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MSS017001A
Analyse and determine organisational risk areas in sustainability
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
This unit is a Vocational Graduate Certificate unit and follows the AQF guidelines for such units in that it assumes an entry qualification, such as:
an Advanced Diploma or Diploma in sustainability or relevant technical field,
a Bachelor Degree in a relevant technical field
other relevant higher education qualifications, often with relevant vocational practice
relevant extensive vocational practice, without formal qualifications but which result in appropriate entry level skills.
This unit covers the analysis of an organisation’s interactions with its environment through an application of the principles of sustainability and an understanding of climate change and other significant sustainability issues, such as resource depletion. The organisations environment, for the purpose of this unit, is considered to include the ecology it impacts, the economic impacts on the organisation and the social impacts of the organisation.
This unit covers the identification of items which have the potential for a major sustainability impact, and so require some response from the organisation. It does not include the implementation of that response (see MSS017004A Lead sustainable strategy deployment).
This unit would typically be undertaken by a manager or senior technologist who has significant responsibility for sustainability in their work role.
Skills covered by this unit may be applied individually or in a team context.
This unit of competency covers the analysis of an organisation’s interactions with its environment, the specifics of the local situation and determining risks and vulnerabilities (hot spots) for close monitoring or action. It may be applied to an entire organisation, part of a large organisation or part/all of a value chain.
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