Soil Conservation- wheres it at in Vic/ Australia in 2004
Looking for your feedback , 20yrs after the first amalgamation and nearly 50yrs after first land use management Acts
This is not an
official survey and we dont expect you to spend any more than a few minutes on
it. !
Maybe you have a
photo to share of some structure, some impact, some thought , some perspective
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Please fill in the bits that really interest you, and, hopefully
others. . If you only have a moment, do Section A and put in a few words. Your
unsigned form and return email address will go no further than the soil con
bureau below. For those of you who dont know or cant remember it was SCA,
CFL,DCE, CNR ,CMA ,NRE, DSE, now DPI .
The idea is to for you to get/give some perspective on what really
works in sound soil /water/plant planning
The overall results will be presented briefly on 29 February at Bendigo
and via return email snail mail
to John Modra 85 Gellibrand St., Colac
3250 Pn 52335544 or
john.modra@dpi.vic.gov.au
A Broadly speaking . (abbreviations in
bold) (skip unrelated questions)
1.
What did the old SCA do well?
2. What did SCA do poorly? .
3. Which Department was the most workable model/s ( every 4yrs) for achieving SC in the field .
4. Which Department was the least workable model/s ( every 4yrs) for achieving SC in the field ..
5. Comment?eg what badgelabel for new Natural Resource Conservationists? .
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Was the training you received in SCA helpful ? nil , mildy ,considerable
substantial , formative , great
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Your current job related to SC? Y?N ..
Name the aspect of SCA training/workplace /worldview you appreciated the most?
7. Is anyone being trained to do your current job ?( in general terms ) ..
8. Is anyone likely to replace you in that position?Y/N .
9. What do you think are the most important styles of work to continue- In this list Extension , Statutory planning ../ , Works on ground Treeplanting .,, Monitoring , Research , Projects ( rate 1most 5least)
10. What do you think are the most important types of conservation work to continue ? soil con.. , water con.., tree con biodiversity con . ,farm-con , industry con . ,urban education . (1-5)
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What uneccesary change has made your work hardest in the last decade?
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Are you a member of a professional association ?eg ASSS Y/N if not why not?
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Do you see the need for one that suits your particular are of expertise
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State the most important change that would improve the prospects for
sound soil conservation into the future .more local autonomy , transfer to local government, stronger CMAs
, stronger DPI ,More project focus , more policy focus , district /regional
,stronger professional association more power/ devolvement You name it
B Soil Conservation Stuff Activities and emphasis since Specifically
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Staff working in the area of SC
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Preliminary inspections |
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Subsequent Inspection |
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Other Government/ Joint inspections
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Property reports |
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Property plans |
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Policy development |
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Research ( other than below) |
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Investigating soils/ systems
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Designing Ec structure s banks /ww /structural |
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Supervising Ec structures |
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Erosion prevention instructions
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Land retirement advice not
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Treeplanting advice |
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Land use management advice ( this yr ) |
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Land use change advice
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Agronomic/ Cultivation advice
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Water conservation advice |
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Non EC works eg recharge trees |
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Works supervision (other than above) |
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Land retirement |
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Treeplanting advice |
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Land use management advice |
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C. What takes up your time NOW ? How has it changed in nearly 20yrs?
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Talking to investors about an actual piece of land |
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Talking/ managing staff |
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Attendance at meetings |
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Attendance at conferences |
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Dealing with complaints and ministerials |
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Recovering from burnout / stress /failure |
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Doing your own typing /photocopying /filing |
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Letters and notes to clients |
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Fire fighting actual fires |
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Fire fighting staff and administration issues |
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School and counter queries |
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Running meetings |
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Talking about change in actual paddocks |
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Involved with changing public land use |
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% of time thinking about actual on ground issues |
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Answering client calls and correspondence |
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Getting Specialist help |
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Writing submissions to keep staff and jobs |
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Managing grants monies field /office |
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Time spent in extension |
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Providing reports for management |
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Thinking about retirement /holidays |
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Developing policy documents |
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Numbers of staff supervised |
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VPS status eg 2,3,45,6 Optional
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Big picture http://www.gristmagazine.com/grist/:
http://www.abc.net.au/science/planetslayer/
Lost in the sustainability forest ? http://cuttingedgeconservation.blogspot.com
http://www.zalf.de/essc/ESSC-15%20Years.doc Established http://www.swcs.org/f_conservation.htm
http://www.asssi.asn.au/soil/home.asp