Assessor Resource
MSS015019A
Establish metrics for social sustainability
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit applies to team leaders/supervisors/managers that are developing systems to support the organisation’s social sustainability, including the development and implementation of policy.
This unit applies where qualitative data is to be collected and converted into quantitative data in order to monitor the effectiveness of social sustainability activities. Qualitative data is converted to quantitative data using simple proxies, indicators or estimations.
The person establishing the system is not required to undertake complex calculations or statistical analysis. However, where these form part of the metrics system they will be allocated to appropriate personnel and/or suitable software solutions used as part of implementing the system.
This unit assumes that a range of social sustainability interactions have already been identified within the organisation and their identification does not form part of this unit. If these interactions have not been identified the skills for identifying social (and other) sustainability interactions and making recommendations to address them are covered in other units, including:
MSS017001A Analyse and determine organisational risk areas in sustainability
MSS017003A Identify and respond to external sustainability factors for an organisation
MSS017004A Lead sustainable strategy deployment
MSS017006A Identify and improve sustainability interactions with the community.
This unit applies to organisations in all sectors of the manufacturing industry and the associated value chains. It may also be applied to all sections of an organisation including, for example, the office, warehouse, transport, logistics and factory.
This unit of competency covers determining what aspects of social sustainability are to be measured and how to quantify them; then implementing and improving the metrics system. This unit covers quantifying the social aspects of sustainability which are typically hard to measure by converting them to numerical data using indicators and estimations in order to monitor changes.
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