Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners

MSL975045 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Perform laboratory-based ecological techniques`

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Issue Date: June 2024


Qualification -
Unit of Competency MSL975045 - Perform laboratory-based ecological techniques`
Description
Employability Skills
Learning Outcomes and Application This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge to participate in laboratory investigations involving animals, plants and related environmental parameters. The animals or plants might be single specimens, parts of specimens or be in culture or under propagation. The investigations might also be part of experimental models that examine interactions of animals and/or plants and their environments. Investigations would generally relate to taxonomy, physiology and pathology, and would be oriented to scientific research, food production and manufacture, and to investigation of biological environments and ecosystems.This unit applies to laboratory technicians and technical officers working in biological, biotechnology and environmental industry sectors. It is expected that all work would conform to statutory and work health and safety (WHS) codes of practice. This unit of competency assumes that personnel perform tests and procedures under the close supervision of scientific staff and that the workplace will equip its workers with relevant animal handling skills should they be required. The unit does not cover procedures related to the handling of vertebrates that are subject to national and state/territory animal care and ethics regulations. No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. However, regulations and/or external accreditation requirements for laboratory operations exist, so local requirements should be checked. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must also be applied.
Duration and Setting X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting.
Prerequisites/co-requisites
Competency Field Testing
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners Student Learning Resources Handouts
Activities
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Assessment 1 Assessment 2 Assessment 3 Assessment 4
Elements of Competency Performance Criteria              
Element: Process specimens and documentation
  • Identify specimens and request forms that do not comply with minimum industry requirements for labelling, identification and test requests
       
Element: Record any discrepancies and indicate what action is required
       
Element: Log samples, recording details that allow accurate tracking and chain of custody
       
Element: Participate in the identification and classification of species
  • Record macroscopic and/or microscopic details of specimens to assist in their identification and classification
       
Element: Use taxonomic keys to assist in the identification and classification of species
       
Element: Perform laboratory analyses that can assist in identification and classification of species
       
Element: Preserve specimens for future reference
       
Element: Label preserved specimens for storage and reliable retrieval from collections
       
Element: Maintain viability and integrity of specimens during experimentation
  • Provide nutrients and environments to maintain viability of individual specimens and organisms being cultured or propagated
       
Element: Perform procedures and analyses to monitor the experimental environment
       
Element: Perform procedures and analyses to monitor the physiology of organisms in the experimental environment
       
Element: Adjust nutrient requirements and environmental conditions as indicated by monitoring data
       
Element: Report (to supervisors) data and phenomena that may risk viability of individual specimens or cultures
       
Element: Report (to supervisors) data and phenomena that are incompatible with the experimental design parameters
       
Element: Integrate laboratory and field data
  • Locate field data relevant to the study or experiment
       
Element: Match field and laboratory data codes for tracking, reporting and chain of custody requirements
       
Element: Log field and laboratory data into information systems
       
Element: Assist with writing reports of experiments and related field studies
       

Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify specimens and request forms that do not comply with minimum industry requirements for labelling, identification and test requests 
 
 
Record macroscopic and/or microscopic details of specimens to assist in their identification and classification 
 
 
 
 
Provide nutrients and environments to maintain viability of individual specimens and organisms being cultured or propagated 
 
 
 
 
 
Locate field data relevant to the study or experiment 
 
 
 

Forms

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