Assessor Resource
MSS025005A
Produce site maps
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit of competency is applicable to environmental technicians working in a range of industry sectors, such as:
environmental monitoring, sampling and field testing (e.g. air, odour, water, soil and noise)
geotechnical services
natural resource management
occupational hygiene monitoring (e.g. air, noise and radiation)
groundwater and clean water (e.g. catchments, supply and environmental flows)
water treatment, storm and wastewater management
solid and hazardous waste management
management of contaminated sites
site remediation or rehabilitation
resource efficiency (e.g. energy, water and waste auditing).
This unit of competency covers the ability to map the environmental features of a site using sketch maps, computer rendered graphics or geographic information systems (GIS) software. Personnel identify sources of existing environmental data and assess its availability/suitability, collect field data as necessary, assess data quality and format, and present data and incorporate it onto maps. Producing maps to display environmental data requires knowledge of environmental management processes, relevant legislative and regulatory requirements, mapping principles, and the use of mapping software and hardware. Personnel will require additional units of competency to manage spatial data sets or undertake complex modelling, data manipulation and analysis using GIS.
You may want to include more information here about the target group and the purpose of the assessments (eg formative, summative, recognition)