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 211-153 Fire and Water Management

Availability

Creswick campus.

Credit Points

12.5

HECS Band

2

Coordinator

Ms Robyn Price

Semester

1 (view timetable)

Contact

30 hours of lectures and 30 hours of practical work

Subject Description

The subject covers the areas of:

  • basic fire chemistry, behaviour and suppression;

  • personal fire safety;

  • principles of water movement in forested catchments and management of catchments for conservation of hydrologic and riparian values;

  • assessment of physical and chemical fertility of Australian soils;

  • soil texture, structure, organic matter, organisms, water and pH;

  • soil degradation problems and control;

  • soil acidity, salinity and erosion;

  • and nutrient cycles and the selection, application and handling of fertilisers.

Assessment

One 2-hour written examination worth 30% of final marks, three assignments: two the equivalent to 2500 words and worth 25% of final marks, the other the equivalent of 2000 words worth 20% of final marks.

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