Elements and Performance Criteria
- Gather environmental management information.
- Read, review and interpret the organisation's environmental policies and plans against current environmental legislation and perceived stakeholder attitudes and expectations.
- Identify all stakeholders and their relationship with the enterprise and their impact on, or relationship with, policies and plans.
- Identify the available resources to implement policies and plans.
- Confirm responsibilities and authorities as outlined in the policies and plans.
- Establish best practice procedures for the implementation of management plans.
- Implement and monitor environmental policies and plans.
- Develop and apply environmental management processes and workplace procedures to achieve policy and plan objectives and Performance Criteria.
- Monitor the effectiveness of policies and plans against objectives, timelines and key performance indicators.
- Audit environmental management processes and workplace procedures.
- Review and modify processes and procedures to achieve policy and plan objectives.
- Identify environmental impacts and assess risks.
- Implement and monitor the procedures for quantifying environmental impacts and controlling risks.
- Implement work procedures to control risks or remedy damage.
- Monitor risk control measures and report results according to workplace procedures.
- Identify inadequacies in risk control measures, report to the appropriate authority and remedy according to organisational procedures.
- Quantify and record environmental impacts according to legislative requirements and workplace procedures.
- Report adverse environmental impacts and make recommendations to minimise the impacts according to enterprise and legislative requirements.
- Implement and monitor procedures for dealing with environmental incidents.
- Implement workplace procedures for managing incidents of environmental significance or harm to ensure prompt control and remediation.
- Investigate incidents of environmental impact to identify their cause according to investigation procedures or environmental audit requirements.
- Implement control measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risks of events according to the environmental policy and plan.
- Record and report incidences of environmental impact, significance or harm according to enterprise procedures and legislative requirements.
- Maintain environmental records.
- Accurately and legibly complete environmental management documentation for the work area according to workplace and legislative requirements.
- Store environmental records for easy access and review according to the policy and plan requirements.
- Regularly review and assess environmental records are to identify long term trends and impacts.
- Report results of record reviews according to the policy and plan requirements.