Required skills include the ability to:

• Report as required by procedures.


• Follow procedures and instructions and respond to change.


• Ask questions and seek clarifications relating to work requirements.


• Reading and writing is required in order to interpretrequired procedures and complete required workplace forms/reports.


• Numeracy is required to interpret numeric workplace information, readings and measurements, handle data as required and complete numeric components of workplace forms/reports.

Required knowledge

Competency includes sufficient knowledge to:

• Have a basic understanding of sustainability.


• Know the environmental hazards/risks, resource use and inefficiencies associated with own workplace (at an appropriate level).


• Know the relevant environmental and resource efficiency systems and procedures for own work area.


• know the impact of laws and regulations to a level relevant to the work context.

Procedures

All operations are carried out according to procedures including all relevant workplace procedures, work instructions, temporary instructions and relevant industry and government codes and standards.

Environmental and resource efficiency issues

Environmental issues and resource efficiency including the minimization of environmental risks and maximizing opportunities to improve the environmental performance of business and to promote the production and consumption of natural resources more efficiently, for example :

• Minimisation of waste, through implementation of the waste management hierarchy.


• Efficient and effective use of energy and other resources.


• Seeking alternative sources of energy.


• Efficient use of materials and appropriate disposal of waste.


• Use of controls to minimise the risk of environmental damage from hazardous substances.


• Efficient water use.


• Reducing emissions.


• Life cycle analysis applied to issues such as energy supply, materials, transport, production.

Measure

Measure should be interpreted in a manner consistent with the scope of the job and may include things like:

• Counting the number of items entering/leaving a work area.


• Reading indicators in the work area.


• Obtaining relevant information from support personal.

Appropriate techniques

Appropriate techniques include:

• Material fed to/consumed by plant/equipment.


• Plant meters and gauges.


• Job cards including kanbans.


• Examination of invoices from suppliers.


• Measurements made under different conditions examination of relevant information and data.

Compliance

Compliance includes meeting relevant federal, state and local government laws, by-laws, regulations and mandated codes of practice. It also includes any codes and standards that the enterprise applies voluntarily.

Incidents

Incidents include:

• Breaches or potential breaches of regulations.


• Occurrences outside of standard procedure which may lead to lower environmental performance.

Enterprise plans

Enterprise plans include:

• Documented policies and procedures.


• Work plans to minimise waste, increase efficiency of water/energy use, minimise environmental hazards.

Suggestions

Suggestions include ideas that help to:

• Prevent and minimise environmental risks and maximise opportunities.


• Reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.


• Reduce use of non-renewable resources.


• Improve energy efficiency.


• Increase use of renewable, recyclable, reusable and recoverable resources.


• Reduce waste.


• Increasing the reusability/recyclability of wastes/products.


• Reduce water usage and/or water wastage.

Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competence in this unit should be able to provide evidence of the ability to follow work procedures according to the instructions and to participate in the improvement of environmental resources and efficient working practices in the own level of responsibility. Evidence must be strictly relevant to the role of the workplace in particular.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

It is essential that competence is demonstrated in the knowledge and skills defined in this unit. These may include the ability to:

• Identify and measure resources used in their job.


• Identify situations likely to lead to an environmental incident.


• Follow procedures related to environmental performance.

Consistent performance should be demonstrated. For example, look to see that:

• Work is routinely to procedures.


• The minimum of resources is used consistent with the job requirements, good practice and the procedures.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Assessors should be satisfied that the person can constantly make the unit as a whole, as defined by the elements, performance criteria and skills and knowledge.

Depending on the selected methods of assessment access may be required to:

• Workplace procedures and plans.


• Documentation in relation to production, waste, overheads, hazard control/management.


• Reports from supervisors/managers.


• Case study/scenarios.

Method of assessment

A holistic approach should be taken to the assessment.

Competence in this unit may be assessed:

• By demonstration in the workplace.

• Using targeted questioning for appropriate portions.


• By use of a suitable simulation and/or a range of case studies/scenarios.


• By a combination of these techniques.

           In all cases it is expected that practical assessment will be combined with the specific interrogation to assess the underlying theoretical knowledge and evaluation will be combined with appropriate practical arrangements / simulation or similar assessment.