Elements and Performance Criteria
- Apply environmental regulations
- Reasons for ethical environmental practice in a body repair workshop are identified.
- Environmental responsibilities of staff in a body repair workshop are identified.
- Penalties for individual breaches of the legislation are identified.
- Waste is minimised, waste material, including sludge and solids is sorted and stored in bins for recycling or disposal.
- Packaging on goods received is sorted and reused or disposed of to recycling.
- Identify and avoid hazards to stormwater
- No waste water or contaminants are allowed to enter the stormwater system.
- Surface cleaning and preparation is undertaken in an impervious paved area and does not contaminate stormwater.
- Parts and components containing environmentally hazardous material are stored undercover in a sealed and bunded or drained treatment area.
- Paint, thinners/reduces are reused, recycled or stored in a bunded or drained area for collection by an approved disposal agent.
- Spill kit is located and used as needed to prevent stormwater contamination.
- Spills are cleaned up immediately and the workplace is kept clean to prevent stormwater pollution.
- Identify and avoid hazards to air quality
- Paint is mixed in a well-ventilated room.
- Abrasive sanding is undertaken in an enclosed booth or chamber.
- Clean-up of guns and spraying equipment is conducted in an environmentally safe manner.
- Hazards of airborne particles are identified, minimised and contained.
- Hazards of gases and fumes are identified, minimised and contained.
- Identify and avoid noise hazards