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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify environmental care requirements
   • Check work order and identify and clarify environmental care requirements with appropriate personnel.
   • Identify environmental protection zones required by legislation or industry codes of practice.
   • Identify and report existing and potential environmental risks and hazards to relevant personnel.
   • Identify WHS requirements for managing environmental risks or performing environmental care.
2. Ensure work practices follow environmental care requirements
   • Follow applicable WHS, environmental, legislative and organisational requirements when responding to environmental risks or hazards.
   • Select suitable resources to respond to environmental risk or hazard.
   • Follow site procedures for dealing with environmental incidents, accidents, and emergencies.
3. Seek opportunities to improve environmental care practices
   • Suggest specific improvements to environmental care practices and resource efficiency to relevant personnel.
   • Update knowledge of changes in environmental care.
   • Record and report breaches or potential breaches of environmental regulations to relevant personnel in line with workplace procedures.

Range Statement

Not Applicable

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Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit. If a specific volume or frequency is not stated below, then evidence must be provided that the following requirements have been performed on at least one occasion:

follow site, legal and organisational requirements and protocols relevant to environmental care

identify environmental hazards and risks that could occur in their own work setting

calculate the probability and consequences of those risks

respond to environmental risks safely and according to site procedures and scope of responsibility within the workplace.

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Knowledge Evidence

A person competent in this unit must be able to demonstrate knowledge of:

legal and organisational requirements and codes of practice relevant to environmental care

environmental protection requirements related to the work setting and work role

organisational and site standards relevant to environmental care procedures

environmental care policies and practices

risk management, hazards and hazard identification

established workplace and site specific communication channels and protocols

types of tools and equipment and procedures used in response to environmental hazards and risk, and the safe use and maintenance of these tools

procedures for recording and reporting workplace and site specific information.

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