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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Research sustainability skill requirements of an industry area
  2. Determine sustainability skills relevant to training
  3. Customise program to incorporate sustainability skills

Required Skills

Required skills

communication skills to

make judgements about the sustainability skill requirements of training

communicate with other professionals about sustainability skill requirements

liaise with personnel including managers and supervisors from the training and assessment organisation

analyse a wide range of documents

selfmanagement and organisational skills to analyse and apply sustainability skills to learning programs

research skills to analyse training specifications and determine embedded explicit and implicit sustainability skills

Required knowledge

definitions of sustainability and different contexts in which a variety of definitions can be used

training package contents including industryspecific approaches to identifying sustainability skills within them

national policy on sustainability including specific policy in relation to the development of sustainability skills in the vocational education and training sector

legislation codes of practice and associated requirements such as

environmental legislation

equal employment opportunity legislation

privacy legislation

organisational requirements

OHS relating to the work role including

reporting requirements for hazards

sources of OHS information

OHS obligations of employers and employees including supervisors

Evidence Required

The Evidence Guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for the Training Package

Overview of assessment

Assessment must address the scope of this unit and reflect all components of the unit A range of appropriate assessment methods and evidencegathering techniques must be used to determine competency A judgement of competency should only be made when the assessor is confident that the required outcomes of the unit have been achieved and that consistent performance has been demonstrated

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

Evidence of the ability to

identify sustainability skill issues in at least two different training products

provide documentation setting out training products and learning strategies that incorporate sustainability skills

provide outlines of how those sustainability skills are to be incorporated into training and assessment approaches

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Evidence must be gathered in the workplace wherever possible Where no workplace is available a simulated workplace must be provided

Method of assessment

Guidance information for assessment

For further information about assessment of this and other TAE units refer to relevant implementation guidance published on the IBSA website wwwibsaorgau


Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included.

Specific industry means:

a specific industry area or sector area in which the candidate usually trains or assesses.

Sustainability skills include:

technical skills, knowledge, values and attitudes needed in the workforce to develop and support sustainable social, economic and environmental outcomes in business, industry and the community, as defined in the National Green Skills Agreement December 2009.

Training specification may include:

training package units of competency

learning outcomes from accredited courses with a vocational outcome

non-accredited industry specific learning programs.

Potential or implicit sustainability skills may include:

areas of the training specification where the achievement of the performance criteria has an implied sustainable or green skills context (e.g. increasing fuel efficiency in a performance criteria related to effective use of powered equipment).