Application
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to participate in environmentally sustainable work practices in the seafood industry. It requires the ability to identify and measure current resource usage and efficiencies, report workplace environmental hazards, follow workplace plans and make suggestions for improvements.
The unit applies to individuals who work in the seafood industry and perform a range of routine and predictable activities requiring sustainable work practices.
All work must be carried out to comply with workplace procedures, according to state/territory health and safety, food safety, biosecurity and environmental regulations, legislation and standards that apply to the workplace.
No licensing, legislative or certification requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Elements and Performance Criteria
Elements | Performance Criteria |
Elements describe the essential outcomes. | Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
1. Identify current resource use | 1.1 Identify workplace environmental and resource efficiency issues in the seafood industry 1.2 Identify resources used in own work role and consider potential for environmental improvement 1.3 Use relevant information to measure and record current usage of resources 1.4 Report workplace environmental hazards to relevant personnel |
2. Comply with workplace environmental requirements | 2.1 Follow workplace procedures to ensure compliance with relevant regulations 2.2 Report breaches or potential breaches to relevant personnel |
3. Contribute to environmental improvements | 3.1 Follow workplace environmental plans to improve environmental practices and resource efficiency 3.2 Make suggestions for improvements to workplace practices and resource efficiency |
Foundation Skills
This section describes those language, literacy, numeracy and employment skills that are essential for performance in this unit of competency but are not explicit in the performance criteria.
Skill | Description |
Reading | Recognises and interprets textual information in workplace information |
Writing | Completes workplace documentation accurately |
Numeracy | Calculates basic metric measurements to determine resource usage |
Oral communication | Expresses ideas clearly and uses relevant language to report issues to others |
Navigate the world of work | Understands and follows regulatory and compliance responsibilities related to own work |
Sectors
Environmental Management Systems (EMS)