NSW AUSRIVAS ACCREDITATION ASSESSMENT RESULTS SUMMARY

This assessment sheet provides the mark attained by the AUSRIVAS course

participant named below against the criteria and mark needed for AUSRIVAS

accreditation purposes. AUSRIVAS accreditation requires trainees to achieve the

standards specified by the relevant lead agency in each state or territory.

AUSRIVAS-course participant’s name: Brendan Cox

AUSRIVAS ACCREDITATION COMPONENT Participant’s MARK (%)

PASS MARK REQUIRED FOR

ACCREDITATION (%)

1 – PRE-FIELD AND SITE INFORMATION

Exercise 1 (map work) 86 80

2 – FIELD WORK

Exercise 1 & 2 (Field data) 90 80

Exercise 3 (Macroinvertebrate & water sample collection)

100 80

Exercise 4 (Live-sorting)

% number of taxa, % common taxa, % Predicted taxa – Averaged for 2 habitats

80 80

Bray Curtis similarity - Averaged for 2 habitats 0.27 ≤0.30

Samples sorted according to protocol

3 - LABORATORY

Macroinvertebrate identification NA 95

4 – AUSRIVAS PREDICTIVE MODELS

Data preparation & input 90 80

Site assessment 93 80

Interpreting AUSRIVAS results 90 60

(NA = Not Assessed; NC = Not Complete)

Organization conducting

course:

Institute for Applied Ecology University of Canberra

Convener’s Signature:

Course Convener: Susan Nichols

Date: 10 March 2016