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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan compliance with environmental regulations and sustainability best practice
   • Environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices relevant to own automotive workplace are sourced and interpreted
   • Penalties for workplace and individual breaches of legislation are identified
   • Workplace activities and equipment that are required to comply with environmental laws, regulations and standards are identified
   • Workplace activities relevant to sustainability best practices are identified
   • Environmental action plan is developed that incorporates workplace activities, environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices
2. Implement environmental action plan
   • Workplace procedures, equipment and materials are established to meet workplace environmental and sustainability best practice requirements, or existing procedures, equipment and materials are evaluated and updated as required to determine ability to meet requirements
   • Checklists are developed to ensure procedures are followed
   • Safety data sheets (SDS) are sourced and stored, and staff notified of their location
   • Emergency response procedures for major environmental accidents are developed and documented, and staff are notified of location and documentation developed for recording accidents and spills
   • Staff are advised of workplace procedures, and use of equipment, materials and checklists
   • Workplace procedures are put in place to address complaints regarding environmental issues
3. Review environmental action plan
   • Environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices relevant to work in the automotive industry are regularly sourced and interpreted
   • Environmental audit of workplace is carried out regularly and results are compared with environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices
   • Environmental action plan is updated as required to ensure compliance with environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices relevant to work in the automotive industry
   • Workplace procedures, equipment and materials are put in place, or existing ones modified, to meet changed workplace environmental and sustainability best practice requirements
4. Plan compliance with environmental regulations and sustainability best practice
   • Environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices relevant to own automotive workplace are sourced and interpreted
   • Penalties for workplace and individual breaches of legislation are identified
   • Workplace activities and equipment that are required to comply with environmental laws, regulations and standards are identified
   • Workplace activities relevant to sustainability best practices are identified
   • Environmental action plan is developed that incorporates workplace activities, environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices
5. Implement environmental action plan
   • Workplace procedures, equipment and materials are established to meet workplace environmental and sustainability best practice requirements, or existing procedures, equipment and materials are evaluated and updated as required to determine ability to meet requirements
   • Checklists are developed to ensure procedures are followed
   • Safety data sheets (SDS) are sourced and stored, and staff notified of their location
   • Emergency response procedures for major environmental accidents are developed and documented, and staff are notified of location and documentation developed for recording accidents and spills
   • Staff are advised of workplace procedures, and use of equipment, materials and checklists
   • Workplace procedures are put in place to address complaints regarding environmental issues
6. Review environmental action plan
   • Environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices relevant to work in the automotive industry are regularly sourced and interpreted
   • Environmental audit of workplace is carried out regularly and results are compared with environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices
   • Environmental action plan is updated as required to ensure compliance with environmental laws, regulations and standards, and sustainability best practices relevant to work in the automotive industry
   • Workplace procedures, equipment and materials are put in place, or existing ones modified, to meet changed workplace environmental and sustainability best practice requirements

Range Statement

This section specifies work environments and conditions that may affect performance. Essential operating conditions that may be present (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) are included. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below.

Sustainability best practice must include:	recycling or reusing waste conserving energy conserving natural resources, such as water.
Environmental action plan must include:	workplace environmental and sustainability best practice requirements actions to meet requirements person or people responsible for carrying out actions timeframe for carrying out actions quantified reduction targets in volume, weight or costs.
Emergency response procedures must include:	dealing with large spills dealing with toxic chemical leaks.
Environmental audit must include:	determining staff adherence to workplace procedures determining types and occurrences of accidents identifying workplace activities and equipment that are required to comply with environmental laws, regulations and standards identifying workplace activities relevant to sustainability best practices analysing suitability of safety data sheets analysing suitability of workplace procedures and equipment to comply with environmental laws, regulations and standards, including analysing new technologies.

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Performance Evidence

Before competency can be determined, individuals must demonstrate they can perform the following according to the standard defined in the unit’s elements and performance criteria, range of conditions and foundation skills:

develop, implement and review an environmental action plan for one automotive workplace.

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Knowledge Evidence

Individuals must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

environmental regulations and standards relevant to own automotive workplace, including commonwealth, state and territory legislation and local government by-laws and regulations

procedures and processes that support environmental sustainability practices, including:

reducing waste

reusing materials

recycling waste

types of waste produced by automotive workplaces and their impact on the environment, including:

vehicle wastes, including:

coolants

oils

exhaust emissions

evaporative fuel emissions

waste components, including tyres

noise

workplace wastes, including:

cleaning materials

paper waste

general rubbish

procedures for minimising waste

procedures for sorting and storing items for recycling or disposal

procedures for reducing resource consumption, including water, electricity, fossil fuels and chemicals

procedures for controlling hazards to stormwater and wastewater drainage systems, including:

capturing, storing and disposing of fluids released from vehicles

trapping spills, including the use of spill kits

preventing hazards entering stormwater and wastewater drainage systems, including bunding, grease traps and triple interceptors

procedures for protecting air quality and controlling noise hazards, including:

minimising the emission of airborne particles, gases and fumes

containing and redirecting airborne particles, gases and fumes

insulating noise from automotive workshops

procedures for developing an environmental action plan, including:

identifying environmental and sustainability best practice requirements for an automotive workplace

identifying workplace measures, including equipment and processes, to meet environmental and sustainability best practice requirements

identifying persons responsible for carrying out measures within and outside the workplace

identifying timeframe for carrying out measures

identifying quantified reduction targets in volume, weight and costs

identifying frequency of performing workplace environmental audits

procedures for implementing an environmental action plan, including:

evaluating workplace environmental and sustainability measures

selecting suitable workplace environmental and sustainability measures

establishing workplace environmental and sustainability measures, including:

developing checklists

developing emergency response procedures

instructing staff

procedures for addressing complaints from the public, regulatory authorities and staff

procedures for reviewing an environmental action plan, including workplace environmental audit.

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