Assessor Resource
MSS024008A
Recognise common geological landforms and samples
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 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)
solid and hazardous waste management
management of contaminated sites
site remediation or rehabilitation
geotechnical services and civil engineering
natural resource management.
This unit of competency covers the ability to recognise common geological landforms and relate these to basic geological processes and other ecosystem components. Personnel are also expected to obtain (near) surface samples of common rocks, minerals and soils and identify them using classification tables and charts.
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