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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Participate in the review of sustainability practices
  2. Prepare for implementation
  3. Manage the implementation process
  4. Evaluate implementation of sustainability policy and practice

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:

Assess the contents of a sustainability policy to:

document an implementation plan

communicate changes to operational processes and procedures to staff members

communicate targets and indicators to staff members

Monitor workplace achievements against action plan and targets.

Complete a comprehensive written report evaluating effectiveness of policy and recommended improvements.


Knowledge Evidence

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

Features, at an in-depth level of understanding, of different aspects of sustainability:

economic

social

environmental.

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

Impacts of forest and wood products industry production process on the environment and environmental protection practices, at an in-depth level of understanding, for 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

Operational processes and procedures

Change management principles and methods for implementing sustainability policy and practices.

Types of targets and performance indicators for effectiveness of sustainability practices and methods of communicating these to team members.

Methods to monitor performance against targets.

Format, content and use of:

implementation action plans

evaluation reports.

Organisational procedures for recording and reporting evaluation outcomes.