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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify waste drivers.
   • Main waste types and streams are identified within workplace in consultation withrelevant personnel.
   • Waste drivers are identified according to organisational requirements.
2. Identify opportunities to avoid waste.
   • Waste drivers, opportunities for efficiencies and impacts of waste are discussed with relevant personnel to determine possible alternative processes, products or practices.
   • Actions or alternatives to avoid unnecessary energy consumption and waste are developed according to organisational requirements.
   • Waste minimisation hierarchy is applied to evaluate alternatives according to organisational requirements.
   • Waste avoidance options are developed and checked according organisational and compliance requirements.
3. Evaluate waste avoidance options.
   • Waste avoidance options are prioritised in order or greatest waste avoidance potential and most appropriate environmental energy efficiency methods.
   • Cost-benefit and feasibility analyses of waste avoidance options are undertaken and issues are identified according to organisational requirements.
   • Evaluation findings are documented and reported according to organisational 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.
Relevant personnel must include at least two of the following:	clients or customers contractors other interested parties site personnel staff supervisors or managers suppliers.
Opportunities for efficiencies must include policies and procedures related to:	identifying energy consumption efficiencies: transport, plant or equipment identifying efficiencies in materials usage and minimising waste identifying waste management efficiencies.
Compliance requirements must include:	commonwealth, state and territory legislation relating to identifying waste avoidance techniques, including: client confidentiality environmental protection hazardous substances and dangerous goods industry codes and standards work health and safety and duty of care licensing requirements.

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy the requirements of the elements, performance criteria, foundation skills and range of conditions of this unit.

The person must also identify waste avoidance techniques for two clients or workplaces.

For each, the person must consult with relevant personnel to:

assess the main waste types and streams in the workplace to identify waste drivers or causes

identify and discuss opportunities to avoid waste including actions or alternatives to avoid unnecessary energy consumption and waste generation, and opportunities for efficiencies, as specified in the range of conditions

evaluate and document the effectiveness of waste avoidance options by:

prioritising options in order of their greatest waste avoidance potential and the most environmental energy efficiencies to be gained

conducting a cost-benefit and feasibility analyses to identify issues.

While identifying above waste avoidance techniques, the person must:

apply the waste management hierarchy when evaluating alternatives to avoid unnecessary energy consumption and waste

follow organisational procedures to work safely and comply with regulatory and legal requirements.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must demonstrate knowledge of:

environmental issues relating to:

energy efficiency systems

lifecycle of products: reduce, reuse and recycle

renewable energy

hazards and risks associated with waste including hazardous substances and dangerous goods

organisational policies and procedures and regulatory and legal requirements relating to identifying and evaluating waste avoidance techniques

waste avoidance options, including:

using renewable, recovered and recycled material

using materials with low energy consumption and low emissions to air and water during pre-production and production changes in product or process

reducing need for using maintenance products and consumables

restricting dangerous substances use in production process, as well as in product itself

specifying packaging for products and minimising excessive packaging

encouraging lean production

waste drivers and causes

waste minimisation hierarchy and its application

waste treatment options including:

recycling

waste to landfill

waste water treatment

waste types, streams and characteristics.

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