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MSS015017A
Develop regulated sustainability reports

Assessment tool

Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024


This unit applies in organisations that are impacted by sustainability related legislation and regulations, such as environmental legislation and carbon pollution regulations, incentives or schemes.

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.

Information required for the report may be gathered by the individual or as part of a team. The unit does not cover undertaking environmental or other technical analysis to gain required information. 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 drafting reports required to meet government schemes or regulations or similar sustainability regulatory reporting requirements. These may include the interpretation of technical data into the information required.

It includes the development of formats or internal reporting templates to meet the public needs of the organisation.

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Prerequisites

Not applicable.


Employability Skills

This unit contains employability skills




Evidence Required

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Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to develop and complete reports to meet sustainability related regulatory requirements, including data collection and analysis.

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

Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently apply the skills covered in this unit of competency in new and different situations and contexts. Critical aspects of assessment and evidence include:

identifying information required for regulated report, including sources and any additional measurement or calculation required to meet report content requirements

establishing data collection procedures

drafting regulated report and obtaining appropriate stakeholder approvals

completing report to requirements.

Context of and specific resources for assessment

This unit of competency is to be assessed in the workplace or a simulated workplace environment.

Assessment should emphasise a workplace context and procedures found in the candidate’s workplace.

This unit of competency may be assessed with other relevant units addressing sustainability at the enterprise level or other units requiring the exercise of the skills and knowledge covered by this unit.

The competencies covered by this unit would be demonstrated by an individual working alone or as part of a team.

Method of assessment

In all cases, practical assessment should be supported by questions to assess underpinning knowledge and those aspects of competency which are difficult to assess directly.

Where applicable, reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity, age, gender, demographics and disability.

The language, literacy and numeracy demands of assessment should not be greater than those required to undertake the unit of competency in a work-like environment.

Guidance information for assessment


Submission Requirements

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Assessment Tasks

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Required knowledge includes:

National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) Act 2007 and other current reporting requirements (or their equivalent)

graphics and other means of presenting data

report writing and grammar

data sources both internal to and external from the organisation

AS/NZS ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standards

Required skills include:

negotiating with stakeholders

collating, interpreting, and presenting statistical data sets and other numeric information, including data series, means and averages

presenting data in an appropriate manner

writing technical and complex reports

working with other people to achieve the outcome

Reporting category

Report will generally require reporting of activities above a defined threshold. Reporting categories may include:

greenhouse gas emissions

energy production

energy consumption

waste generation and disposal

water use, sources and disposal

other information specified under legislation

Threshold

Threshold is the level above/below which reporting is required

Sources of data

Sources of data means where the data comes from and may include, but is not limited to:

existing reports (internal and external)

process metrics

purchasing, sales and accounting data

test results and other measurements specifically undertaken to produce the required data

Measurement and calculation techniques

For greenhouse gases these are currently defined by the Kyoto protocol and may in the future be defined by replacement protocols or directly by regulation.

Measurement and calculation techniques may be defined by:

regulations

Australian (or other) standards

industry codes and protocols

standard mathematical, statistical, science or other techniques for converting raw data into the required information

Required authorisations

Required authorisations means those procedures and ‘sign-offs’ which the organisation or the regulation requires before releasing the report

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Observation Checklist

Tasks to be observed according to workplace/college/TAFE policy and procedures, relevant legislation and Codes of Practice Yes No Comments/feedback
Identify current thresholds required for reporting in each category 
Locate sources of required data 
Identify measurement and calculation techniques required to meet reporting obligations 
Establish systems to collect and process required data and information 
Develop procedures and templates for data collection and processing 
Identify key indicators of data collection and processing proceeding according to plan 
Identify data collection/processing which is not to requirements 
Take appropriate action to bring data collection/processing back to requirements 
Determine regulatory report requirements 
Negotiate other organisation requirements for report 
Develop a report format which complies with requirements 
Determine required information from available data 
Collate all required data and information 
Prepare any required charts, tables and other graphics 
Draft report to meet agreed needs and standards 
Discuss draft report with key stakeholders 
Identify key action items arising from report 
Complete the regulatory report 
Obtain required authorisations and submit report according to procedures 
Prepare recommendations for improvements to regulatory reporting process 
Prepare improvement recommendations for identified action items 
Submit recommendations for implementation in accordance with organisation’s procedures 

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