AusRivAS Training and Accreditation - Course Outline, Structure and Content
Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology
Monitoring River Health Initiative Technical Report Number 32
Environment Australia, 2002
ISSN 1447 1280
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Course Structure and Content (continued)
Module 2
Training - Field Work
- Collection of field data (State/Territory specific)
- water samples
- phys/chem data
- habitat dat
- Macroinvertebrate sampling (State/Territory specific)
- Sample processing - live-sorting (State/Territory specific)
Accreditation - Field Work
- Collection of field data (State/Territory specific)
- water samples
- phys/chem data
- habitat data
- Macroinvertebrate sampling (State/Territory specific)
- Sample processing - live-sorting (State/Territory specific)
Module 2 Course Materials
Course materials
PowerPoint presentation and notes
State/Territory Sampling and Processing Manuals
State/Territory Accreditation Manual
Other required resources
Select sites typical of the sites that will be assessed in your region. Several sites for training and two or three sites for accreditation.
Field equipment list (State/Territory specific)
| TO DO WELL IN ADVANCE | CHECK | |
|---|---|---|
| Vehicle 4WD - Book in advance | ||
| Hydrolab - book in advance & calibrate | ||
| Hydrolab spare battery - (charge a day or two prior) | ||
| Travel forms - to be completed before travel | ||
| Book - flow metre, GPS, digital camera, phone, large esky, waders, backpack etc. | ||
| Bottles - Wash in advance | ||
| Formaldehyde - buffer and stain / Ethanol - community groups | ||
| ITEM | QUANTITY | CHECK |
| Sampling and Processing Manual | ||
| Kicknets 250 mm mesh | ||
| Sieves, 250 mm mesh for "rapid" sampling | ||
| Small plastic bucket | ||
| Medium white tray | ||
| Formaldehyde/Ethanol | ||
| Gloves - for handling formalin | ||
| Bug sampling containers | ||
| Bottles - 250ml plastic for water quality samples | ||
| Flow meter | ||
| Float (if flow meter fails) | ||
| Waders + spare | ||
| Wader repair kit | ||
| Hydrolab/ Field meters for DO, pH, EC and Temp. | ||
| Alkalinity kit | ||
| Backpacks for Hydrolab, equipment etc | ||
| Spare batteries | ||
| Spare DO membranes & O2 probe solution | ||
| Calibration standards | ||
| Calibration instructions | ||
| Barometer | ||
| GPS | ||
| Digital camera | ||
| Mobile phone | ||
| Site information sheets | ||
| Field sampling sheets | ||
| Clipboard | ||
| Maps | ||
| Marker pens/ pencils | ||
| Esky (large) & Ice | ||
| First Aid Kit | ||
| 4WD recovery equipment | ||
| Tape measure 100m | ||
| Calculator | ||
| Camera & film | ||
| Sunscreen | ||
| Toilet paper / shovel | ||
| Rain Jackets | ||
| Plastic bags for veg. samples | ||
| Reference - "A Field Guide to Waterplants in Australia" Sainty & Jacobs 1994 | ||
| FOR LIVEPICKING | ||
| Card table and chairs | ||
| Forceps | ||
| Ethanol 70% | ||
| Squeeze bottles | ||
| Large white plastic sorting trays | ||
| Counters | ||
| Vials | ||
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