The following information relates to the original MERIT user guide and other resources available in 2015. Later guides have been released for specific programs such as Environmental Stewardship Program (ESP) and the Regional Land Partnership (RLP) Program (Refer to MERIT).

This Guide contains the standard departmental guidance for legacy projects in MERIT.

MERIT User Guide

Download the MERIT User Guide

MERIT User Guide for NRM funding recipients and the public (PDF - 3.22 MB) - 2016 Legacy
MERIT User Guide for NRM funding recipients and the public (DOCX - 5.29 MB) - 2016 Legacy

Download the MERIT Quick Reference Guide

This Quick Reference Guide provided brief instructions on how to complete basic functions in MERIT. This guide is for those users with Grant Manager, Administrator or Editor permissions.

MERIT Quick Reference Guide (PDF - 20.13 KB)
MERIT Quick Reference Guide (DOCX - 577.91 KB)

MERIT tutorials

The MERIT Process

MERIT Schema

The MERIT Schema contains every field description, data use and type for each activity form. It also lists the outputs that are currently used for reporting.

MERIT Schema (PDF - 1.45 MB)
MERIT Schema (DOCX - 228.42 KB)

MERIT Activity Form Selection

A number of tools were available to assist with the selection of activity forms in MERIT.

MERIT Ready Reckoner

A summary table of each activity, minimum data requirement (mandatory fields) and target measures (outputs).

MERIT Activities Ready Reckoner version 5 (PDF - 576.33 KB)
MERIT Activities Ready Reckoner version 5 (DOCX - 43.59 KB)

MERIT Activity Family tree

A one-page table demonstrating the temporal relationship between activities.

MERIT Activity Family Tree (PDF - 213.72 KB)

Completing a Project MERI Plan

Guidance document on requirements of Project MERI Plan and a link to an example plan.

Completing a Project MERI Plan (PDF - 404.65 KB)
Completing a Project MERI Plan (DOCX - 203.41 KB)

Commonwealth Government Vegetation Assessment Guide

This guide provided practical instructions for carrying out standard vegetation condition assessments for funded projects. It described how to establish your vegetation condition monitoring sites in your project area, how to set up a transect and plot, or series of transects and plots, and how to record data on vegetation cover and exotic fauna. This was non-mandatory and provided as an optional resource to funded projects, the method linked to the MERIT reporting form ‘Vegetation Assessment - Commonwealth government methodology’.

• Vegetation Assessment Guide

Frequently asked questions

MERIT Frequently asked questions (PDF - 405.13 KB)
MERIT Frequently asked questions (DOCX - 48.59 KB)