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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Prepare for implementation of workplace sustainability practices
   • Review sustainability policy and provide recommendations for integrating new sustainability practices into changed or new operational processes and procedures
   • Confirm resource requirements and timelines for implementation of changes in consultation with appropriate personnel.
   • Confirm changed or new procedures, processes and plans to facilitate implementation.
2. Implement workplace sustainability practices
   • Communicate changed or new operational processes and procedures resulting from changed approach to sustainability.
   • Monitor staff implementation of processes and procedures that incorporate new approaches to sustainability and assist as required.
   • Make recommendations to update procedures and processes.
3. Report on effectiveness of workplace sustainability practices
   • Measure operational performance against targets and indicators on an ongoing basis.
   • Report performance against targets and indicators and recommend operational improvements.

Performance Evidence

A person demonstrating competency in this unit must satisfy all of the elements, performance criteria and foundation skills of this unit, and must be able to provide evidence that they can:

Interpret the contents of an organisation’s sustainability policy to identify at least two changed or new operational processes and/or procedures for their work area of responsibility.

Communicate the relevant operational processes and procedures and related sustainability targets to staff members and monitor implementation.

Measure operational performance from the identified changes against related sustainability targets.

Complete a basic written report on performance against sustainability targets and indicators and recommended further operational improvements.

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Knowledge Evidence

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

Workplace practices that incorporate economic, social and environmental sustainability approaches.

Impacts of forest and wood products industry production processes on the environment and environmental protection practices including the following:

reducing water and energy use

cleaning of plant, tools and equipment

disposing of, recycling and reusing timber and other waste

reducing use of toxic materials and hazardous chemicals

minimising resource use through changes in process, facility design and management.

Content of the sustainability policy for the work area of responsibility.

Operational processes and procedures for the work area of responsibility.

Change management principles and methods for implementing sustainability practices.

Types of targets and performance indicators for effectiveness of sustainability practices and methods to monitor performance against targets.

Organisational procedures for recording and reporting performance against targets.

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