This describes the skills and knowledge required for this unit

Required skills

Adjusts communication to suit different audiences responds effectively to diversity works as a team member to consult on and validate policy

Reads and evaluates complex and formal documents such as policy and legislation

Effectively manages different points of view and dissenting stakeholders

Researches analyses and presents information prepares written reports requiring precision of expression uses language suited to the intended audience

Required knowledge

Procedures regulations and legislative requirements including OHS environmental including relevant sustainability requirementspractices SOP safe working requirements risks and hazard identification

Relevant organisational policies procedures and protocols

Relevant systems and procedures to aid in the achievement of workplace sustainability

Best practice approaches relevant to the organisation

Policy development processes and practices

Principles practices and available tools and techniques of sustainability management relevant to the pulp and paper industry

Quality assurance systems relevant to own organisation

Relevant industry competency

Upstreamdownstream impacts of the application of sustainable work practices

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

Evidence should be relevant to the work It should satisfy the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include consideration of

the required knowledge and skills tailored to the needs of the specific workplace

applicable OHS regulations environmental and safe working requirementspractices

applicable aspects of the range statement

practical workplace demonstration of skills

Context of and specific resources for assessment

A workplace assessment must be used to assess

the application of required knowledge in the workplace

the application of skills in the workplace over time and under a range of typical conditions that may be experienced in pulp or paper mill operations

Access is required to a range of office based equipment relevant to policy development workplace documentation personnel information and resources needed to develop and implement workplace policies procedures and associated documents in a pulp or paper mill

Evidence must be relevant to the particular workplace role

Method of assessment

A combination of assessment methods should be used The following examples are appropriate for this unit

observation of applied skills and knowledge on the job eg conduct of and presentations to stakeholder meetings stakeholder consultation and feedback

workplace demonstrations via a mockup or simulation that replicate parts of the job

answers to written or verbal questions about specific skills and knowledge including what would you do if questions

thirdparty reports from relevant and skilled personnel eg appropriately skilled stakeholders

written evidence eg workplace projects policies procedures and associated documents outline of the approach taken to develop andor review policies procedures and associated documents reports on the review of policy outcomes relevant questionanswer sheets

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and in keeping with the language and literacy capacity of the learner and the work being performed This includes conducting an assessment in a manner that allows thoughts to be conveyed verbally so that the learner can both understand and be understood by the assessor eg use plain English and terminology used on the job

A holistic assessment with other units relevant to the pulp and paper industry mill and job role is recommended

Additional information on approaches to assessment for the pulp and paper industry is provided in the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package

Productivity requirements may include:

Environmental and resource efficiency may include:

Scope of sustainability policy may include:

Stakeholders may include:

Strategies may include:

Policies and procedures are to be comprehensive and will include, but not be limited to: