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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Plan to implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work procedures
  2. Work is prioritised and sequenced following consultation with others for time, quality and in accordance with workplace procedures
  3. Relevant environmental standards and workplace procedures for work are distributed to relevant personnel and relevant worksites
  4. Work health and safety (WHS)/occupational health and safety (OHS) hazards are identified, risks assessed, and control measures implemented and monitored in accordance with workplace procedures
  5. Personnel, equipment, tools and personal protective equipment (PPE) required for work are identified, scheduled, coordinated and confirmed safe and in working order
  6. Risk management process is applied to work to minimise energy wastage in accordance with workplace procedures
  7. Items for installation are sourced in accordance with sustainable energy practices and consultation and agreement of relevant person/s
  8. Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work procedures
  9. Unplanned event/situation/s are identified and responded to in accordance with relevant industry standards
  10. Quality checks of the work are undertaken in accordance with relevant industry standards and workplace procedures
  11. Complete and review environmental and sustainable energy procedures
  12. Worksite is rehabilitated, cleaned up and confirmed safe in accordance with workplace procedures
  13. Tools, equipment, surplus resources and materials are cleaned, checked and returned to storage in accordance with workplace procedures
  14. Materials suitable for recycling and/or reuse are identified and stored for use or disposal in accordance with sustainable energy practices and workplace procedures
  15. Implementing and monitoring of sustainable work practices are reviewed and updated in accordance with workplace procedures
  16. Relevant work permit/s are signed off and the work completed/returned to service and advice provided to client/customer in accordance with requirements
  17. New targets for energy minimisation are in accordance with sustainable energy practices and workplace procedures
  18. Successful strategies are promoted and, where possible, participants rewarded

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) requirements, including using risk control measures

applying sustainable energy practices

dealing with unplanned events/situations in accordance with workplace procedures in a manner that minimises risk to personnel and equipment

implementing and monitoring participative arrangements for the management of environmentally sustainable work practice

implementing and monitoring the procedures for environmentally sustainable work practice

implementing and monitoring the procedures for identifying hazards, assessing risks and controlling risks

implementing and monitoring the procedures for maintaining environmentally sustainable work practice records

implementing and reviewing sustainable energy procedures

planning, implementing and monitoring environmentally sustainable work procedures

providing environmentally sustainable work practice information to the work group.


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:

environmentally sustainable work principles, including:

relevant environmental legislation

sustainable practice

effects of neglecting sustainable practice

benefits of sustainable initiatives

techniques for reducing the use of carbon-based energy sources and hence greenhouse gas emissions

domestic, commercial and industrial strategies

trade-related technologies and methods

renewable energy (RE) technologies

energy efficient retrofits

implementing and monitoring, including:

principles and practice of effective sustainable practice management

workplace sustainable work practice non-compliance, range and selection of control measures

organisational systems and policies and procedures

impact of characteristics and composition of the workforce on sustainable practice management

sustainable work practice management to other organisational management policies, procedures and systems.

analysis of work environment and sustainable work practice interventions

analysis of relevant workplace data

ability to assess resources needed for risk control

relevant manufacturer specifications

relevant job safety assessments or risk mitigation processes

relevant WHS/OHS legislated requirements

relevant workplace documentation

relevant workplace policies and procedures.