Assessor Resource
MSS017006A
Identify and improve sustainability interactions with the community
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 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 examination of an organisation’s and its value chain’s interactions with the community, including the identification of key communication channels and people, and an understanding of sustainability issues from their perspective. 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.
It would typically be undertaken by a manager or senior technologist who has a significant sustainability responsibility work role.
Skills covered by this unit may be applied individually or in a team context.
This unit of competency covers the identification of the impacts on the community of current or future sustainability related actions of the organisation and its value chain and the implementation of measures to make those interactions more positive. It also includes assessing the sustainability impact back on the organisation and its value chain members of actions by the community. The unit may be applied to an entire organisation, part of a large organisation, or part or all of a value chain.
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