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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan environmental health tasking
   • Obtain and clarify environmental health support instructions as required, in accordance with relevant stakeholders
   • Confirm task objectives are consistent with identified health threat and operating environment
   • Determine tasking allocation in accordance with operational requirements and priorities
   • Allocate resources to tasks in accordance with tasking allocation and operational procedure
   • Identify hazards, assess risks and implement appropriate control measures, as required
   • Issue environmental health tasking to relevant personnel in accordance with operational procedures
2. Implement and monitor environmental health tasking
   • Liaise with relevant stakeholders to obtain environmental health tasking plan approval
   • Execute tasks in accordance with health tasking plan and operational procedures
   • Monitor progress and review task outcomes during the activity as required, in accordance with operational priorities, time requirements and resource allocation
   • Communicate technical advice relating to environmental health tasking to relevant stakeholders, as required

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least two separate occasions and include: applying relevant legislation, and organisational policies and procedures communicating and consulting with relevant stakeholders coordinating tasking of at least two team members to achieve desired outcomes determining an achievable tasking plan with prioritised time requirements and resource allocation establishing and maintaining administrative systems identifying hazards, assessing risks and implementing control measures maintaining consistency in tasking managing workplace issues and problems modifying tasking to meet unplanned events reallocating resources based on tasking monitoring.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of: principles of resource management/allocation causes of disease transmission control measures of disease transmission methods of establishing field hygiene and waste facilities pathophysiology of common communicable diseases planning and control systems process of disease relevant documentation processes relevant legislation, and organisational policies and procedures risk management principles role and capabilities of other health care providers including environmental health team tasking must include one or more of the following: applying the permethrin protection system assisting in ongoing health threat assessment and health surveillance collecting water samples for laboratory analysis contributing to epidemiologic quick assessment of disease contributing to organisational compliance with work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) and industrial hygiene policy/procedures coordinating field waste management implementing strategies to control the transmission of disease inspecting and monitoring water distribution for safe water handling practices monitoring food hygiene and preventing the transmission of disease via ingested sources operating pesticide dispersal equipment performing a water quality survey of an established water distribution point performing chlorine dosing of water at the point of supply team leadership management principles.

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