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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Plan and prepare to establish and maintain a waste and by-product management system
   • Access, interpret and apply waste and by-product management system documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
   • Identify and analyse organisation goals, objectives and strategies
   • Identify the requirements for and purpose of waste and by-product managements system
   • Develop and implement strategies, which translate the objective into the planning process
2. Facilitate site environmental investigations
   • Establish information requirements and ensure information sources are identified and accessed
   • Establish strategies and systems to support analysis of the worksite environments
   • Ensure worksite environments are investigated to identify and assess the factors that impact on waste and by-product development
   • Ensure market opportunities are identified and explored to assist the organisation to forecast trends and options
   • Ensure threats and opportunities are identified, analysed and used to optimise project outcomes
   • Ensure titles searches are undertaken
   • Ensure legal obligations are identified and documented
3. Establishing of water recycling procedures
   • Ensure a detailed scoping of the work requirement and key selection criteria is conducted, including hazard identification and risk analysis
   • Ensure procedures for need, quantity, quality, source and means of treatment of water for production needs are developed and implemented
   • Ensure procedures for water quality and watercourse groundwater contamination are develop and implemented
   • Ensure site treatment works are designed and located for contaminated drainage or development/processing waters, to meet requirements
   • Ensure procedures with appropriate inlet/outlet works and means of improving the natural settlement process are developed and implemented
   • Ensure work schedules for operational best practice associated and water quality specifications are developed and implemented
4. Establish tailing disposal and water recycling operation procedures
   • Ensure a procedure for treated site water reuse is developed and implemented
   • Ensure a program for regular inspections of the water recycling system is developed and implemented
   • Ensure procedures for tailings reuse are developed and implemented
5. Facilitate the design of dam systems
   • Ensure the requirements for and purpose of dam management systems are identified
   • Ensure a specification for the dam management system is developed from a comprehensive analysis of site requirements
   • Ensure dam de-commissioning procedures are developed
6. Facilitate the selection of equipment for waste and by-product management systems
   • Ensure the requirements for and purpose of waste and by-product equipment is identified against system requirements
   • Ensure a detailed scoping of the work requirement and key selection criteria, including hazard identification and risk analysis, is conducted and developed
   • Develop specifications for the required waste and by-product equipment
   • Ensure equipment is selected on the basis of performance against specification requirements
7. Establish installation and commissioning procedures
   • Establish a procedure for hazard identification and risk evaluation
   • Ensure the integration of new and existing systems and process is planned and implemented to achieve optimum performance
   • Ensure safe operating procedures and rules are developed from a detailed analysis of requirements
   • Ensure procedures for installing and commissioning waste and by-product systems and equipment are developed and implemented
   • Ensure a program, including systems and procedures, to satisfy identified training requirements is implemented
   • Ensure emergency response and evacuation systems, plans and procedures are implemented
8. Establish systems for the operation and maintenance of waste and by-product management systems and equipment
   • Ensure operational procedures for systems and equipment are developed, implemented and incorporated into site documentation.
   • Ensure maintenance procedures for systems and equipment are developed, implemented and incorporated into site documentation.
   • Ensure procedures for reviewing and modifying work processes are develop and implemented
9. Establish systems for audit and review of waste and by-product systems and equipment
   • Establish and ensure implementation of procedures to evaluate and confirm system/equipment compliance
   • Ensure that future waste and by-product systems and equipment requirements are identified, assessed and incorporated into planning processes
   • Establish and ensure the implementation of procedures to confirm the currency and compliance of waste and by-product maintenance and safety standards
   • Establish and ensure implementation of the system for recording and reporting of waste and by-product and equipment information
   • Audit the waste and by-product training program for currency and relevance
   • Establish and ensure implementation of procedures for incorporating feedback into the audit/review system
   • Audit emergency response and evacuation systems plans and procedures for compliance
   • Establish and ensure implementation of procedures for response to instances of non-compliance or other discrepancies/deficiencies
10. Plan and prepare to establish and maintain a waste and by-product management system
    • Access, interpret and apply waste and by-product management system documentation and ensure the work activity is compliant
    • Identify and analyse organisation goals, objectives and strategies
    • Identify the requirements for and purpose of waste and by-product managements system
    • Develop and implement strategies, which translate the objective into the planning process
11. Facilitate site environmental investigations
    • Establish information requirements and ensure information sources are identified and accessed
    • Establish strategies and systems to support analysis of the worksite environments
    • Ensure worksite environments are investigated to identify and assess the factors that impact on waste and by-product development
    • Ensure market opportunities are identified and explored to assist the organisation to forecast trends and options
    • Ensure threats and opportunities are identified, analysed and used to optimise project outcomes
    • Ensure titles searches are undertaken
    • Ensure legal obligations are identified and documented
12. Establishing of water recycling procedures
    • Ensure a detailed scoping of the work requirement and key selection criteria is conducted, including hazard identification and risk analysis
    • Ensure procedures for need, quantity, quality, source and means of treatment of water for production needs are developed and implemented
    • Ensure procedures for water quality and watercourse groundwater contamination are develop and implemented
    • Ensure site treatment works are designed and located for contaminated drainage or development/processing waters, to meet requirements
    • Ensure procedures with appropriate inlet/outlet works and means of improving the natural settlement process are developed and implemented
    • Ensure work schedules for operational best practice associated and water quality specifications are developed and implemented
13. Establish tailing disposal and water recycling operation procedures
    • Ensure a procedure for treated site water reuse is developed and implemented
    • Ensure a program for regular inspections of the water recycling system is developed and implemented
    • Ensure procedures for tailings reuse are developed and implemented
14. Facilitate the design of dam systems
    • Ensure the requirements for and purpose of dam management systems are identified
    • Ensure a specification for the dam management system is developed from a comprehensive analysis of site requirements
    • Ensure dam de-commissioning procedures are developed
15. Facilitate the selection of equipment for waste and by-product management systems
    • Ensure the requirements for and purpose of waste and by-product equipment is identified against system requirements
    • Ensure a detailed scoping of the work requirement and key selection criteria, including hazard identification and risk analysis, is conducted and developed
    • Develop specifications for the required waste and by-product equipment
    • Ensure equipment is selected on the basis of performance against specification requirements
16. Establish installation and commissioning procedures
    • Establish a procedure for hazard identification and risk evaluation
    • Ensure the integration of new and existing systems and process is planned and implemented to achieve optimum performance
    • Ensure safe operating procedures and rules are developed from a detailed analysis of requirements
    • Ensure procedures for installing and commissioning waste and by-product systems and equipment are developed and implemented
    • Ensure a program, including systems and procedures, to satisfy identified training requirements is implemented
    • Ensure emergency response and evacuation systems, plans and procedures are implemented
17. Establish systems for the operation and maintenance of waste and by-product management systems and equipment
    • Ensure operational procedures for systems and equipment are developed, implemented and incorporated into site documentation.
    • Ensure maintenance procedures for systems and equipment are developed, implemented and incorporated into site documentation.
    • Ensure procedures for reviewing and modifying work processes are develop and implemented
18. Establish systems for audit and review of waste and by-product systems and equipment
    • Establish and ensure implementation of procedures to evaluate and confirm system/equipment compliance
    • Ensure that future waste and by-product systems and equipment requirements are identified, assessed and incorporated into planning processes
    • Establish and ensure the implementation of procedures to confirm the currency and compliance of waste and by-product maintenance and safety standards
    • Establish and ensure implementation of the system for recording and reporting of waste and by-product and equipment information
    • Audit the waste and by-product training program for currency and relevance
    • Establish and ensure implementation of procedures for incorporating feedback into the audit/review system
    • Audit emergency response and evacuation systems plans and procedures for compliance
    • Establish and ensure implementation of procedures for response to instances of non-compliance or other discrepancies/deficiencies

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

implements the requirements, procedures and techniques for the safe, effective and efficient establishing and maintenance of waste and by-product management systems including:

facilitating the site environmental investigation

facilitating the design of dam systems

developing, implementing, communicating and maintaining system procedures

selecting the required plant and equipment

information management

accessing, analysing and reviewing waste management systems

auditing waste management performance

coordinating human, financial and physical resources

evaluating new and used equipment

identifying and applying people and process management techniques

using conflict resolution

negotiation with internal/external stakeholders

providing team leadership

demonstrates completion of the establishment and maintenance of waste and by-product management systems that safely, effectively and efficiently meets all of the required outcomes on more than one (1) occasion including:

identifying, assessing and selecting program components

identifying required information and scope of work

identifying, assessing and selecting system options, including;

design of dams

selection of equipment

installation and commissioning procedures

accessing, interpreting and analysing research, information and requirements

identifying and applying strategies and systems to investigate the worksite

ensuring worksite environmental investigations are completed

developing contingency and site plans and procedures for the system

developing and implementing information and training systems

monitoring, recording and reporting on system performance

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge in establishing and maintaining a waste and by-product management system through:

accessing, interpreting and applying dam design and construction techniques

accessing, interpreting and applying site plans

identifying site products and services

identifying and applying operations techniques

identifying and applying training and assessment systems

accessing, interpreting and applying water recycling techniques

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