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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Provide information to the work team
   • Access, interpret and apply environmental policy documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Explain environmental and energy efficiency information to the work team in a clear and concise manner and ensure it is readily accessible to all
   • Convey organisation's activities/performance in regard to environmental and energy efficiency management and business sustainability
   • Explain links between environmental, energy consumption, financial, safety and other risk areas and how these are integrated in organisational policies and practices
   • Provide information on environmental and energy efficiency systems and procedures and other risk areas within the area of management responsibility
2. Implement and monitor operational procedures
   • Identify and assess existing and potential environmental and energy efficiency risks and/or seek required expert advice
   • Carry out prioritised recommendations from the assessments of operational procedures
   • Implement organisational environmental and energy efficiency policies and procedures, including risk policies and procedures
   • Allocate tasks and monitor outcomes, in accordance with organisational policies and targets
   • Implement contingency plan promptly when incidents occur
3. Implement and monitor change and continuous improvement
   • Implement environmental and energy efficiency improvement plans for own work group and integrate with other operational activities
   • Identify, implement and monitor best practice approaches to improving environmental and energy efficiency performance by reducing environmental and greenhouse risk and waste
   • Seek suggestions and ideas about environmental energy efficiency management from the work team and act upon where approved
   • Seek suggestions from supply chain at tender/contract stage for ways of improving environmental and energy consumption performance
4. Implement and monitor recording procedures
   • Identify and implement internal and external reporting procedures
   • Maintain environmental and energy efficiency written records accurately and legibly, and store securely in a reportable format
   • Monitor information/records, identify trends for continuous improvement of environmental and energy consumption performance
5. Implement and monitor an environmental and energy efficiency management training program
   • Identify environmental and energy efficiency training needs including knowledge gaps in policies and procedures
   • Make arrangements for fulfilling training needs with relevant parties

Performance Evidence

Evidence is required to be collected that demonstrates a candidate’s competency in this unit. Evidence must be relevant to the roles within this sector’s work operations and satisfy all of the requirements of the performance criteria of this unit and include evidence that the candidate:

locates and applies relevant legislation, documentation, policies and procedures

works effectively with others to undertake and complete effective implementation and monitoring of environmental policies to meet all required outcomes including:

preparing for and organising work activities to meet all task requirements

communicating clearly and concisely with others to receive and clarify work instructions

using a range of communication techniques and aids to advise others of work activity and exclusion zones

demonstrates completion of implementing and monitoring environmental policies that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

communicating activities and performance to the work team

implementation of environmental and energy efficiency improvement plans

identification and monitoring of best practice approaches

planning and implementing energy efficiency and environmental training programs

process and maintain written records and reports

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of implementing and monitoring environmental policies through:

application of legislation from all levels of government that affects business operation, especially in regard to work health and safety, environmental and energy efficiency issues, equal opportunity, industrial relations and anti-discrimination

knowledge of environmental and energy efficiency issues, especially in regard to recycling and wastewater treatment, catchments, air, noise, ecosystems, habitat, and waste minimisation

application of environmental and energy efficiency management systems, policies and procedures

implementing best practice approaches

carrying out quality assurance systems

engaging in the supply chain procedures

employing strategies to maximise opportunities and minimize impacts

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