20 April 2020
Purpose
This Industry Advice Notice (IAN) is to advise that the job function HEP4001 Export inspection horticulture protocol is no longer a pre-requisite requirement for TRE3001 Export phytosanitary treatments.
Summary of changes and key points
- The in-transit (TRE3001:1) and onshore (TRE3001:2) cold treatment job functions no longer require horticulture protocol (HEP4001) as a pre-requisite job function.
- The pre-requisite job function of HOR3002 Export inspection of fruit and vegetable (any attachment) is still required.
- The following instructional material has been updated to reflect this change:
- Work Instruction: Initiating an in-transit cold treatment for plant exports
- Work Instruction: Supervising an onshore cold treatment for plant exports
- Work Instruction: Table of authorised officer job functions
Background
On 15 June 2015, TRE3001:1 was released to industry with a pre-requisite of at least one of the HOR3002 job function attachments. When the horticulture protocol job function was released to industry on 2 October 2015, a pre-requisite of HEP4001 was added to the TRE3001:1 job function for goods being exported to protocol markets.
On 4 July 2018, TRE3001:2 was released to industry with the pre-requisites of HOR3002 (any attachment) for goods being exported to non-protocol markets and HEP4001 (any attachment) for goods being exported to protocol markets.
The department conducted a recent review of the export phytosanitary treatments job function instructional material and training, and determined that the pre-requisite of HEP4001 is no longer required.
AO responsibilities
- AOs must ensure they are accredited with the appropriate job functions before conducting in-transit or onshore cold treatment supervision
- Only AOs with the TRE3001:1 job function are allowed to initiate an in-transit cold treatment.
- Only AOs with the TRE3001:2 job function are allowed to supervise onshore cold treatment.
- AOs initiating an in-transit cold treatment must follow the Work Instruction: Initiating an in-transit cold treatment for plant exports.
- AOs supervising an onshore cold treatment must follow the Work Instruction: Supervising an onshore cold treatment for plant exports.
- AOs who have applied for the HEP4001 job function with the view to gaining accreditation for job functions TRE3001:1 or TRE3001:2 will have the option of withdrawing their application for this job function.
Contact information
If you have any questions regarding this IAN please email Horticulture Exports.
David Ironside
Assistant Secretary
Plant Export Operations Branch