conditions
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Hurdle task 1: Review a Management Plan (Presentation)
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Week 4 27th July |
Undertake preliminary planning activities (1): Assessing stakeholders and their interest in the site
Prepare a site description (1) Assessing and mapping landscape values Accessing and creating maps |
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Week 5 3rd August
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Barmah Forest & Wetlands Case Study (Intro)
Plans for Barmah F/T |
Intro to Assessment 1: Barmah Forest & wetlands Case Study |
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Week 6 10th-12th August |
Wed-Friday: Field Trip
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3 Day Field Trip to Barmah Forest and wetlands (10-11-12 August)
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Week 7 17th August |
Prepare a site description (2) Documenting existing conditions Digital mapping workshop
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Assessment 1: Due 21st August Barmah Forest & Wetlands Case Study:
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Week 8 24th August |
Site visit 2 Analyse site information and description (1) Evaluating information in terms of core principles and objectives Determining priorities in relation to land capability Opportunities and constraints Getting feedback
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Week 9 7th September |
Analyse site information and description (2) Issues and priorities in light of land capability. Cultural heritage issues.
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Assessment 2:Due 9th September Existing Conditions |
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Week 10 14th September |
Issues and priorities in light of land capability Identify Management strategies (2)
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Week 11 21st September |
Workshop: Staging works
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Hurdle Task: Identify management strategies 23rd Sept |
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Week 12 28thSeptember |
Costing works Prepare the Management Plan (1) Putting it all together. DSE style editing guides Desktop publishing hints |
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Week 13 5th October |
Prepare the Management Plan (2) Staging works (2). Costing works (2) Incorporating stakeholder feedback |
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Week 14 12th October |
Student directed study (Working on Draft Plan) |
Ass 3A (Draft Plans) due: 14th October |
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Week 15 19th October |
Feedback on Draft Management Plans Management Plan preparation |
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Week 16 26th October |
Student directed study (Working on Final Plan) |
Assessment 3B: Management Plan due: 28th October |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
Resources for this Course will be supplied, as required, on Blackboard.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment for this course may include reports, assignments, tests individual and group project work
Assessment Tasks
ASSESSMENT 1: Barmah Forest & Wetlands Case Study
Due 17th August
Using the online resource ‘The Living Murray story’ (Murray Darling Basin Authority) and knowledge gleaned from the range of speakers and experiences encountered on the Field Trip, provide a 1-2,000 word assessment of the management challenges and responses operating in the Barmah-Millewa Forest.
Assessment 2
Due date: 9th September
EXISTING CONDITIONS (Site Assessment / Description)
The Existing Conditions report should be handed in to Level 6 office in hard copy.
ASSESSMENT 3(A) Draft Master Plan for Kororoit Ck Reserve (Ungraded)
Due: 14th October)
TEMPLATE FOR WRITE-UP OF Draft MASTER PLAN
Using your knowledge of the Kororoit Ck site and its immediate surrounds, you should populate the DSE Management Plan
ASSESSMENT 3(B)FINAL EDIT OF MASTER PLAN) Due: 28th October (Graded)
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment | Title | Due Date | Marks available |
| Assessment 1 | Barmah Case Study | 17th August | 20% |
| Assessment 2 | Existing Conditions | 9th September | 30% |
| Assessment 3A & 3B |
Draft Master Plan Final Management Plan |
14th October (3A) 28th October (3B) |
50% |
Other Information
A 3 day Field trip to Barmah Forest & Wetlands will take place 10th-12th August in order to examine first hand the complexities of balancing the many management considerations bearing on an iconic protected area.
A small materials fee will apply to cover transport and accommodation costs.
You will be informed of the actual amount during the first week of class.
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