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Elements and Performance Criteria

1. Establish and maintain an irrigation and drainage environmental protection program
   • Develop an irrigation and drainage environmental plan in consultation with property owner or manager
   • Define environmental responsibilities for the property and include in the duties of all personnel
   • Include financial and human resources to implement the environmental plan in a timely and consistent manner
   • Establish and maintain environmental records
2. Establish and maintain arrangements to ensure the involvement of all personnel in the environmental program
   • Develop procedures and processes that allow and encourage all personnel at all levels to have input into environmental issues
   • Address issues raised through involvement and consultation with personnel
3. Establish and maintain risk management procedures to protect the environment from irrigation practices and related activities
   • Establish and maintain procedures for identifying and assessing existing and potential risks to the environment arising from irrigation practices and related activities
   • Design work processes and procedures to reduce or eliminate risks and hazards to the environment
   • Establish and maintain organisational and administrative systems to control risks to the environment arising from irrigation practices and related activities
   • Establish and maintain procedures to monitor risks to the environment and compliance with relevant legislation and regulations
4. Establish and maintain procedures for responding to environmental pollution events
   • Identify potential environmental pollution events
   • Develop procedures to control the level of risk associated with pollution events in consultation with relevant environmental protection agencies and local government authorities
   • Provide appropriate information and training to personnel to ensure prompt implementation of response procedures
5. Establish and maintain an environmental protection induction and training program
   • Develop an environmental protection induction and training program and incorporate into the organisational personnel training program to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations
   • Maintain records of environmental protection training

Range Statement

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Performance Evidence

The candidate must be assessed on their ability to integrate and apply the performance requirements of this unit in a workplace setting. Performance must be demonstrated consistently over time and in a suitable range of contexts.

The candidate must provide evidence that they can:

apply and comply with environmental requirements

audit data bases

develop and implement relevant work health and safety and environmental procedures

develop policies and procedures

identify adverse environmental impacts of irrigation activities and take appropriate remedial action

use technology to draft documents, develop environmental information and audit data bases

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Knowledge Evidence

The candidate must demonstrate knowledge of:

environmental impacts of irrigation, using water from any ground or underground source

environmental planning for irrigation and drainage

external factors that may affect the system

relevant work health and safety and environmental protection legislation, codes of practice and enterprise procedures

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