Elements and Performance Criteria
- Establish and maintain an irrigation and drainage environmental protection program
- An irrigation and drainage environmental plan is developed in consultation with property owner or manager.
- Environmental responsibilities for the property are clearly defined and included in the duties of all personnel.
- Financial and human resources are made available to implement the environmental plan in a timely and consistent manner.
- Environmental records are established and maintained according to relevant codes of practice, legislation and regulations.
- Establish and maintain arrangements to ensure the involvement of all personnel in the environmental program
- Establish and maintain risk management procedures to protect the environment from irrigation practices and related activities
- Procedures for identifying and assessing existing and potential risks to the environment arising from irrigation practices and related activities are established and maintained according to relevant environmental standards.
- Work processes and procedures are designed to reduce or eliminate risks and hazards to the environment.
- Organisational and administrative systems are established and maintained to control risks to the environment arising from irrigation practices and related activities.
- Procedures to monitor risks to the environment and compliance with relevant legislation and regulations are established and maintained.
- Establish and maintain procedures for responding to environmental pollution events
- Potential environmental pollution events are identified.
- Procedures to control the level of risk associated with pollution events are developed in consultation with relevant environmental protection agencies and local government authorities.
- Appropriate information and training is provided to enterprise personnel to ensure prompt implementation of response procedures according to organisational and OHS requirements.
- Establish and maintain an environmental protection induction and training program
- An environmental protection induction and training program is developed and incorporated into the organisational personnel training program to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations is maintained.
- Records of environmental protection training are established and maintained according to enterprise standards.