LEVEL 2 PDC Marking Sheet

For Student Use / For Tutor Use
LEARNING OUTCOME.
The Learner will: / ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR IN YOUR PORTFOLIO). The Learner can: / Page no. / Met? / Tutor Feedback
  1. Show a personal understanding of Permaculture Ethics as a framework to govern and guide design decisions.
/ 1.1 Describe personal use of the Permaculture ethics of Earthcare, Peoplecare and Fairshares, using examples from own life, work etc.
1.2 Identify potential examples of the three ethics in a range of contexts.
1.3 Describe how to apply Permaculture Ethics in a practice design.
  1. Use Permaculture Principles as tools to support design decisions
/ 2.1 Describeexisting personal use and application of selected Permaculture Principles using examples from own life, work etc.
2.2Identify potential examples of Permaculture Principles in a range of contexts.
2.3Describe how to apply these Principles in a practice design.
  1. Observe and interpret natural patterns as models for designing sustainable systems
/ 3.1 Identify patterns seen in nature e.g. seasonal patterns, branching, wave formations etc. and describe their purpose in a natural cycle.
3.2 Use the results of pattern observation in a practice design for a sustainable system.
  1. Demonstrate simple land-based surveying techniques
/ 4.1 Using an appropriate tool, mark contours on a landscape, illustrating slope, height, distance, etc
4.2 Show how to used mapped features such as contours in planning a permaculture design.
  1. Recognise own dominant learning style and plan a learning strategy for self
/ 5.1 Identify own dominant learning style, using a given exercise.
5.2 Describe the use of learning styles to plan a short term learning strategy for self.
5.3 Reflect on own learning during the course, using a suitable method to make a record e.g. a learning journal.
  1. Differentiate between sustainable and unsustainable management of resources.
/ 6.1 Describe the difference between sustainable and unsustainable practice in resources such as food, soil or water in situations such as a woodland, a garden or a farm.
6.2 Describe how these can be better managed sustainably in the local environment.
  1. Apply the workings of natural systems to designing for the sustainable use and management of selected resources.
/ 7.1 Use a given Permaculture design process (such as SADIM) to suggest changes in resource use and management based on the workings of natural systems to increase sustainability.
7.2 Reflect on the success of this design over a given period of time.
  1. Demonstrate a practical application of knowledge of ecological issues within Permaculture.
/ 8.1 Identify microclimates in a landscape relevant to self, and suggest how to use them.
8.2 Describe own needs in terms of soil or water ecology in a selected situation, and describe how to meet them.
  1. Demonstrate sustainable personal use of natural resources.
/ 9.1 Identify own involvement in, and impact on, food cycles.
9.2 Describe strategies for own sustainable strategies for food sourcing and consumption that reduces the impact on the local or wider environment.
  1. Differentiate between sustainable and unsustainable management of energy sources.
/ 10.1 Describe the difference between sustainability and unsustainable practice in use of energy sources such as coal, oil, gas, solar, water, wind, biomass, etc.
10.2 Describe how these can be better managed sustainably in the local environment.
  1. Demonstrate understanding of how various technologies are appropriate to the design of sustainable systems.
/ 11.1 Assess the use of examples of energy use and needs either for self or for another person.
11.2Suggest how to design sustainable strategies to meet one or more of these needs.
  1. Show an understanding of how sustainable systems of community development are created and maintained.
/ 12.1 Describe how sustainable management of systems can be used in a community activity, such as the local economy, or housing, or community building, or re-use and re-cycling.
  1. Contribute to the maintenance of a learning group in the Permaculture Community
/ 13.1 Takepart in a small or large learning group using Permaculture ethics and principles as guidance.
  1. Produce an outline of a specific design for a client.
/ 14.1 Consult with an identified client to develop a design brief.
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14.2 Ask appropriate questions and clarify responses received to develop a design brief.
14.3 Using the ethics and principles of Permaculture, apply an accepted Design Cycle process to the production of an outline design, taking needs of the client into account.
  1. Show an understanding of strategies for the design of an ecologically sound and economically viable integrated system.
/ 15.1 Assess a range of naturally available resources to select those appropriate for use in a design.
15.2 Describe a range of broad issues that could relate to a specific design, such as costs.
15.3 Select appropriate techniques for use in a specific design.
15.4 Suggest initial budgeting and timescales for implementation.
16. Work collaboratively in a team. / 16.1 Use appropriate ways to work with others to form a cohesive working group.
16.2 Contribute to the bringing of the design task to an appropriate conclusion.
16.3 Assess own contribution to the design, and to the group.
17. Present an appropriate design taking and responding to feedback from others. / 17.1 Contribute to a presentation of the design to the client.
17.2 Offer constructive feedback about the range of designs, including to self where appropriate.
17.3 Reflect on the impact of client’s feedback on self as a Permaculture designer.