Elements and Performance Criteria
- Provide information to workers involved in irrigation and related work
- Provide information on the irrigation and drainage environmental plan to all workers and explained in detail
- Explain the relevant codes of practice, legislation and regulations and their application to all workers
- Explain and demonstrate information about known risks to the environment and work practices associated with irrigation practices and related activities
- Explain and demonstrate the organisation’s environmental record systems and procedures
- Identify environmental protection induction and training needs and make arrangements to fulfil those needs
- Implement and monitor procedures for identifying risks to the environment and maintaining effective control measures
- Identify and report risks to the environment so that adequate risk assessment and control measures can be implemented
- Implement work procedures to control risks to the environment and carry out regular monitoring to ensure ongoing adherence and effectiveness of risk control
- Identify inadequacies in existing risk control measures and raise measures to reduce exposure to environmental pollution events through improved work processes and procedures with the owner or manager
- Identify and report inadequacies in allocation of resources to ensure environmental protection
- Implement procedures for responding to potential and actual environmental pollution events
- Implement procedures for responding to potential and actual pollution events to ensure that prompt and effective control action is taken
- Investigate and report pollution events
- Calculate stormwater control requirements
- Discuss suitable measures to prevent recurrence and minimise risk of pollution events with the owner or manager, and implement revised procedures where necessary
- Implement and monitor procedures for maintaining environmental protection record