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. |
Codes of practice | Where reference is made to industry codes of practice, and/or Australian/international standards, it is expected the latest version will be used |
Legislation, standards, codes, procedures and/or enterprise requirements | Legislation, standards, codes, procedures and/or enterprise requirements may include: international conventions, such as World Heritage Listing, RAMSAR Convention on Wetlands of International Significance federal legislation, such as the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 state/territory government legislation and local government by-laws, policies, regulations and plans dealing with land use, cultural/heritage sites, vegetation management, biodiversity management, water management, pollution and contaminated sites Australian and international standards, such as: AS/NZS ISO 14000 Set:2005 Environmental management standards set Australian Dangerous Goods Code ADG7 Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986 occupational health and safety (OHS) national standards and codes of practice enterprise environmental management plans and procedures for specific sites and/or activities (e.g. sampling, monitoring, construction and mining) |
Business ethics | Business ethics may include: following enterprise policy and procedures behaving honestly and openly respecting others and treating them with courtesy and impartiality working diligently and responsibly ensuring confidentiality of information, including client identification, data and results |
Enterprise sites | Enterprise sites may include: head office functions supplier services and consultancy services production or processing plants survey/catchment/construction/mining sites laboratories |
Key functions | Key functions may include: consultancy services policy inspection/auditing and compliance community liaison production packaging, warehouse and distribution quality assurance purchasing, sales and marketing human resources (personnel, training and employee relations) |
Sources of workplace information | Sources of workplace information may include: noticeboards, public address or paging systems standard operating procedures, manuals, work instructions, signs and notices material safety data sheets (MSDS) telephone or contract details, email systems and websites emergency exits, routes and collection points enterprise recording and reporting procedures, quality manuals, equipment and operating/technical manuals sampling and test methods (validated and authorised) schematics, workflows, site layouts and production and laboratory schedules |
Enterprise agreements, policies and procedures | Enterprise agreements, policies and procedures may include: industrial awards, enterprise bargaining agreements and individual contracts emergencies, accidents and incidents incident and accident/injury reports health, safety and environment quality assurance customer services |
Legislative requirements | Legislative requirements may include: environmental protection OHS workers compensation equal employment, anti-discrimination and anti-harassment ethics, copyright, intellectual property and privacy |
Sustainable energy principles and work practices | Sustainable energy principles and work practices may include: examining work practices that involve excessive use of electricity, gas and/or water switching off equipment when not in use regularly cleaning filters recycling and reusing materials wherever feasible minimising waste |
Environmental technical services | Environmental technical services may include: routine site sampling of water, air, soil and noise packaging, labelling, storing and transporting samples routine site measurements that involve a narrow range of variables and/or easily recognised acceptable ranges straightforward field surveys entering of data into enterprise databases, checking of data quality and reporting results cleaning of equipment and/or vehicles housekeeping of work areas |
Equipment and resources | Equipment and resources will vary according to: the scope and nature of the enterprise’s environmental/technical functions and services, location and products |
OHS and environmental management requirements | OHS and environmental management requirements: all operations must comply with enterprise OHS and environmental management requirements, which may be imposed through state/territory or federal legislation - these requirements must not be compromised at any time all operations assume the potentially hazardous nature of samples and require standard precautions to be applied where relevant, users should access and apply current industry understanding of infection control issued by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and State and Territory Departments of Health |