Sealed Judgement

3. Planning

Objective: Ensure that the welfare of koalas during and after operational activities is
considered and that no koalas are negatively impacted by operations on site.



3.1               Koala risk assessments

Pre work and daily risk assessment *(as below) must be conducted to identify potential risks
to koalas from operations, including stress, injury, exposure, death and orphaning of joeys,
and options to mitigate these risks.




3.2               RACV Risk Assessment Template


                              Koala Daily Risk Assessment RACV

         All work
              a) impacting the removal of vegetation;
              b) involving creation of noise, light or dust;
              c) requiring the use of machinery on site
         Must be preceded by the following Risk Assessment Procedure

             1. Pre-start inspection: visual inspection of ground in vicinity of work environment
                for the presence of koala scat.
                     a. Scat present: record scat presence, move to section 2
                     b. None present: move to section 2

             2. All trees within 15 m of the areas of operation are visually checked for the
                presence of koalas.
                     a. Koala present: record presence (iNaturalist) no work within 15 m of tree
                         containing koala, noise and activity reduced, minimal interference
                         procedures only
                     b. Enact Koala Welfare Check procedure
                     c. No koala present: proceed to section 3

             3. Conduct all other pre-start safety activities and commence work
                   a. If vegetation is to be removed, this must be done in accordance with
                       current (at the date of clearing) best practice and under the guidance of
                       a koala spotter catcher.




Koala Management Plan            Version:   4          Approved by:    W Ellis         Date approved: 27 Jan 2023
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