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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Identify sustainable work practice
   • Activities are planned, prepared and sequenced to ensure work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) policies and workplace procedures are followed in accordance with work requirements
2. Relevant personnel are consulted to ensure work is coordinated effectively with others
3. Materials required for the work are obtained and checked in accordance with workplace procedures and compliance with work requirements
4. Location that activities are to be undertaken is determined from job requirements
5. Workplace environmental risks and resource efficiency issues are identified
6. Apply sustainable work practice
   • WHS/OHS policies and workplace procedures for undertaking administrative functions are followed
7. Energy assessment is undertaken in accordance with requirements to implement techniques which produce energy reduction directly or indirectly
8. Approval is obtained for suggested improvements to energy efficient methods and components from relevant person/s before any contingencies are implemented
9. Unplanned events or conditions are responded to in accordance with workplace procedures in a manner that minimises risk to personnel, equipment and environment
10. On-going checks of the quality of the work are undertaken in accordance with established procedures
11. Work is carried out efficiently without unnecessary waste of materials or damage to the surrounding environment while using sustainable work practices which minimise wastage of energy and materials either directly or indirectly
12. Complete workplace documentation
    • Documentation/reports are completed to ensure detailed promotional activities requirements are met
13. Suggestions are made to relevant person/s for improvement/s to workplace practices to minimise energy and materials wastage
14. Workplace documentation is completed in accordance with workplace procedures

Range Statement

Range is restricted to essential operating conditions and any other variables essential to the work environment. Non-essential conditions may be found in the UEE Electrotechnology Training Package Companion Volume Implementation Guide.

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Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria on at least two separate occasions and include:

applying relevant work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) and environmental requirements applying sustainable energy principles and work practice in daily work activities completing relevant workplace documentation coordinating work with others identifying and obtaining materials required for work identifying environmental risks and resource efficiency issues dealing with unplanned events in accordance with workplace procedures in a manner that minimises risk to personnel, equipment and environment demonstrating the application of environmental and sustainable procedures in the energy sector, including: undertaking an energy assessment selecting energy efficient methods and components reviewing environmentally and sustainable procedures and documenting suggestions for improvements to relevant person/s obtaining approval from appropriate personnel before any contingencies are implemented.

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Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence in this unit must be relevant to and satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria and include knowledge of:

sustainable work practices, including: economic benefits of sustainable initiatives effects of neglecting sustainable work practice international and national greenhouse imperatives legislative requirements notion of sustainable work practice the greenhouse effect - causes and consequences the role of regulators and similar bodies techniques for reducing carbon produced energy and hence greenhouse gases, including: domestic, commercial and industrial strategies energy efficient retrofits (overview) renewable energy (RE) technologies (overview) trade-related technologies and methods relevant risk mitigation processes relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements relevant workplace documentation relevant workplace policies and procedures.

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