These Standards describe the knowledge and skills expected of an individual to gain entry to and, along with other accreditation requirements, meet the minimum requirements for a Registered Soil Practitioner – Gully Erosion.
| Section 1 – Catchment processes | |
| Section 1.1 – Catchment function | |
| 1.1.1 | Demonstrated understanding of catchment function and drainage networks. |
| Section 1.2 -Catchment management and condition | |
| 1.2.1 | Demonstrated understanding of land condition and management factors that can predispose flow lines to gullying. |
| 1.2.2 | Demonstrated understanding of climate, particularly rainfall variability and storm return periods. |
| Section 2 – Gully processes | |
| Section 2.1 – Channel processes | |
| 2.1.1 | Demonstrated knowledge of processes of gully initiation. |
| Section 2.2 – Impacts of soil properties | |
| 2.2.1 | Demonstrated knowledge of impacts of structural stability, dispersion, clay mineralogy, and salinity on erosion rates and sediment properties. |
| 2.2.2 | Demonstrated knowledge of effects of soil properties on vegetation establishment and growth. |
| 2.2.3 | Demonstrated knowledge of sediment properties. |
| Section – Gully stabilisation and remediation | |
| Section 3.1 – Planning | |
| 3.1.1 | Demonstrated understanding of a broad range of remediation strategies (hard and soft engineering, flow controls, channel management) and their applicability to the range of gully sizes, types, landscapes, and climatic zones. |
| Section 3.2 – Direct stabilisation | |
| 3.2.1 | Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to, plan engineering controls for water flows. |
| 3.2.2 | Demonstrated understanding of, and ability to plan, supervise, and assess various bed and bank stabilisation actions. |
| 3.2.3 | Demonstrated understanding and proficiency in soil management for gully remediation. |
| 3.2.4 | Demonstrated understanding of land management for remediation. |
| Section 4 – Assessment of gully remediation success | |
| 4.1.1 | Demonstrated ability to assess stability and sustainability of works carried out. |
| 4.1.2 | Demonstrated ability to assess impacts of works on sediment mobilisation from the gully area. |