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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Follow environmental workplace practices
   • Workplace practices and work instructions relating to potential environmental impacts are recognised and followed, and clarification is sought where necessary.
   • Changes to work practices and procedures are responded to positively and promptly in accordance with enterprise requirements.
   • Relevant legislation, codes and national standards that impact on workplace environmental practices are recognised and followed.
2. Contribute to improved environmental work practices
   • Suggestions are made to designated personnel for improvements to workplace practices where possible.
   • Information is gathered and improvements are suggested to support the development of improved workplace approaches to environmental practices.
   • Environmental issues and their relationship to workplace practices are discussed in the workplace with colleagues and designated personnel.
   • Contributions to the review of environmental practices and policies are made within limits of responsibility.
3. Recognise and report on a potential environmental threat
   • Signs or symptoms of the potential environmental threat are recognised.
   • Information about or observations of a potential environmental threat are reported to supervisors and/or appropriate authorities.
   • Location and extent of the potential environmental threat is accurately recorded.
   • Reports on the potential environmental threat are completed according to enterprise guidelines.
4. Maintain environmental records
   • Environmental records are accurately prepared as required according to enterprise policies and procedures.
   • Environmental records are stored securely in a form accessible for reporting purposes.

Required Skills

Required skills

communicate with supervisors and workplace colleagues recognise basic environmental hazards and threats follow workplace directions and instructions related to environment keep simple environmental records use literacy skills to follow sequenced written instructions and record information accurately and legibly use oral communication skillslanguage competence to fulfil the job role as specified by the organisation including questioning active listening asking for clarification and seeking advice from supervisor use numeracy skills to estimate calculate and record routine workplace measures use interpersonal skills to relate to people from a range of social cultural and ethnic backgrounds and with a range of physical and mental abilities

Required knowledge

relevant legislation from all levels of government on environmental issues relevant environmental policies and workplaceindustry practices and procedures good practice approaches relevant to work area particularly in regard to minimising environment hazards and risks and improving environmental performance environmental issues especially in regard to water catchments air noise ecosystems habitat efficient use of resources sustainability and waste minimisation potential environmental threats and problems relevant to a given region and occupation general work place practices and their potential impact on the environment

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package
Overview of assessment
Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit	The evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit must be relevant to workplace operations and satisfy holistically all of the requirements of the performance criteria and required skills and knowledge and include achievement of the following follow workplace procedures to minimise environmental impacts minimise and dispose of waste in an environmentally responsible way use non renewable resources responsibly and reuse where possible record data relating to environmental risks impacts and management if required
Context of and specific resources for assessment	Competency requires the application of work practices under work conditions Selection and use of resources for some worksites may differ due to the regional or enterprise circumstances

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Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole.
Issues may include:	all environmental issues in regard to water catchments, air, noise, ecosystems, habitat efficient use of resources sustainability carbon emissions waste minimisation.

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