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Certified Conservation Planners
A certified conservation planner is a person who possesses the necessary
skills, training, and experience to
implement the NRCS nine-step planning process to meet client objectives in
solving natural resource problems. The certified conservation planner has
demonstrated skill in assisting clients to identify resource problems, to
express the client's objectives, to propose feasible solutions to resource
problems, and leads the client to choose and implement an effective alternative
that treats resource concerns and meets client's objectives. All NRCS
conservation planners will be certified.
The Conservation Operations Division has
established minimum criteria to be met by NRCS employees to be a "certified
conservation planner" State conservationists may establish additional
certification levels and criteria as needed to cover degrees of scope and
complexity in planning environments.
Minimum Criteria
NRCS certified conservation planner
candidates must complete all modules of the NRCS Conservation Planning
Course or equivalent, before completing the field review (see item 4 below).
Candidates must possess and
demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:
- Awareness of the National Conservation Program.
- Skill in applying the NRCS Conservation Planning Process.
- Ability to plan and implement conservation practices common to the geographic area.
- Knowledge of NRCS Field Office Technical Guide standards and specifications for applicable conservation practices in the state and locality.
- Skill in applying approved erosion prediction technology (Revised Universal Soil Loss Equation and the Wind Erosion Equation).
- Skill in using applicable site vulnerability assessment tools.
- Knowledge of federal, state, tribal, and local laws and regulations.
Candidates must meet any additional minimum qualifications and criteria for
conservation planning assistance established by the state conservationist.
Candidates must complete at least one field reviewed Resource Management System (RMS)
plan for a conservation management unit (CMU).
Policy - GM 180,
Part 409
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