Unit of competency details

Unit descriptor 

This unit covers the process of maintaining cultural places as instructed by supervisors and defines the standard required to: assess the level of work required to maintain the cultural place; carry out maintenance activities in accordance with organisational and cultural requirements; report deterioration or damage to place; report incidents of breaches of legislation including vandalism.

Application of the unit 

This unit applies to working under routine supervision and may involve operating in a team environment with deference to elders.

Note: For Indigenous cultural places, the delivery and assessment against this standard must comply with community protocols and guidelines and be supported by elders and custodians of country.

Prerequisite units 

Employability skills 

This unit contains employability skills.

ELEMENT 

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA 

1. Assess maintenance work required

1.1. Works required under the plan of management and enterprise procedures are identified.

1.2. Machine, equipment and materials to carry out maintenance works are identified.

1.3. Type and amount of materials required for maintenance work are estimated.

2. Prepare for maintenance

2.1. Machine, equipment and materials to carry out maintenance works are organised.

2.2. Safety equipment and materials are prepared and assembled according to enterprise Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) policy.

3. Maintain condition of place

3.1. Maintenance work is undertaken according to work programs and according supervisor's instructions.

3.2. Presence of threats is reported to supervisor.

3.3. Evidence of deterioration and wear is reported to supervisor.

3.4. Site is made good on completion of maintenance works according to supervisor's instructions enterprise guidelines.

4. Protect cultural place

4.1. Any evidence of damage to place is reported to supervisor.

4.2. Any breach of legislation or enterprise regulations is reported to supervisor.

4.3. Protective barriers and signs are maintained according to enterprise procedures.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE 

This section describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit.

Required skills 

• identify hazards an adopt safe work practices
• assess maintenance work required
• maintain condition of place
• protect cultural places
• prepare for maintenance
• use literacy skills to follow sequenced written instructions and record information accurately and legibly
• use oral communication skills/language competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning, active listening, asking for clarification and seeking advice from supervisor
• use numeracy skills to estimate, calculate and record routine workplace measures
• use interpersonal skills to relate to people from a range of social, cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities.

Required knowledge 

• OHS responsibilities
• common pests and diseases
• techniques of site protection
• range of maintenance works undertaken on cultural sites
• enterprise procedures relating to the reporting of deterioration or damage to place or reporting of incidents
• site recording systems used by the enterprise or community
• relevant archaeological practices and procedures.

EVIDENCE GUIDE 

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria, required skills and knowledge, range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package.

Overview of assessment 

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit 

The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following:

• assess the level of work required to maintain the cultural place
• carry out maintenance activities in accordance with organisational and cultural requirements
• report deterioration or damage to place
• report incidents of breaches of legislation including vandalism.

Context of and specific resources for assessment 

Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions. Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances.

RANGE STATEMENT 

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.

Cultural places may include:

• areas of non-indigenous activity
• buildings and other structures
• natural areas of indigenous cultural significance, historical events and monuments
• areas of indigenous activity such as burial, occupation and contact sites, engravings, grinding grooves, sacred trees, rock pictures, fish traps, middens and mounds.

Unit sector 

Indigenous land management

Co-requisite units 

Competency field