Assessor Resource
MSS024001A
Work and communicate effectively as an environmental technician
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: March 2024
This unit of competency is applicable to environmental technicians working in a range of industry sectors, such as:
environmental services (e.g. sampling and monitoring of air quality, water, soil and noise
environmental compliance, auditing and inspection
groundwater and clean water (e.g. catchments, supply and environmental flows)
water treatment, storm and wastewater management
solid and hazardous waste management, and site remediation
management of contaminated sites
geotechnical services and civil engineering
natural resource management.
This unit of competency covers the induction of an employee into an enterprise to undertake environmental technical work. It includes working within Australia’s framework for environmental management and the culture of the enterprise, and the need to interact effectively with a large range of people in many industry and community settings.
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