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MSS027024
Select, commission and maintain environmental monitoring instruments
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide fully functioning environmental monitoring instruments to implement a workplace’s environmental management plan and monitoring programs. Personnel are required to identify the need for specific kinds of instruments, determine the suitability of available instruments, procure and commission instruments, check their serviceability and calibration, perform routine maintenance, train staff to operate instruments correctly and maintain relevant records.
This unit applies to environmental site coordinators, environmental managers and senior environmental officers working in all industry sectors. The term ‘manager’ is used to refer to management of a function, project and /or program and does not necessarily imply line management.
No licensing or certification requirements exist at the time of publication. Relevant legislation, industry standards and codes of practice within Australia must be applied.
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