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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. |
OHS requirements: | are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation and regulations, and organisational safety policies and procedures, and may include:personal protective equipment and clothingsafety equipmentfirst aid equipmentfire fighting equipmenthazard and risk controlfatigue managementelimination of hazardous materials and substancessafe forest practices including required actions relating to forest firemanual handling including shifting, lifting and carryingmachine guarding |
Environmental requirements may include: | legislationorganisational policies and proceduresworkplace practices |
Legislative requirements: | are to be in line with applicable Commonwealth, State or Territory legislation, regulations, certification requirements and codes of practice and may include:award and enterprise agreementsindustrial relationsAustralian Standardsconfidentiality and privacyOHSthe environmentequal opportunityanti-discriminationrelevant industry codes of practiceduty of careheritage and traditional land owner issues |
Organisational requirements may include: | legal organisational and site guidelinespolicies and procedures relating to own role and responsibilityquality assuranceprocedural manualsquality and continuous improvement processes and standardsOHS, emergency and evacuation proceduresethical standardsrecording and reporting requirementsequipment use and maintenance and storage requirementsenvironmental management requirements (waste disposal, recycling and re-use guidelines) |
Environmental care procedures may include: | integrating environmental considerations into everyday duties such as preventing and minimising the production of pollution (discharges to air, land and water, hazardous waste, reducing burning off activities, recycling materials, conservation practices)improving workplace maintenance practices (such as using a broom instead of a hose, using environmental friendly cleaning agents) |
Work order is to include: | instructions for the environmental monitoring of work and proceduresenvironmental care requirements relevant to the work |
Environmental care requirements may include: | environmental sustainabilityprotection of water courses and water qualitysoil and salinity managementreduction and disposal of wasteenergy efficiencybiodiversity and habitat protectionconservation of natural resourcesfire managementand actions to limit the impact of:water pollutionsoil erosionland contaminationnoiseand actions to limit the impact to:air quality |
Appropriate personnel may include: | supervisorssafety officerssuppliersclientscolleaguesmanagersenvironmental officers |
Environmental risks and hazards may include: | spillsleakspollutionplanned and unplanned emissionssoil compactiondisturbance and erosionaccidentsdisposal of wastedamage or disruption to eco-systemsdisplacement of plants or animalschanges in land usefire risks and hazardsdamage to habitatsillegal vegetation clearingseed collectionfirewood gathering |
Communication may include: | verbal and non-verbal languageconstructive feedbackactive listeningquestioning to clarify and confirm understandinguse of positive, confident and cooperative languageuse of language and concepts appropriate to individual social and cultural differencescontrol of tone of voice and body language |
Improving environmental care practices and resource efficiency may include: | assessing existing work practices and resource usageimplementing new policies and proceduresusing resources in new ways |
Environmental regulations are specified in: | work orderswork plansrelevant policies and procedures |
Recording and reporting breaches of environmental care procedures may include: | referring to OHS policies and proceduresreferring to quality outcomesidentifying risks and hazardsidentifying incidents or equipment malfunctionsand may be compiled:using a computer-based or other appropriate organisational communication system |
Work practices in relation to methods/techniques/tools/equipment may include: | preventing and minimising risksimproving resource/energy efficiencyconserving energyreducing carbon emissionsreducing use of non-renewable resourcesre-using and recyclingminimising and reducing wastereducing material consumptioneliminating or reducing the use of hazardous and toxic materialsreducing chemical use |