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MSS015013A
Conduct a sustainability related transport audit
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
This unit applies to organisations and their value chains (e.g. supplier of goods or services or customer) that are seeking to determine their current and desirable future use of transport resources as part of a sustainable strategy. The unit has been developed with manufacturing operations as a focus. However, because of the range of organisations in a typical manufacturing value chain it may also be applied to other types of organisations.
The transport audit may be conducted individually or as part of a team. The need for a transport audit may be the result of an organisation’s own decisions to increase the sustainability of its operations or be required for regulatory or other purposes.
It would typically be undertaken by a manager or technical specialist who had a major responsibility for sustainability as part of a broader work role, or sustainability may be their primary work responsibility. The manager or technical specialist may undertake this alone or as part of a team.
The technical measurement of operational performance or measurement of emissions or other environmental impact is not covered by this unit. However, there is a requirement to present and organise data. The complexity of this requirement will vary according to the type and scale of the organisation’s processes. Where required, appropriate mathematics and statistics units should be selected from the MEM05 Metal and Engineering Training Package or other appropriate Training Package.
This unit of competency covers conducting an audit for the specific resource of transport and to develop recommendations to improve the sustainability of transport operations.
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