This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to protect places of cultural significance to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Peoples. It includes stakeholder engagement to research, document and conserve culturally significant places and requires following cultural protocols when detailing specific cultural, gender and kinship sensitivities of working in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities and on Country with diverse cultural requirements.

This unit applies to individuals working on Country and in cultural keeping places, and includes protecting cultural places, sites and objects often in co-operation with a range of stakeholders and with reference to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities and/or line management. This unit is also applicable to the work of repatriation workers and anthropologists.

No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.