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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Examine sustainability outcomes required
  2. Examine operations for readily implementable changes to improve sustainability
  3. Implement improvements
  4. Recommend further improvements

Required Skills

Required knowledge includes

value chain concept and value chain participants to work area and the organisation more generally

value chain items where changes can be made

concept of waste used in lean manufacturing ie muda and the seven wastes

brainstorming techniques

benefitcost analyses techniques

methods of quantifying both required outcomes and muda into comparable units of measure

project improvement planningscheduling

process monitoring and critical measures

ASNZS ISO Environmental Management Standards

Required skills include

negotiating with employees including operators maintenance personnel office warehouse and other support staff contractors suppliers and customers personnel to identify easy to implement changes

analysing standard operational procedures for opportunities for sustainability improvement opportunities and then to implementing the identified changes to operational procedures

planning out changes to procedures

solving problems related to implementing readily implementable sustainability changes in a work area

communicating with stakeholders

Evidence Required

Overview of assessment

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to consistently apply sustainability concepts to a work area and identify opportunities for sustainability improvements and then implement the improvements

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

Assessors must be satisfied that the candidate can competently and consistently apply the skills covered in this unit of competency in new and different situations and contexts Critical aspects of assessment and evidence include

defining a sustainability related need or problem within current operations

identifying waste

identifying readily implemented changes

planning and implementing readily implemented changes to achieve a sustainability related improvement

Context of and specific resources for assessment

This unit of competency is to be assessed in the workplace or a simulated workplace environment

Assessment should emphasise a workplace context and procedures found in the candidates workplace

This unit of competency may be assessed with other relevant units addressing sustainability at the enterprise level or other units requiring the exercise of the skills and knowledge covered by this unit

The competencies covered by this unit would be demonstrated by an individual working alone or as part of a team

Method of assessment

In all cases practical assessment should be supported by questions to assess underpinning knowledge and those aspects of competency which are difficult to assess directly

Where applicable reasonable adjustment must be made to work environments and training situations to accommodate ethnicity age gender demographics and disability

The language literacy and numeracy demands of assessment should not be greater than those required to undertake the unit of competency in a worklike environment

Guidance information for assessment


Range Statement

Sustainability issues

Sustainability issues at this level will frequently be waste (muda – see below) but may also include community or other issues

Waste

Waste in this unit is used in the broader sense of ‘muda’ as used in lean manufacturing and the competitive manufacturing units of competency developed by MSA. Muda is usually summarised under the headings of the ‘seven wastes’ which include:

overproduction

delay/waiting

transportation

over processing

excess inventory

unnecessary motion

defects and rework

Documentation

Documentation includes:

standard operational procedures

engineering drawings

other sketches and diagrams

specifications and manuals

training and assessment manuals

Documentation may be in:

any form, paper or electronic

Drivers of change

Drivers of change for this unit are internal or external pressure or requirements for improved sustainability outcomes. These include:

a crisis related to current sustainability performance

regulatory requirements

demands from customers

community pressure

organisation commitment to improve sustainability

other demand for change on the organisation

Sustainability problems

Sustainability problems may include:

problems with procedures, process or equipment

problems with materials including material waste and disposal of waste materials

problems with energy consumption

problems with resource use including water

problems with culture or employee skills and knowledge

problems with design or specification

Problems should be amenable to change and not require detailed technical analysis before action

Process

Process includes:

all parts of the value chain, including office and logistics, but for the purposes of this unit, is restricted to those parts of the value chain where changes can be made

Change stakeholders

Change stakeholders include:

the personnel needed to identify, approve and implement sustainability improvements